Fake Shoes, 1/3 Nike Shoes in the World Are Faked in China | Made in China

[@roxstix]

"It was impossible to tell it was fake." That tells you Nike doesn't make quality products but lives high on brand recognition.

[@memespeech]

It also works in reverse - it is telling that these companies are capable of producing quality, but not enough people buy an unknown brand and they don't have enough push power to juggle production around the world for exploiting low paid workforce, seeking corrupt officials, poisoning the local environment, like big murican brands can afford to and get away with. capitalism ho!

[@seniorsergeanttomcroydon6401]

that's what most do... brand recognition

[@TheFivegoodemperors]

Nike used to stitch parts that they glue now. If you remember those shoes blowing up during professional basketball games a few years back, that was the cause.

[@deebil8099]

I don't think anyone was arguing Nike makes quality products. They are just okay. It's just 1 big marketing company. Find the next big sports star, pay him hundreds of millions to wear your shoes. Sell shoes for $200.

[@memespeech]

@Original Entity yes, but it doesn't mean everything that comes out of china isn't a scam, there's still plenty of corruption and toxic competition from "the west" that doesn't allow local brands to thrive and for greed to step back

[@Warder-hn7pe]

Nike knows about slave labor being used to make their "real" shoes so I'm not bothered by people ripping them off. I only wish they'd do it on a larger scale to drive Nike out of business.

[@Vinh616]

If you own a business, would you let people rip your product off? if the countries that allows slave labor, but you want Nike to go out of business? While Nike provide jobs to people and provide jobs to people making fake shoes... your comment is quite ignorant and clearly bias view of Nike, maybe because it's an American company?

[@Vinh616]

Nike knows about slave labor, while the people making fake shoes is the slave labor and that country allows. Making fake shoes selling less than half of real price, while manual labor is the same.... but you wish Nike go out of business? If Nike go out of business, what is the fake shoe makers going to make? Aren't they just going to fake another brand? You are quite uneducated, but have bias with Americna company

[@jarrodtan5712]

You only encourage things that could get good companies out of business

[@tanalson]

This just proves that big brand shoes are way too expensive. These big brand shoe counterfeits are very very hard to clamp down because there is way too many companies doing the same thing. The community has grown too big.

[@lombardo141]

Yeah if you really believed what you said you would also stop living on American soil sell all you own and go homeless in a 3rd world country to make a point. It’s bigger than Nike. When you ate your breakfast today do you know how many slaves broke their backs to feed you ? Of course I am assuming you at least live in a western nation

[@cryptowhale1615]

Thanks to China they give the poor people a chance to buy luxury items 😂😂😂 - Wumao

[@erwinsta.monica6294]

agree

[@chrismiller755]

Yes yes👍🏾

[@clockhanded]

Companies who manufacture or simply do business in China have to deal with the risk (110%) of having ALL of their production copied down to the finest detail. Whether or not your product will be copied with 100% quality or less is a matter of how cheaply it can be produced. Those 200$ Nikes that cost 55 cents to produce? That 55 cent will gladly be spent to produce a pair of shoes that are 90% quality and sell for 50$. Elon Musk wants to make and sell Teslas in China. Will be the costliest mistake he ever made.

[@gna89]

Agree

[@tanalson]

A lot of Chinese companies have tried copied his technology. He has to come up with a better technology faster than his competitors otherwise he won't gain any competitive advantage

[@yux.tn.3641]

apparently he wants that as then electric cars can become mainstream no joke

[@timothywootton5331]

It won't be a mistake for him personally, he will make huge bank. But it will be harmful to the world. Have you seen how many electric scooters explode in Chinese cities.

[@peterschwerzmann905]

@@tanalson i

[@davidphelps5857]

I have no sympathy for Nike and other brands. They are victims of their own greed. They pay the factories a pittance and still charge consumers ridiculously high prices that have noting to do with the cost to manufacture, meaning they reap all of the profit. Back in the 90's a friend of mine was buying polo shirts from the exact same factory in China as Ralph Lauren Polo. He could buy a higher grade polo shirt than RLP for around $2 and then spend about $3 per shirt on transport, duties, labels, and applying printed or embroidered designs. His $5 shirts retailed for $30. Ralph Lauren Polo spent less per unit but sold for $295. What the Putian factories are doing is criminal, but can we really say the brands they are "ripping off" have clean hands?

[@deniseproxima2601]

The original brand gave better pay in China as the rebrand.

[@deebil8099]

That is the only thing China is good for. Cheap slave labor. If Western companies didn't start to manufacture a lot of junk in China, then they would all still be riding bicycles and China would look more like North Korea. If they had to pay Chinese people a normal wage, no company would ever set up shop there and they would get nothing. I can care less about Nike and other brands, just saying this is a 2 ways street.

[@davidphelps5857]

​@@deniseproxima2601 This video was meant as an indictment against Chinese factories producing counterfeits but I couldn’t help thinking that the factories were doing this because the big western brands are using their buying power to screw them out of their fair share of the revenue. If the brands paid their suppliers a fair price and sold their products at a more reasonable mark-up, instead of charging the maximum the market can stand, the market for the counterfeiters would shrink significantly.

