Grained Nubuck Low Top Sneaker

I managed to score these on sale so was happy with that. The shoes arrived while I was out of town, so just got to try them on this morning. This brand does not do half sizes, so ordered the next size up like the others I have and the fit is great. For some reason, it thought these were suede but they are really soft leather with a really comfy foot insole. Since these went in and out of stock, I figured they were probably returned and as expected as the paper inside the box was really ruffled, but I inspected them and could not see any signs of outside wear like toe imprints in the insoles and the underside looked like they were tried on but no worn outside. Also, the shoes were not laced up as the normal Nordstrom presentation would be. If this brand wants to be high end, they need to put two shoe socks in the box and stop thinking that two shoes will fit in there. I have a pair of LV shoes with a much nicer box and shoe socks.