Nike Inc in Apparel and Footwear

March 2025

Nike Inc remains the industry leader in the global apparel and footwear market despite having faced turbulent performance in 2024 with declining retail sales in leading markets. The shifting consumer landscape and Nike’s strategic re-evaluation of its retailing strategies sees the company weathering the storm while continuing to face increasing competition from incumbent and challenger sportswear brands.

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Key Findings

Macroeconomic factors and consumer fatigue impacting Nike Inc’s performance

2024 saw Nike Inc facing the repercussions of delayed product innovation leading to consumer fatigue and the impact of shifting distribution strategies leading to a tumultuous year for the company’s performance, however Nike Inc’s position as the global market leader remained. Additional macroeconomic factors impacting the value chain continue to impact the overall apparel and footwear market.

Navigating the changing landscape of consumers and the sportswear market

As consumer purchasing habits continue to be shaped by shifts in disposable spending amidst a growing sportswear market, Nike Inc continues to be positioned efficiently globally to be primed for adaptability to ensure the coming years are less tumultuous, however the development of new business strategies will prove imperative in future years.

Increasing competition from challenger sportswear brands

Challenger sportswear brands have been impacting the undercurrents of the sportswear market which continues to lead to increasing fragmentation across the sportswear market. Key challenger brands are capitalising on shifting market and consumer dynamics and providing product offerings that are seeing them experience strong growth to change the landscape of the sportswear market.

Realigning business strategies

Learning from the failings of previous business development strategies and the tumultuous year Nike Inc faced in 2024, the company is already initiating a turnaround strategy and re-evaluating executive decisions taken in recent years through learning from other incumbent sportswear brands alongside harnessing key takeaways from the performance of challenger sportswear brands.

This report examines:

  • Company share by region and sector
  • Brand portfolio
  • New product developments
  • Marketing and distribution strategies

A detailed SWPT analysis of Nike Inc provides strategic intelligence on:

  • Strengths and weaknesses
  • Category and country opportunities for growth
  • Challenges and threats from current competition and future prospects
  • Global and regional market positions

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Scope of the report
Executive summary
Top companies at a glance: Apparel and footwear
Top companies at a glance: Sportswear
Nike Inc’s global footprint
Company overview
Navigating the impact of President Trump’s policies
Uncertainty around tariffs in the US could end up increasing prices for consumers
Growth decomposition
Shifting consumer values driving purchases
Sportswear vs apparel and footwear
Sports footwear sales by category
Footwear segmentation as Nike Inc’s leading product category
Exposure to growth
Projected rankings
Sports sponsorship in major leagues worldwide
Womenswear as a key driver for growth globally
Em erging markets will be a key focal point for global footwear growth
Asia Pacific driving expansion of the sportswear industry
Key categories and markets
R elative performance
Competitor overlap
Nike Inc apparel and footwear vs sportswear regional sales
Incumbent vs challenger sportswear brands
Incumbents vs challenger sportswear brands: Brand performance
Incumbents vs challenger sportswear brands: Growth opportunities
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Repercussions from wholesale restructuring
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90s nostalgia: The return of the T90
Key findings
Projected company sales: FAQs (1)
Projected company sales: FAQs (2)

Apparel and Footwear

Apparel is the aggregation of clothing and footwear. This dataset covers retail sales of apparel through both store-based retailers and non-store retailers. Excludes black market sales (i.e. untaxed, generated within informal retailing)and duty free sales (travel retail). Items must be new when sold to the consumer; second-hand/used items are excluded. Antique and/or vintage clothing and footwear is also excluded.

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