Today, kangaroo hides are important to the global soccer footwear industry, marketed as "k-leather" cleats. It's unclear what percentage of soccer cleats are made with kangaroo leather ...

“K-leather soccer cleats are openly sold throughout ... investigators found that some manufacturers of soccer cleats sell their kangaroo models to Californians directly from their websites.

ESPN reported that Nike’s Tiempo soccer cleats, which are typically made with kangaroo leather, will “debut with a new Nike-only, proprietary synthetic upper, [with] a new material that is a ...

That product is shoes. Namely, soccer cleats made from kangaroo leather, first popularized in the 1970′s by elite players and now sold by many athletic apparel companies, including Oregon-based ...