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Converse (/ ˈ k ɒ n v ər s /) is an American lifestyle brand that markets, distributes, and licenses footwear, apparel, and accessories.Founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 as the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, it has been acquired by several companies before becoming a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. in 2003.
Nike, Inc.[ note 1 ] (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States. [ 5 ] 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. [ 6 ][ 7 ]
Nike World Headquarters. / 45.51056°N 122.83194°W / 45.51056; -122.83194. The Nike Worldwide Headquarters is the global headquarters for Nike, Inc., located in an unincorporated area of Washington County near Beaverton, Oregon, in the United States. The campus has more than 75 buildings on 286 acres, as of 2018.
Converse’s cuts come on the heels of Nike announcing staff layoffs at its headquarters that began in February will total 740 by late June.
John Varvatos. John Varvatos is an international American luxury men's lifestyle brand founded by John Varvatos, that designs, manufactures, and retails high-end fashion, using rock aesthetics as the foundation of the brand's designs. [ 1][ 2] The fashion collection is distributed in 10 freestanding John Varvatos boutiques across the US, as ...
In 2001, Varvatos and Converse formed a partnership and Varvatos was licensed to create a line of high end sneakers, [21] John Varvatos' sneakers were usually produced in the style of High Top Chuck Taylor All-Stars. [citation needed] The partnership has since ended, and Varvatos now produces a "Bootleg" line in a similar Chuck Taylor style.
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. [10]In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
Comverse had 100 local offices in 40 countries, with its corporate headquarters located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, in the United States. Verint Systems (which, from 1999 to 2002, was known as Comverse Infosys [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ) was a provider of solutions for analysis of intercepted communications, digital video-focused security and surveillance ...