[@Yerinjibbang]

well said!

[@deebil8099]

China is artificially keeping their currency undervalued to be more competitive in trade. They keep the income of these low end manufactory workers low because otherwise all the Western Companies would move their sweat shops to other countries. A lot of cheap labor is the only resource that China has. Half of their GDP comes from cheap manufacturing, the other half is pumped up by infrastructure projects and empty condo buildings paid with debt. They can't take out much more debt, so soon all they will have is low end manufacturing.

[@jayvan4353]

So im supposed to be sad for the multi billion dollar companies who already sell these products at a 1000% mark up?

[@nsp6590]

No company sells their products for such an obscene profit like you're claiming. Fashion/sports companies like Nike or Adidas for instance make about 15% profit from their shoes. That's still slightly higher than the expected amount but definitely not by much. There is a well known anecdote people like to say to accuse companies of overpricing shoes in particular. They'll say that a pair of shoes costs about 20$ to make but companies will sell it for 100$ or maybe even more, and therefore they're ripping people off. However, that's a surface level view of the matter because manufacturing cost alone is only a small fraction of the cost required to actually SELL a pair of shoes to the public. First of all, there is the R&D cost to consider before the shoe is even made. Secondly, and more importantly, there is the enormous shipping cost required to bring the shoes over from China/Taiwan/Vietnam/etc to the west and also the insurance that companies pay in case a batch of their products get lost or damaged during transit for example. Those last two factors alone make up about 70% of the cost associated with selling shoes. Then of course there is the VAT imposed on all products which drives up the price even further. And one last thing to think about, is that because of the way contractors typically work, cheap shoe models will always get cheaper in the manufacturing and shipping process, but expensive ones will also get more expensive. When making a 60$ shoe, Nike can expect it to sell a lot more units than their 150+$ flagships meaning they can get better deals for materials (plastics, paint, cotton etc) since they'll be ordering much higher amounts and also more affordable insurance since they'll be shipping much bigger batches and the shoes themselves are going to be cheap to begin with. After all that, the shoe could be sold to consumers at 50$ despite its projected price being 60$. Obviously for expensive shoes the script is flipped and retail price typically climbs up. My point will all this is not that multi-billion dollar companies are cool and care about us, but that it would be insane to really believe that they could possibly compete in such a saturated market if they were really overpricing their products, especially by the amount people are claiming.

[@series9193]

I’m not sad for Nike I’m sad for me because they’re still selling knock-offs at retail !!

[@theroaringdragon306]

You don’t have to be sad about a multi billion dollar company but understand that this can happen with any product. If you let these types of plagiarism you can expect that one day you may buy something like a new cpu or computer made with fake parts

[@jotunman627]

There is adverts in billions of dollars, (paying Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Ronaldo, Tiger Woods, print and TV ads, etc.), and $5 billion in research and development, etc. That is why copyright laws are enforced in proper counties. You can get sued in millions or billions of dollar for violating a copyright. This is also one reason that it is illegal to import or sell fakes or even bring in fake products inside a country (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, EU, UK, US, etc.) Nike makes a profit of $21.50 on a $100 sneaker. Subsequently, after taxes and administrative expenses (including research and development), true profit is approximately $4.50. Fakes rip off legit companies that have a commitment to make quality products...fakes compromise the consumers.

[@derykhawkins2199]

But you should be sad that the ccp only care about THEMSELVES !!!

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

Thieves stealing thieves is hardly a problem for me.

[@mrkenwu1]

Shoes are not fake, brand names are. I don't care for brand names, only product quality. I urge all consumers to do the same.

[@Vandalgia]

If you're buying fakes, you're giving CCP money. If you're buying the real product, you're giving the brand more money. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[@opulententry]

Well said

[@mortaykickz]

Amen someone with common sense so rare

[@hemaccabe4292]

So these fancy brands decided they couldn’t pay a penny more a pair to make their shoes in the US and pay US workers a decent living wage. So they lose everything. I’m laughing.

[@themengsk176]

I don't feel bad for the victim companies. The shoes they sell are entirely too expensive in the first place.

[@nostro1940]

Yoi can't fake quality. Enjoy your fake trash shoes

[@mechamicro]

@@nostro1940 Those fake has identical quality, and I don't care the brand at all.

[@josepaz7662]

Not only that, half of the knock off shows that are sold aren’t even sold by Nike anymore.

[@khelmikyahvyer6000]

The materials on the fake and legit are almost the same, sometimes the fake last longer when it comes to durability

[@RichardBaran]

Those "fake shoes" look pretty much like real shoes. Pretty sure the "fake shoes" would work just as as well as any other.

[@mechamicro]

Agree. As long the fake one has the same quality or identical with the real one for a fraction of cost. It is a good deal because I only care about quality than stupid brand name

[@Leshic2]

20yrs ago, I was frequently in China for business and considered manufacturing there. I talked with several people who currently manufactured there. It was obvious to everybody, 20yrs ago, China was a master in copying everything, and then undercutting you in price. EVERYTHING was copied... A friend spent a few years in Shenzhen as an expat 15yrs ago, and he shared how a certain part of Shenzhen had a massive infrastructure in place to counterfeit all electronics. My time there, I'm not exaggerating when I say, it's impossible to NOT find countless, flagrant counterfeiting happening everywhere. Anybody putting their foot down now, >20yrs later, are idiots and deserve the financial loss they've gotten.

