While Nike shoes have become widely popular in the athletic sports area, they have also become a part of the ‘lifestyle brand’ tag. Nike shoes and sneakers are one of the leading names in the shoe industry. The brand’s sporty shoes are not just well fitted for sports activities (such as running), but they also offer trendy styles and designs, making them a no-brainer for fashion influencers, footwear enthusiasts, celebrities, and fashionistas.
As they are so widely popular, Nike shoes are also some of the most counterfeited products present in the market. In October 2019, a popular news agency did a ground report and found that US customs seized more than 14,000 pairs of fake Nike shoes at the LA seaport. To give you an estimate, if these fake shoes were genuine products, they would cost more than million! There have been multiple efforts taken by Nike to deal with this issue, and it has also able to contain the problem. However, that stays like that for a while as every other day new players are emerging in this billion-dollar market. With each entry, the difficulty level of distinguishing between real vs fake Nike Kobe 6 Grinch or any other pair of Nike shoes becomes even more challenging.
Below are some useful tips that you keep in mind to help you stay away from buying fake Nike shoes.
First thing, check the seller or the store from which you are buying from. Read about the online seller and check reviews before anything else. Even for e-commerce stores such as Amazon, make sure the seller has a good reputation before buying.
Next thing, compare the prices in different stores and refrain from buying products that have an unbelievably low price tag for the product.
Check the images (if buying online) of the box in which the product comes in. All Nike shoes and sneakers come in a nice, red (mostly) colored box that is labeled and tagged properly. This is particularly helpful when you are buying from a brick-and-mortar store. The side of the box must display all the essential information such as style, SKU, serial number, size, and barcode.
Last, but not least, check the style and compare that with the product available on the official website. Any discrepancy in between the two means the product you are after is not genuine.
