Nike shoes are products of Nike Inc. that is widely considered as the biggest sports brand in the world. The Oregon based sports brand is well known for its high quality sports gear, sports watches and further products. The brand is also well known for its sponsorship and collaboration with countless top athletes in order to make its sportswear even more outstanding and well known. Nike is very well established in Singapore, with several brand stores. Let us see a little bit of history of Nike alongside its top Nike shoes and its locations in Singapore.
Nike was founded in 1964 under the name of Ribbon Sports by athlete Phil Knight and his trainer Bill Bowerman. The business started as a trading partnership with Japanese athletic shoe brand ASICs, which at that time was named Onitsuka Tiger and was already a major brand in athletic shoes. Nike came out with its first athletic shoe in 1971. The Swoosh logo and the brand’s current name was patented in 1974. Nike today is officially the largest supplier of sports shoes and sports apparel. Nike also owns Converse, Cole Haan, Umbro and Hurley International shoe brands. The name of Nike, although spelled otherwise derives from the name of Nike, the Greek Goddess of victory.
In Singapore Nike offers shoes and sports apparel for the following key sports: running, basketball, golf, football and surfing. The most famous shoes Nike has created include Air Jordan., Nike Pro Air, Nike Golf and the Nike LeBron. Its new generation collections include such high quality Nike shoes such as, the Lunar1+ running shoes, the Nike Zoom KD basketball shoes, the Mercurion, Tiempo and GS II football shoes. Nike produces shoes for men, women and children in different collections. Apart from the newcomers, there are dozens of older collections of Nike released and widely worn worldwide for sports and for streetwear.
Nike’s biggest stores are also called Niketown. In Singapore, you will find lots of Nike stores in the major shopping malls along Orchard Road and Raffles Square. Singapore currently houses around 5 major Nike outlets and also there are several multi-brand sports stores, such as Feder or World of Sports where you can get to find Nike shoes. The flagship store of Nike can be found at 435 Orchard Road. Further brand stores are located in Vivo City, Bugis Junction at Jurong Point Shopping Centre. The biggest Singapore retailers of Nike shoes are Bata Shoes, SUTL and RSH shoe stores, which you can get to find in every downtown shopping mall. Nike Surf and Nike Golf apparel is sold in specialised sports stores.
As Nike shoes are heavily counterfeited by the Chinese and South East Asian blackmarket, make sure you buy your Nike shoes always from a branded store, or from an official retailer of Nike shoes. Check out the great sports shoes of Nike in Singapore and find the pairs most suitable to your needs. In case you do not find the type or collection that you are looking for in the stores, check out the website of Nike where you can also shop online.