[@kevinbarry71]

Yes, I agree. Companies in their extreme short term outlook. Only themselves to blame

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@kevinbarry71 But they don't have themselves to blame. Ken, Barry, Sandra, Jeff and 1000 other execs and managers succeeded and have themselves what are now 4.8 million dollar homes and Google stocks that are paying them off. 20 years ago, the only thing they needed to do were annual reports showing they just made the company millions more in profits for THAT YEAR and for those 5 years they kept going up the corporate ladder accordingly. At ages 30 Jeff was that hotshot junior exec and by 50 he's set for life. Ken and Barry retired at age 55. Sandra isn't even 60 years old but she's been the 'CEO' of a social media company for the last 5 years and no way in hell she's losing that Woman CEO of the Tech whatever whatever hire. The won, they can show they absolutely handled, managed and businesses the fkc out of their jobs and objectives and were rewarded accordingly. Some of them have already died of old age. One guy's kid inherited a 2 story home in California that goes for 18 million dollars today. Many are doing just fine as 'consultants' who still convince companies they got to get it done in China and assure them they know how (they do, they also know how it will end but only after they succeed for a few more years that pays off their Golf Villa home). Blame themselves? They won, succeeded, made their lives income, security, retirements and are still winning from it.

[@kevinbarry71]

@@topsuperseven7910 yes; it's always short-term thinking. And that's how companies are set up; nobody seems to think about the long-term. Especially not the members of the board; who are supposed to

[@maalat]

Great comment. Doesn’t everybody know! Comedians made fun of this decades ago!

[@eddyjan5179]

@@maalat My Teacher a Swedish Lady whom if alive today would probably be 98 years or past told me a story once. In school we had pencil ✏️. The best were HB. But thy kept breaking a lot during writing and colouring. She complained the school was been supplied with what she called cheap Chinese Junk. She told me when she was a little girl. My estimation that was in the 1930, thy Ware been warned of the Chinese imitation und scrupulously Deals. Now we are in 2020s and I say she was right. Bless to China for giving the world affordable imitation goods. And sorry to the Chinese populace that work in inhuman condition for us to afford it. Once a CPP or what ever the name of the ruling China party member said. For China to be the world Superpowers, Chinese people have to sacrifice their lives. But the CCP members don't have to. Free labour has to be compensated for in one way or the other.

[@topsuperseven7910]

Between all of our family, we've bought over 100 pairs over the years. Yes, around 2016 those '3 to 4th' started getting plentiful and really good. Some were so close it's nearly impossible to tell they're counterfeit but there were SOME little giveaway and the rubber quality of the soles was a real 'hit or miss' where sometimes a few drops of rain would be dangerous as the shoes slipped so easily, like you were suddenly wearing snowboards on ice. (also, one pair almost ignited on fire when sat next to a heater) but what we found around 2017 were those factory extras. What I'm told is that plenty are not really 'counterfeit' anyway but were factory flaws. Tiny almost imperceptible flaws. For example, one pair really was just a slightly odd shade duller than the ones in the proper licensed story. In another pair, the Nike swoosh was just slightly tilted. So a run of them might have got through the factory line before corrected. I'm told the scheme is that they are, by 'Nike/Adidas Law' supposed to recycle them or discard etc. At some point that truck is diverted to what is ultimately a lot of (mostly) Chinese bidders. They buy huge lots and off we go. Fair warning though, some factory flaws are real flaws. It's not like those legitimate sanctioned factory flaw sales which is to say the products still need to meet all safety and functionality criteria. I've had pairs where the foam sole started collapsing a week later, the highly slippery soles, a single 'eye' for the laces will snap almost immediately. Yes, we had also heard of 'overruns' (oops) where they really are just the flawless actual authentic shoes backdoored. In that case, you are just buying actual sneakers in every authentic final product way.

[@whatever_12]

I wonder where you got those at? I would mind a tiny defect for a shoe to use at work.. As long as it's comfy

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@whatever_12 As seen in video but also old malls would have some mom/pop types shoe stores and then mostly online stores like Taobao and all over Pinduoduo. Well, at this time your could just visit Hanoi Vietnam and tour the Old Quarter areas. Never saw so many tourists in new sneakers and if you paid more than $25 USD its too much.

[@broadwaybo2032]

False

[@indiasuperclean6969]

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[@broadwaybo2032]

@@indiasuperclean6969 lol super rich what 😂 I'm dying inside you dollar is bout to be 🗞️ for toilets soon super broke indeed

[@klchai7884]

Shoes are shoes, there is no such a thing as real shoes or FAKE shoes, there are only real brands and fake brands.

[@jaeho7501]

I never wear stuff with the company's name or logo emblazoned in front or conspicuous areas. If I did, I'd feel like a walking billboard for the company; in that case, they should pay me for being a walking advertisement for them.

[@nsp6590]

That's a pretty dumb opinion to have ngl.

[@markharris1223]

I agree entirely. These logos are vulgar.

