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Nike, Inc. [note 1] (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon. [6] It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$46 billion in its fiscal year 2022.
As companies across the country have renewed their commitments to diversity, sustainability and other values that consumers are seeking more than ever, Nike has charted its five-year plan in its ...
Knight's memoir, Shoe Dog, was released on April 26, 2016, by Simon & Schuster, was rated fifth on The New York Times Best Seller list for business books in July 2018, [35] and details the building of the Nike brand, from importing Japanese shoes to being part of a federal investigation.
Nike is the top apparel company in the United States. It has bypassed former teen staple Abercrombie & Fitch to become the most loved brand by teens, according to a recent survey executed by Piper ...
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Nike wins Advertiser of the Year at the Cannes Advertising Festival. Nike enters the ice hockey market after acquiring Canstar, the parent company of hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer Hockey. Nike had only made hockey jerseys, specifically those of the Edmonton Oilers at the height of Wayne Gretzky-mania, but now began to make all equipment.
1962 Phil Knight visits Onitsuka Tiger in Kobe, Japan, and pitches the idea of selling their shoes in the U.S. When asked the name of his company, Knight comes up with one on the spot: Blue Ribbon ...
Between 1998 and 2004, Nike established a company-wide sustainability policy, committed to donating three percent of pre-tax income to needy communities (including $37.3 million in cash and Nike product in 2004 alone), developed standards for factory monitoring, and became recognized in the field of corporate social responsibility. [9]