| Footwear Types | Running shoes, lifestyle sneakers, trail shoes, training shoes | Running shoes (daily, stability and racing), football boots, basketball shoes, lifestyle sneakers | — | — |
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| Intended Activities | Road and trail running, gym training, everyday wear | Road running and racing, football, basketball, everyday wear | — | — |
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| Signature Models | 990 series (made in US and UK), Fresh Foam 1080 | Suede, Clyde, King (football), Velocity NITRO, Deviate NITRO, Magnify NITRO, Fast-R NITRO Elite | — | — |
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| Cushioning & Comfort Technologies | Fresh Foam cushioning (e.g. 1080), FuelCell performance foam (highest energy return of NB foams) | NITRO nitrogen-infused foam, NITROFOAM Elite (race models), PROFOAM EVA midsoles, PWRPLATE carbon plate, PUMAGRIP outsole rubber | — | — |
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| Returns Policy | US: 45 days from shipment or store purchase, items in new condition; online returns free for members, US$5 restocking fee for non-members | UK: free returns within 30 days of delivery, no direct exchanges; terms vary by country | — | — |
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| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany | — | — |
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| Parent Company | Privately held (New Balance Athletics, Inc.) | PUMA SE (publicly listed); Anta Sports agreed in January 2026 to buy a 29.06% stake, becoming largest shareholder | — | — |
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| Width Options | Wider-than-usual width range, including very narrow and very wide fittings on many styles; Trackster (1960) was an early multi-width running shoe | — | — | — |
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| Manufacturing | Factories in the US and the UK (Flimby, England) alongside overseas production | — | — | — |
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