[@jaeho7501]

What's pretty dumb is the Chinese wear t-shirts with the English word "FASHION" printed in front" they think that they're fashionable for wearing a plain white t-shirt printed with the English word FASHION.

[@wanoroCemeng]

@@jaeho7501 fashion is a BRAND name in china. Its products r also sold in indonesia (clothing, shoes, etc). Get info first before shouting so that people wont think u r brainless. No, am not chinese.

[@jaeho7501]

What's brainless is that claiming to be not Chinese when secretly saving up to leave China. As a 10-cent troll, your limited access to your own country's registered brand names denies you information about rampant piracy in China: how NON-Fashion brands also sport the common noun "fashion."

[@louis18th]

I have came across with a story these so called “fake” shoes are not exactly fake. They are produced by the same factories that produce for the shoes you see in the Nike/Adidas store. Just that they have a little imperfection that the QC doesn’t pass so the factory personnels “smuggle” them out and sell it without insurance/duty/tax. In Cantonese there is a term for this kinda product, it’s “老鼠貨”, literally “rat item”. Someone corrects me if I’m wrong

[@redemissarium]

you forget other possibility, the factory report it as defect products while actually they are fine, so the factory got all the money sell it at official selling price while the brand get none 🤣

[@tristangene]

youre definitely wrong. you don't know the sneaker game, theres no such "smuggled thing" issue and sell it without insurance. fake sneakers are made cheaply compare to the legit one.

[@ClaySano]

@@tristangene that is not even true 1:1 shoe copies can be found readily. They literally talk about it in the video.

[@louis18th]

@snide hey bruh I’ve been checking ur YT channel and great content, subbed. Coming back to the topic, do u mean they smuggle a certain number of the shoes from the contracted factories and mass produce the fakes?

[@klchai7884]

Shoes are shoes, there is no such a thing as real shoes or FAKE shoes, there are only real brands and fake brands.

[@doingtime20]

It's a no brainer, if fakes are undistinguishable from the authentic ones that means that the very same factory producing the authentic ones is also producing the "fake" ones. They just finish producing what they were asked from overseas and then start producing their "own" set of shoes for black market. The only other possibility is that the people in charge of the factory created an alternate factory some blocks away that produces the fake ones, they are the only ones who have the expertise to do it. In any case it shouldn't be too much of a problem to pinpoint precisely who is behind it.

[@aetv2595]

If you can't afford the original shoe and you get something almost close with a lower price i think it also helps😂😂

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

about 10 years ago I remember seeing a video on KZbin of a gigantic warehouse of counterfeit coins... there were counterfeits of every type and date of virtually every country of the world. The huge size of this warehouse was mind boggling.... and why does other countries knowingly allow this??? because by law they are able to be sold under the category "souvenirs". so for years governments around the world have pretty much allowed China to counterfeit anything they want.

[@Fanta....]

And they are in so deep, trying to get back out is a massive nightmare. The worst thing we did was let China into the WTO. China do whatever they want with zero repercussions.

[@thomasthetanderloin]

because their factories can produce those goods at half price and still maintain the same quality compared to western countries. And in reality those "counterfeits" are just leftovers that either failed to meet standards or were produced using the spare resources remaining after they completed the order. The amount produced seems like much but compared to the profits those brand companies are raking in it hardly matters as far all parties are concerned.

[@comment3711]

@@thomasthetanderloin Herein lies the thinking that got us here, that the companies are making so much money that it doesn’t matter, they can afford it. That is called a justification. Justification means telling a story to make one self feel better about doing things that are wrong. Wrong is wrong, whether one makes themselves feel better about it or not.

[@krzheph7373]

@@comment3711 Whats "wrong" is this type of specious "moral absolutism" which is akin to a form of racism. Everyone imitates and copies - the US copied the British Empire who had copied the French and German innovations , Japan copied the US , Korea copied Japan etc ...the beat goes on after all "imitation is the greatest form of flattery". What is worrying is making something a "moral" issue coz that is where the REAL charlatans come in with their Spanish Inquisitions and burning of people at the stake. The moral crusaders are the sickest minds on the planet - always have been. The criminals are those that make abhorrent levels of profit from enslaving others whether there be Nike or some fashion brand - the heros are the people who produce fakes for a fraction of the cost for masses of people. More power to them. They are the real engines of progress of humanity - cheaper , faster ever forward forcing innovation to stay ahead.

[@comment3711]

@@krzheph7373 Society functions on an agreed upon set of rules and laws - don’t steal, don’t physically hurt people, don’t take a life, do unto others as you would have done to you, etc. Some are just guidelines but they make for a nicer place to live, for high trust societies, getting along with your neighbors. Comparing the mores and ways we live by to r8 cism makes no sense. Could you explain this better? There’s a big difference between copying and stealing intellectual property. Copying is the highest form of flattery. Stealing is something else. If you did not invest in the R&D than you should not be reaping the financial rewards. It’s also a point of pride, If everything I ever made was copied from someone else I would feel a bit crap, I’d be embarrassed and other’s would have no respect for me. A country will never improve if it can not invent or innovate. No amount of moral relativism is going to change what is right (not stealing from people) from what is wrong (stealing from people). I know people from all ethnicities would agree on that.

