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Brand auditNike Brand Audit: Why It Never Won IndiaWhat Nike costs in India versus the US, why its India business is smaller than Puma's and Decathlon's, and what handing nike.com to Nykaa really means.Read the full auditWe rate it 7.5/10 (good) after buying and testing it ourselves. What we liked most: Very innovative design from Nike. Could be better: Price is on higher side.
Insole: Padded Foam; Midsole: Air Compartment; Bottom sole: Rubber; Upper material: Textile Knitted. See Specifications above for the full details.
We score its comfort 8/10 (great), after using it ourselves.
Its value-for-money score is 5/10 (fair): we weigh what you get against similar products we’ve tested.
No. Nike is from the USA, founded in 1964.
We have bought and tested 51 Nike products, and their average FA score is 7.8/10 (good). The best-rated so far is the Nike Court Vision Low Casual Sneaker for Men at 9.3/10.
We buy every product ourselves and score it out of 10 on design, material quality, comfort and value for money. The FA score is the average of those scores. No paid placements: brands can’t buy a better score.
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