Air Jordan 4 was first released in 1989, in this year, MJ kept on winning numerous honors and awards. Air Jordan 4 was also designed by Mr. Tinker Hatfield. It kept lots of feeling from the Jordan 3. The Jordans started to get main popularity by then and sold out everywhere. It was the first Jordans released on the global market. The cushioning sole and design of the Air Jordan 4 helped to make the shoe an international bestseller. The Air Joran 4 was retroed in 1999, and stores were sold out of Air Jordan 4 within hours of release. Nike realized that this was a golden opportunity to cash in so they started releasing so called Retro+ models. The new ones had a similar design to the original Jordan 4 but also had new colors or some minor design changes.