[@scat5838]

Fake shoes aren't so bad, the actual quality most times isn't even that off and the actual name brand shoes are becoming more shittier quality since a lot of people just blindly consume.

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

It sounds like Nike Adidas are selling junks to us if fake shoes are almost identical to real ones… This sounds… we the customers very stupid to take the stupid high price of these branded shoes.

[@jotunman627]

Ever think who pays the fees for the millions of dollars for Jordan, Tiger Woods, Ronaldo, LeBron.....etc. fake shoes can never be the same quality, fakes are motivated by greed and cheating and ripping off the company that has a commitment to its consumers for quality..

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

@@jotunman627 The video says… very close to the quality of real thing…

[@davidburnett5049]

Those poor, world wide, sports brand shoes. I feel so sorry for those companies. /s

[@williamlloyd3769]

Back in the early 1980s, recall getting fake Gucci aka “Puchi” goods in Itaewon, KS. Now it’s all legitimate (sic) copies from China.

[@leifrey]

Chinese fake products are everywhere in the world. They are sold in the open calling them replicas.

[@genoramirez7885]

When "fake shoes" looks more legit that the original.

[@Larph13]

I heard a story: Beats, the headphones, has a factory in china. According to “oem” sellers, when the us headquarters orders, for example, 10,000 pairs, the manufacturer squeezes out the budget and produces extra pairs. 10,000 order would be 15 or 20,000. Then the manufacturer sells the extra as “oems” or “class A copies”. Dunno if it still is the norm over there. Could be the same for shoes.

[@villano_gringo_negro]

Those are not fake, 1 is just sold from the brand name holder & the other sold by the worker. Exactly the same thing different seller & price.

[@SideEpics]

fact is theg arc you hav😮e no idea. 😊hg

[@Digmen1]

There is no way that back yard manufacturers can make such good copies without the help of the OEM shoe manufacturerss. They have to be passing on designs, materials and technology.

[@willywonka4340]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone at the top working under these Western name brands defected with local Chinese investors and start their own Factory with the knowledge on the knowhow obtained from the Defector.

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

In China the government makes it legal for them to steal from western corporations. Sometimes it is in the deal outright. That's why the world is decoupling from China.

[@willywonka4340]

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 yup, and it's called technology or I P. transfer. 20 years ago I knew a friend of a friend who was doing business in China, and that's what was part of the deal if a foreign investor is to open a factory over there. If they don't agree to it, they don't get to set up their shop over there, plain and simple.

[@phillip_iv_planetking6354]

@@willywonka4340 It's theft outright. That's why I have no respect for China and Chinese. And even with all the IP theft they still suck.

[@regolith1350]

This is exactly what happens to all products made in China. Foreign Company X opens factory in China. Almost overnight, new factories pop up from random local companies that produce copycat products - not "competing products in the same category" but CLONES of the original, everything except for the actual brand name. But the tech is the same, the design is the same, the branding/graphic design language is the same. They have absolutely no shame.

[@dinslei6969]

Fake shoes provide free advertising for Adidas and Nike, which leads to local brands needing more advertising costs to increase awareness

[@esparagoza1989]

Hello, Chinese people has the right to say affordable to all people. What do you like only the rich people can wear branded shoes? For there is nothing wrong about this it can create jobs and helps some average people to put some foods on top the table.

[@nganhalam2365]

The price Westerners pay for cheap labour. No free lunch!!!

[@cac1504]

All branded shoes are outsourced to Taiwan companies having manufacturing plants in Vietnam or Indonesia. These are not fakes, but leakage from the very factories making the originals. May have slight defect, but still value for money.

[@jpjay1584]

not of them are the same manufacturers. I am from the industry. 20+ years and live near Futian. DEFINITELY NOT the same manufacturer. that is a MYTH, the fake sellers tell. imagine Nike found out their factory would "make fake shoes at night". they would fire them immediately. non of these are original factories as they wether belong to Nike directly or are huge international mega factories who never would damage their customers business as they work for Nike, Adidas, Reebok etc at the same time. (different teams of course in different assembly lines)

[@peterj.9360]

No no no what you are saying is incorrect. The bosses are from Taiwan and their Body friends are from China. No Taiwanese can control more than 4 Chinese Person. When they have the possibility they start their own business and are doing the copy once. It starts with the machine, with material, with the packing with production lines, just everything. The customers are the same, they are buying copy goods and originals. The biggest Sport Shoe manufacturer is Taiwanese "Pao Chen" they are copying every brand like Adidas is copying Nike, Puma is copying K-Swiss, New Balance is copying Adidas and Nike, etc. The same story you can add to everything. Nike lasts are copied by German Last manufacturer and they copied them from the Japanese once. Nike never developed football shoes, what they have is all built around Adidas and Puma.

[@jpjay1584]

@@peterj.9360 I know Pao Chen, I worked with them for many years. I worked in PUMA 12 years

[@klchai7884]

Shoes are shoes, there is no such a thing as real shoes or FAKE shoes, there are only real brands and fake brands.

[@wenchen8870]

I used to work in a garage. We use to work on vehicles approved by the owners buy using faked parts like quarter panels, fenders, hoods etc. At that time, most of the parts are from Taiwan. I don't know about now.

