athletic shoe

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“Air” recounts the entertaining and surprisingly suspenseful tale of how Nike became a major player in the athletic shoe market in the 1980s by forging an innovative business partnership with the then-promising basketball star Michael Jordan.

From Los Angeles Times

“Air” begins in the 1980s, shortly after the company has gone public; although co-founder Phil Knight had attained a 50 percent market share in the athletic shoe market, in basketball he was trailing behind Converse and Adidas.

From Washington Post

The number of ultrarunners worldwide rose steeply from 34,401 in 1996 to 611,098 in 2018, according to a 2021 study by athletic shoe seller RunRepeat and sports governing agency World Athletics.

From Washington Times

Analysts predict the athletic shoe and apparel maker’s fiscal second-quarter earnings declined from a year earlier, even as revenue increased.

From Seattle Times

It all started 40 years ago over a card table in a dingy basement office, with a pay phone down the hall and a single client: the upstart athletic shoe company Nike, run by Phil Knight, who declared from the outset, “I don’t believe in advertising.”

From New York Times