I hate Nike products

[obamanut2012]

The shoes are too narrow for me, and I feel they are overpriced.

I have always found their running and other workout clothes meh and overpriced.

I kinda cannot stand Phil Knight, although I kinda idolize Bowerman and Pre.

I don't like the changes they have made to Chucks.

Yet yesterday I bought two Nike tanks to wear when I lift.

Why?

Because sometimes you sacrifice everything when you stand for something.

#solidaritywithKap

[NurseJackie]

1. Well done!

[obamanut2012]

7. THX

[CentralMass]

2. Liked for the solidarity. I like Nike products myself.

[obamanut2012]

5. i think it depends on your body and feet!

[unitedwethrive]

3. I don't wear that type of clothing, but bought Nike shoes for all of my kids, and a tote bag for me!

I figure that it is a way of showing other businesses that it won't hurt them to take a stand for what is right.

[obamanut2012]

8. Exactly -- people can always use a tote bag

Or even a tshirt for yard work.

[ooky]

4. Nike's shoes are too narrow for me too. The only shoes that fit my feet

well are New Balance. But I will start looking for other things Nike, and buy Nike shoes for my granddaughter, because you posted this thought. So thanks for bringing it up.

[obamanut2012]

6. I run and lift

And, just wear t-shirt to lift, so the tanks will be more comfortable.

I like NB and Topo for the shoes.

[Honeycombe8]

9. I haven't had good luck w/Nike shoes, either.

They run narrow, and the ones I had and started wearing at same time as Asics shoe, but wore the Nike much much less...the Nike pair started falling apart.

I did buy another pair later, on a good sale, because they're a color I was having trouble finding, and I wasn't going to wear them often.

But I could do with a Nike top or cap. I'm going to look for one!

[obamanut2012]

22. Their online outlet is having a sale

[Honeycombe8]

29. Thanks, Obamanut! I'll check it out. nt

[Brainstormy]

10. Have narrow feet.

have always liked Nikes. Like 'em even more now

[demmiblue]

11. I am not going to buy any Nike apparel at this time, but I will...

continue to speak up for/defend Kaepernick.

[erlewyne]

12. The only reason I bought the Nike's I am now wearing

was to join the peaceful protest. They have quickly become my
favorite shoes. Good looking and very comfortable.

[obamanut2012]

23. +1

[paulkienitz]

13. Nike's fake wokeness is not deserving of financial reward

As someone recently said, Nike featuring Kap is not an effort to help the good guys win, it is a a profit-driven calculation that the good guys have already won.

[obamanut2012]

24. ...

[jalan48]

14. I'm sure the sweatshop workers are really digging Kap's ads. Sometimes it just not about us.

[obamanut2012]

25. What clothes do you wear?

What shoes do you wear?
What computer or phone are you using right now?
Furniture?
Produce? Coffee? Chocolate?
Gas!

Things are problematic, and we need to make them better, but Nike is fair from alone in this, and we all consume and use things make by sweat shop workers and migrant workers.

[jalan48]

31. Nice to see this mentioned. I hope Kap speaks out on it as well.

[Honeycombe8]

32. It's unavoidable, really.

Even if we don't wear or use something from a sweat shop, odds are that parts or materials other things are made of, may come from sweat shops.

We can't do all kinds of research before buying or consuming anything. And that wouldn't tell us the whole story, anyway.

It's always risky for a company to do anything remotely political. I don't know that that's why Nike did the Kap ad, but they surely knew some would think it's political. But it was a good move, it helps Kap and his cause and his right to protest, and so it helps all of us.

[elmac]

15. I have never bought a Nike product

just like I have never bought an Apple product, just too much hype, but I may rethink the Nike purchase if I can find a good fit.

[GregW]

16. I don't...

But then I lived the past 15 years in Eugene, OR.

[fescuerescue]

17. Nike is marketing genius

They even get people who hate their products to buy them.

Everyone always discounts the power of advertising, but time and time again, it's proven that advertising works, even on people who hate advertising and hate child labor.

[demmiblue]

21. Yep. n/t

[obamanut2012]

26. ....

What clothes do you wear?
What shoes do you wear?
What computer or phone are you using right now?
Furniture?
Produce? Coffee? Chocolate?
Gas!

Things are problematic, and we need to make them better, but Nike is far from alone in this, and we all consume and use things make by sweat shop workers and migrant workers.

[fescuerescue]

30. Oh I wear clothes just like everyone else

I like chocolate too!

I'm just saying that Nike is FAR better than average at marketing. When I say they are marketing genius I mean it.

Whatever they paid for that ad, was probably the single best ad purchase they have made in years.

But in the end. It just an ad to make us buy shoes. It didn't get Colin re-hired. No cops will stop beating people. Trump voters will still vote Trump and Trump will still be Trump.

It didn't do any of those things. But it did sell a hella lot of shoes.

[GoCubsGo]

18. I have the same complaints about the shoes.

I'll stick to Ryka shoes, since they fit me much better (they are made specifically for women's feet), and they make studio shoes that are good for activities like Zumba. But, I might have to pick up a Nike t-shirt, or maybe some socks.

[obamanut2012]

27. +1

[zentrum]

19. Agree. NIKI products

....don't work for me, but yesterday I bought NIKI key chains for everyone I know so the logo will be in lots of places.

[LakeArenal]

20. Bought my husband some overpriced Nike sweat pants this week

$50 on sale for $39.

About four pairs of sweats for the sale amount on sweats at a discount store.

Exact same fiber content, pockets and sizes.

But they have the swoosh and Nike all over them.

And that’s the message.

PS. New Balance shoes for him however.
Nike too narrow. I think I see a trend.

[obamanut2012]

28. WAY too narrow

They always have been -- my HS changed from Nike racing flats to NB flats my senior year, because of this.

[Trust Buster]

33. I have refused to buy NIKE products for a couple of years now. Their employees are forced to

Live in slums overseas because that is all their $1.25 per hour will afford them. I think turning one’s back to the plight of those poor souls to enrich billionaires and millionaires even more is just sad.