[@suyang4505]

OEM makes so little they are so incentivized to produce fakes. I don’t have a problem with that. Especially when material and production is nearly indistinguishable, or next to none. I always hear marketing campaigns on how buying fake apparel goods fund criminals and cheat the store owners. What about the factor workers? They are expandable.

[@ShawnFX]

"Shoes that this company sold directly cost Nike $70 million" awwwwh poor Nike, what are they gonna do to stay in business if they lost $70 million😔 /s

[@VidBoxPH]

Companies should consider embedded chips in their products that are only registered to their site with complete manufacturing details, model, udi especially for luxury items.

[@mehmeh1999]

Nah. Why would you pay 1000% mark up for no reason? They have same quality, same purpose, and same appearance. You're essentially only paying for the brand.

[@michaellan78]

No wonder I can't make to the NBA and dunk like Michael Jordan haha. Nothing to do with my slow speed, short and can't shoot. I got fake shoes.

[@martinnderitu5708]

You are one hell of a creative! Your comment is worth more than a hundred (100) comments on this forum. I normally buy the 'tried and tested' as in, used top brands but in tip top condition. I call them the 'brand new second-hand." And boy, they rock like crazy! Being a Friday, I have on the Puma Suede Classic in navy today. It's a look hard to beat. With love from Nairobi, Kenya.

[@static_Tricolor_camry]

It doesn't bother me that the shoes are fake. I personally would never spend $300 or $600 on a pair of shoes, I wear one pair of shoes till they are worn down. I wear Nike Air Force 1's High Top mid 07 & 82 $200 is my max spending on a pair of shoes and if it's fake then it should never be selling for more then $100

[@jackm2293]

Your reports are fantastic. Nice work!

[@Labyrinth6000]

Skechers are the most trash shoes I ever come across! Brand new at $80 - $100 and are infamous for ripping apart after a short time due to that cheap glue used in manufacturing.

[@pookatim]

This is clearly the result of corporate greed. Brands of expensive sports shoes were originally manufactured in America or other European nations. But they wanted higher profits so they began to use cheaper labor in China. How'd that work for ya?

[@Fanta....]

I think it worked great. rich people still buy the real stuff, poor people who would never have bought the shoes for retail get to wear the fakes for a fraction of the price and give nike free adverstising, and nike still get to expliot chinese workers for pennies. the only losers are the west for giving up those manufacturing jobs in the first place.

[@hentosama]

Its clear its more profitable for big corpos to keep using cheap overseas labor, than relocate factories back and give ppl in your own country much needed jobs

[@eddyjan5179]

It's not just shoes it's also covers other areas such as electronic technology to Medicine. There is no international respect in China. But dude they have to do what thy have to do to survive 😂

[@AndyKing1000]

If they produce in China, it's their problem if they get copied. I don't buy Made in China shoes. The label "Made in China" disqualifies the company and the product.

[@poornoodle9851]

They also copy products exclusively made in Germany or Japan for example. It doesn’t really matter…only if they can make money…

[@AndyKing1000]

@@poornoodle9851 they can only produce good replicas if they have the technology and the machinery, which is expensive. Foreign companies that previously produced in China basically gave those methods to China, so they can easily copy it. China can't copy new things however. Maybe shoes, but nothing complicated if you don't show them how. Most of China's industry is either government owned (inefficient) or small private factories (lacking investment).

[@jotunman627]

That is globalization, labor intensive manufacturing are moved to low minimum wage countries like China, Mexico, ASEAN, Eastern Europe, Americas, etc. A Samsung or a Sony can be "made it China", but they still report to Seoul and Tokyo, their corporate ethics are still Korea and Japan. You can buy a Sony wherever it is made and it is still a "Sony" quality. Likewise Nike can be made in China, or in the ASEAN, but its souls is still in Oregon, USA. The Fake industry in China is motivated by greed and cheating, fakes rip off the legitimate company that has a commitment of quality to its customers. Fakes can also be dangerous, fake electronic parts, fake automotive parts, fake medicines, etc. It is illegal to import and bring in (airport) fakes to countries like Japan, Singapore, EU, US, etc. These countries strictly enforce copyright laws. China fakes flood most of Asia and poor countries.

[@superrunnerx1]

Most shoes nowadays are complete shit and thier quality is garbage. Lol. Wtf happened? I walked into foot locker 2 weeks ago looking for shoes. To my surprise 99.9% of all shoes they had around were shit, ugly, their quality was questionable. It looked as if a blind person had put the shoe together. There were traces of dry glue droplets, I can't believe just how bad things have gotten, 10+ years ago things weren't like this.

[@RockSolitude]

If the highest grade fake is virtually identical to the actual item what's the difference and why does it matter? Both are being produced in China anyway using the same materials, machines, level of skill and even factories in some cases.

[@derykhawkins2199]

What matters is china sticking 2 fingers up to the whole world but they still want the west to accept them.

[@colindong7316]

I had a chance to buy air Jordans for 66.00 in Thailand streets. Rather get a real pair of something else for 100.00 or less than fakes.

