About Nike

Nike began on 25 January 1964, when Phil Knight and his University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports. It first sold Japanese running shoes made by Onitsuka Tiger. The Nike name arrived in 1971. Jeff Johnson, its first full time employee, suggested the name, after the Greek goddess of victory. Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student, drew the Swoosh, first used in June 1971. Bowerman tested rubber in his wife's waffle iron to make a new sole, which led to the Waffle Trainer in 1974. Air Max followed in 1987. In October 2025 Nike renamed its Beaverton, Oregon headquarters the Philip H. Knight Campus.

Sources: en.wikipedia.orgsneakerfreaker.comabout.nike.com

More about Nike clothing in Toronto: prices, sizes and shops

Sizes in stock, deepest at M, L, XL. Sizes change by the hour; the size grid on each piece is the live one.

Condition is stated piece by piece where the shop graded it: pre owned. Some carry no grade, which means ungraded, not new.

Ships from Toronto to the US and worldwide. Free to Canada and the US over $300 at Utopia.

Sizes in stock: XS to XL.

Colours in stock: black, blue, white, green, olive.

within carries Nike at Utopia, Outlined and parlor23 in Toronto. The deepest shelves are sneakers, low top and high top. The main materials are leather, suede and cotton. Prices run from $50 to $3,000, and the middle price is $300. Some pieces carry a wear grade from the boutique, and the rest carry none. 86 sizes are in stock today.

Stocked by Utopia, 132 Cumberland Street in Toronto, from about $71.

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