Article: New shoe sales put Nike's best foot forward

Article: LOSSES PUT NIKE ON ITS SWOOSH.(Business)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 19, 1998 ;     385 words ...Byline: William McCall Associated Press BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Nike just isn't doing it anymore. After spending millions to put its swoosh logo on sports stars from Michael Jordan to Tiger Woods and enjoying annual growth of 35 percent over the last three years, the shoe manufacturer has hit a wall.

Article: KNIGHT, `SWOOSH' PUT NIKE ON TOP, BUT TO WHAT ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Dean Bonham Can you remember when you didn't know what ``the Swoosh'' was? You probably can't and there's a good reason. That logo is the byproduct of the most extraordinary brand-building campaign in the history of the sports industry. In 1984 Nike Chairman Phil Knight entered into a

Article: Cattle culls put Nike on the run over profit levels
Evening News - Scotland;  April 19, 2001 ;     396 words ...NIKE, the world's number one shoe maker, has warned its profits could be hit in the coming months because the foot-and-mouth crisis is pushing up the price of leather. The company said today that the price of leather, which has increased by at least 15 per cent this year, is "rising due in part to

Article: Slow Motion Put Nike on Top, Writer Says
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 9, 1994 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK Without the slow-motion replay, crystallizing the passions, skills - and footwear - of basketball players, Michael Jordan might have been just another basketball great and Nike just another shoe. But as it worked out, spectacular video shots have played a key part in launching Jordan as a

Article: Beaverton is ready to put Nike case behind it.
ORian (Portland, OR);  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: David R. Anderson Feb. 22--BEAVERTON -- City Council members are expected to write a $175,000 check to Nike on Monday night and give up any idea of appealing a judge's ruling that city officials were in contempt of court for withholding public documents. The council has never discussed the

Article: James steps up sneaker wars: LeBron suggests that for him, high ...
Newsday (Melville, NY);  March 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Ken Berger Mar. 29--It didn't matter how much Stephon Marbury's sneakers cost when he rattled in a three-pointer with 8.5 seconds left last night to keep the Knicks ever so faintly alive in their quest to make the playoffs. "I mean, come on," said LeBron James, the Cavaliers' star forward

Article: Online shoe sales take bigger stride.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... And there is more growth ahead. Online shoe sales are projected to increase 22 percent ... commerce research firm. By 2011, online shoe sales are forecast to double to $5.8 billion ... CAN END HERE) Since fit is so key to shoe sales, online shoe stores have traditionally ...