[@shirkedance]

In short, there is more than 70% chance, you have fake Shoes 👟 with you right NOW.

[@jotunman627]

It is illegal to import fake products in Singapore, Japan, EU, US, etc....even illegal to bring it in at the airport. buy your products from a legitimate malls and stores. Fakes flood Asia and poor countries, where China brings them in. Fakes can be dangerous, fake electronics part, fake automotive parts, fake medicines, fake vaccines, etc. Proper countries are wise to this danger and protects their citizens.

[@shirkedance]

@@jotunman627 it is illegal to Import fake parts in India as well, in fact many other countries But these companies are clever and know all the hacks and work around .

[@jotunman627]

@@shirkedance Legit malls and shops do not sell fakes...it ruins their reputation...

[@jasonelicker3473]

Def not losing sleep over this

[@Yulia_Eromon]

Imagine watching this video while wearing Nike shoes 😁

[@idid1866]

😂🤣😁

[@benghazi4216]

I buy my shoes from Adidas directly. And it helps if you are not riding the hype train. I mean what is wrong with some Stan Smiths? A classic clean look, and comes in so many versions.

[@justiron2999]

At this point I'm surprised that don't cut out the middle man and just make both the real and fake brands in the same factory. Nevermind I just got deeper into the video.

[@snowdog03]

Everything under the sun is copied over there.

[@gebongstoner7595]

These fakes will never stop until the real companies drop the price to be more acceptable prices. if there only difference about 30$-50$ maybe consumers start to move back to the originals..

[@elyserva7903]

Nike selling shoes for $100. $20 to make it, $30 for profit, $30 to advertise, .... Fake Nike's cost $20, cost of manufacture $10, advertisement - $0, profit - $5, ....

[@jotunman627]

true....Nike's Jordan, LeBron, Tiger Woods, Ronaldo, etc. their fee must be unimaginable.... Nike makes a profit of $21.50 on a $100 sneaker. Subsequently, after taxes and administrative expenses (including research and development), true profit is approximately $4.50...

[@colinkay6599]

Where do you think "real" Nike and Louis Vuitton are made? Yes, China. The only difference is Marketing costs and rip-off margins selling to consumers in love with Brands. Hooray for A Grade counterfeiters. P. S... And those "Real" authentic Rolex

[@didiermontagnier6114]

No wonder my last pairs of Nike barely lasted a couple of months.

[@bgraham928]

And they were probably the real ones!

[@BigTankDriver101]

Chinese job seekers tend to have “adaptability, quick-learner, attention to details” in their resumes

[@derykhawkins2199]

and "thief" in their police report.

[@Sharon_McCluskey]

It'll take me less than 10 seconds to know if it's fake or not.

[@martinnderitu5708]

That makes the two of us...I can smell it (a knock off/ fake) from a mile away trust me. Call it gut feeling, intuition or 6th sense, but I sure can and that's why I agree with your sentiments.

[@TheWelwyn21]

​@@martinnderitu5708absolute bollocks

[@obsideon1343]

Real shoe made in a Chinese factory; fake shoe made in a Chinese factory down the street. Perhaps they should have kept shoe production in the US.

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

USA dont have enough trucker drivers...big cost label. Too much drugs. Sadly.

[@secretbassrigs]

don't forget to hit the like button

[@tcruise77]

I don't mind the fake shoes as long as it's ½ the price and quality is as good. I don't need branded stuff to feel secure or accepted. Lol...

[@bssg9549]

Let’s go to Putian baby, to make a big business

[@zarvidal6467]

I like OEM product since before, it will last 3-4 years for my daily used. They are using the same materials as the original, so you can't called it FAKE. the OEM look very similar to the original but in cheap price that's why I like it.. ^ ^

[@JM-no7sp]

Replicas have better quality nowadays compare to retails. Example panda dunks, ts reverse mocha.

[@giggling_boatswain]

This means that the same product with the same quality can be made many times cheaper. That is, in England a worker will agree to paint a bench for 100 euros, and in China a worker will agree to paint a bench for 5 euros. And so it is literally in every area. Now think. That is, wages in England are exceeded at times. This work (labor costs for its implementation) can be performed many times cheaper with the same quality. That is, painting a bench cannot cost 100 euros. The real cost of painting (labor) -5 euros.

[@eugenebrown306]

You asked for it . It's just a trade off . It's always been your move . Stop the fakes.

[@jotunman627]

cant stop it...China's fake industry is a billion dollar money maker - they fake everything....watches, shoes, cars, electronics, medicines, milk, vaccines, jet aircraft, etc...its all about greed and money and cheating

[@JimmyCall]

Don't have a problem with this as long people know they're buying a fake and it's much cheaper.

[@chuckh5999]

Go Putian! Just Do It.

[@credera]

nothing new here with the jello pest. All US companies will face a bitter faith in future when relaying a mayor part of production in china!

[@florantemalazzab889]

That is how China do business. No product development cost, just copy.

[@social3ngin33rin]

Capitol of scam medical services/products AND capitol of counterfeit shoes?!?! lol

[@davidcassidy177]

so the highest grade "fake" shoe is not fake, just unlicensed - over production of the original contracted shoe.

