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Team Sweat is "an international coalition of consumers, investors, and workers committed to ending the injustices in Nike’s sweatshops around the world" founded in 2000 by Jim Keady. While Keady was researching Nike at St. John’s University, the school signed a $3.5 million deal with Nike, forcing all athletes and coaches to endorse Nike.
Code of the United States Fighting Force. The Code of the U.S. Fighting Force is a code of conduct that is an ethics guide and a United States Department of Defense directive consisting of six articles to members of the United States Armed Forces, addressing how they should act in combat when they must evade capture, resist while a prisoner or ...
Swoosh. The Swoosh is the logo of American sportswear designer and retailer Nike. Today, it has become one of the most recognizable brand logos in the world, and the most valuable, having a worth of $26 billion alone. [ 1][ 2] Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS).
John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960) [ 1] is an American businessman who is the CEO of Nike. Early in his career, he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999. [ 2] He is on the board of directors at Nike, [ 3] The Bridgespan Group [ 4] and is chairman of PayPal. Donahoe was named president and CEO of ...
The Nike Cortez is the first track shoe released by Nike in 1972, and is therefore thought to be a significant aspect to the success of the company. The Nike Cortez was first designed by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman , [ 2 ] aiming to produce a comfortable and durable running shoe for distance training and road running.
The 2009 Nike Cross Nationals were held at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon on December 5, 2009. It was the sixth edition of the nationals, and for the second year in a row individual runners were allowed to compete alongside team qualifiers. The boys' race was won by Craig Lutz, a junior from Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, in a ...
In his 14 years at Wieden+Kennedy, he created advertising campaigns such as the Mars Blackmon , Michael Jordan commercials for Nike as well as the famous Bugs Bunny–Jordan pairing. [6] He also created the " Bo Knows " campaign for Nike featuring Bo Jackson , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and the Tiger Woods commercial, entitled "I Am Tiger Woods".
In 2009, Eric Koston left Lakai Limited Footwear to join Nike [10] and a video featuring the Nike SB amateur team, called Debacle, was released later in the year. [11] In December 2011, the video SB Chronicles Vol. 1 premiered online, while premiere parties and free video showings were held throughout the world.