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Technology

Fashion’s Innovation Dilemma

Nike’s shuttering of RTFKT, the virtual sneaker brand it acquired in 2021, highlights a perennial problem for companies that want to remain innovation leaders: Rush in and potentially make a costly mistake, or hang back and risk being late.

Technology

Fashion’s Innovation Dilemma

Nike’s shuttering of RTFKT, the virtual sneaker brand it acquired in 2021, highlights a perennial problem for companies that want to remain innovation leaders: Rush in and potentially make a costly mistake, or hang back and risk being late.


Retail

Apple CEO’s Other Job: Helping Turn Nike Around

Apple chief Tim Cook, the longest-tenured member of Nike’s board of directors, is helping guide co-founder Phil Knight and executive chairman Mark Parker through one of the sportswear giant’s toughest years ever.

Retail

Apple CEO’s Other Job: Helping Turn Nike Around

Apple chief Tim Cook, the longest-tenured member of Nike’s board of directors, is helping guide co-founder Phil Knight and executive chairman Mark Parker through one of the sportswear giant’s toughest years ever.


Sports

A Memo to Elliott Hill on His First Day at Nike

The new CEO has a monumental task ahead of him as he begins work on Nike’s turnaround strategy. Success means resetting expectations, showing evidence of meaningful innovation, recapturing the attention of sneakerheads and earning the trust of retailers.

Sports

A Memo to Elliott Hill on His First Day at Nike

The new CEO has a monumental task ahead of him as he begins work on Nike’s turnaround strategy. Success means resetting expectations, showing evidence of meaningful innovation, recapturing the attention of sneakerheads and earning the trust of retailers.


Sports

Nike’s Plunging Sales Reveal the Difficult Task Ahead for Incoming CEO

Sales missed expectations and the company withdrew its guidance, laying bare the challenges facing Elliott Hill as he prepares to lead the brand.

Sports

Nike’s Plunging Sales Reveal the Difficult Task Ahead for Incoming CEO

Sales missed expectations and the company withdrew its guidance, laying bare the challenges facing Elliott Hill as he prepares to lead the brand.


Retail

This Week: Nike’s Next Chapter Begins

Quarterly earnings on Tuesday are likely to paint a bleak picture, but also provide the new regime an opportunity to lay groundwork for a recovery.

Retail

This Week: Nike’s Next Chapter Begins

Quarterly earnings on Tuesday are likely to paint a bleak picture, but also provide the new regime an opportunity to lay groundwork for a recovery.


Workplace & Talent

Nike’s CEO Switch Underscores the Allure and Risks of Boomerang Executives

Elliott Hill’s return to Nike Inc. as CEO underscores broader industry challenges and the growing need for revitalisation.

Workplace & Talent

Nike’s CEO Switch Underscores the Allure and Risks of Boomerang Executives

Elliott Hill’s return to Nike Inc. as CEO underscores broader industry challenges and the growing need for revitalisation.


Sports

Nike CEO John Donahoe to Step Down

The embattled chief executive will make way for Elliott Hill, a Nike veteran who had retired from the brand in 2020.

Sports

Nike CEO John Donahoe to Step Down

The embattled chief executive will make way for Elliott Hill, a Nike veteran who had retired from the brand in 2020.


Sports

The Debate Over Nike’s CEO Bursts Into the Open

Speculation about the chief executive’s future is now happening in the open public as pressure grows on Nike's management to enact a turnaround — and do it sooner than later.

Sports

The Debate Over Nike’s CEO Bursts Into the Open

Speculation about the chief executive’s future is now happening in the open public as pressure grows on Nike's management to enact a turnaround — and do it sooner than later.


China

Nike Bets Its China Comeback on Michael Jordan’s New $1,000 High-Tops

The sportswear giant is betting on Jordan brand’s latest ‘World of Flight’ retail concept in Beijing to kickstart sales in the region, amid increasing competition from home grown players Anta and Li-Ning.

China

Nike Bets Its China Comeback on Michael Jordan’s New $1,000 High-Tops

The sportswear giant is betting on Jordan brand’s latest ‘World of Flight’ retail concept in Beijing to kickstart sales in the region, amid increasing competition from home grown players Anta and Li-Ning.


Sports

Pressure Eases on Nike, But Problems Remain

The sportswear giant posted flat sales in its latest quarterly report, beating Wall Street expectations. To fully recover, the business must demonstrate greater product innovation, analysts say.

Sports

Pressure Eases on Nike, But Problems Remain

The sportswear giant posted flat sales in its latest quarterly report, beating Wall Street expectations. To fully recover, the business must demonstrate greater product innovation, analysts say.