[@nostro1940]

The Chinese couldn't care less about IP theft. More than half of their gdp dependents on it actually

[@00Athus1]

I mean.... I actually can respect the hussle in this case. The factories actually listen to what's going in and adapt to the point they are matching their target's quality.

[@KurtBoulter]

These manufacturers are NOT making shoes, they are making REAL shoes, at the same quality of other factories and selling them under the over price, branded shoe title. It is sad that they are branded as fake, when it is actually the brand names, who are the fakes, as they only slap a name on the shoes and make billions from the hard labour and low profits of the factories manufacturing the shoes. Yes, there is an R&D component, but the profit disparity between manufacturer and retail is staggering.

[@henrytep8884]

Gross margins are what makes a profitable business. Would you like a communist revolution?? If the means of production cannot be controlled by the workers in China, than you probably know why markets and capitalism still exist, because the incentive leads to production vs some delusion belief that a nation is worth the sacrifice of their workers. Hard labour=/= most optimal way to create value. A self-pay check out in a grocery store literally requires minimal hard labour from the workers in the store, but guess what, that self-pay check out produces value with the least amount of labor required.

[@kopicha]

this is what you get for MIC. Go more MIC and have all your intellectual properties being stolen. Then using the tech they stole from you and make their own and lower the selling price. Immitation is one thing. The worst it gets which is already out there where they use your tech your manufacturing but slap on their own name and make a new brand calling themselves same quality as the counter part they represent. Wake up businesses.

[@hemaccabe4292]

I’d be really upset, except I hate Nike. So who cares.

[@markco4911]

Well original Nike are still made in China and Iphones too and soon Tesla.

[@RealityCheck6969]

The fact that they got into the states and someone sold those shoes is more alarming than some chinese factory making a fake shoe.

[@Shirolicious]

How ironic that the "Fake" shoes are impossible to tell from the real thing... but they are much, much cheaper to buy... I buy what is cheaper and is good quality.

[@mechamicro]

Same here, brand name is stupid

[@jotunman627]

fakes are motivated by greed and cheating, they can never be the same quality...they are a cheat, and riff off legitimate companies that has a commitment of quality to its customers.

[@saigoneseSG]

Real Nike is $140 and fake one is $20 exactly same style, same model and same quality…go to Guangzhou and witness yourself, if you go to Manila, Saigon, Bangkok with $100 you will have four paid of Nike and Adidas 😂

[@DSN262]

I have had a few pairs of fake shoes from China (all ultraboost) and i will say they look okay enough but they do not feel great, they feel cheap and don't not hold their shape

[@macua7258]

Buy only from the main stores and online shops of these brands, it's that simple. People buy from online shops at a cheaper price expecting to get the genuine product... that's stupid!

[@jotunman627]

Chinese fake floods the Asian markets, but it's illegal to import or bring in fakes in Japan, Singapore, EU and the US...

[@blose4793]

I watched episodes of new Chinese drama - Lady of Law - where the protagonist travelled to Putian Fujian, where the factory producing for an American brand, also produced for counterfeiters. I believe the episodes reflected some reality.

[@021mr5]

Never buy Nike.

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Spoiler the people who make the fake shoes are paid more.

[@kennyee2545]

more than 10 years, I visited a factory in Putian, a city of Fujian, which produced under license all the famous shoe brands viz Adidas, Nike and others, then I thought as I walked around the huge factory who could know ‘fake’ shoes could also be sold in the market?

[@halfevilhalfgood5738]

costumers think wisely, fake or overprice?

[@hasibkhanz6903]

Can you please tell me which factory is it.i want to wholesale from there

[@THE16THPHANTOM]

sounds like the highly fake shoe is actually not fake. its made with all the same materials as the "real" ones and made exactly with the same quality. and sells cheaper because they dont share the profits.

[@Coxman]

These people have no shame. None whatsoever. Utterly gross.

[@jotunman627]

greed

[@198X_Baby]

This is why i hate Nike shoes. Too expensive and yet the most counterfeited brand.

[@duckie4495]

Most of the Nike are made in China, I bough a pair of air Jordan here in America at Niketown retail store and it said made in China, are you telling me they are fake, what a dumm post.

[@OscaR-bo8ub]

These shoes are sold for around $50 in my country, a Keen eye cannot tell.

[@fortuner123]

Good. If they can make them cheaper then so can Nike. Nike wastes so much on advertising and sponsorships plus big payouts to their shareholders and bosses. More fool you if you waste your money on this commercial shit.

[@leunam3434]

They are exact replicas of brand names and affordable.

[@-HustleUnion-]

honestly shoes cost too much in the first place. if you can make an exact copy on the same machine with the same material, for half the price i'm in. its a shoe ment to get tore up. can't even enjoy wearing expensive shoes. to worried about messing them up. its just like sunglasses. you get the cheap ones from the gas station because you know they are gonna break or get lost.

[@jhunbaetiong1678]

That's why all the branded brands made in CHINA 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kylorokx1552]

"if you can cheat then cheat" famous Chinese norms

[@mohdsaif5584]

I want first copy shoe where is addressed factory

[@chrisy.228]

The factory actually listen to comments from legit checkers and improve 😂 Nike maybe you need to learn something from them 🤣