The shoes and other athletic apparel made by the multi-national giant cost way too freaking much. Which is even more infuriating when one of the occasional reports come out of how they are made super-cheap in Third World sweatshops.
The company has swung back and forth over the years on drafting, imposing and being transparent about how the factories it contracts with — like a lot of big boys, such as Apple, Nike doesn’t actually own those factories — pays and treats workers. Stories about horrid working conditions have never completely gone away.