MasterClass, the online education company, announced the appointment of David Schriber as chief marketing officer. Schriber most recently served as vice president, Global Brand Experience, Creative, and Innovation at Nike. (Read More)
Nike’s “Dream Crazier” campaign out of Wieden + Kennedy and directed by Kim Gehrig of Somesuch was honored for Advertising Excellence/Single Commercial at the AICP Show, held by the Association of Independent Commercial Producers. (Read More)
Nike Inc. announced that Ratnakar Lavu will become the company’s first global chief digital information officer, effective June 17. Lavu most recently was the chief technology and information officer at Kohl’s, (Read More)
Nike's renovated flagship in London will be the brand's first store to feature plus-size and para-sport mannequins. The mannequins are featured on a special floor dedicated to women. (Read More)
Toronto star Kawhi Leonard filed a federal lawsuit against Nike on Monday, claiming the footwear giant copyrighted the “Klaw” logo that he designed without his consent and is now blocking him from using the logo he believes he owns. Leonard, a Nike endorser until 2018, is now endorsed by New Balance. (Read More)
In continuation of their commitment to developing the next generation of football athletes, the NFL and Nike announced the Nike 11-On initiative, a scholastic-based, team-oriented, character-building program. (Read More)
Nike signed Ja Morant, the former Murray State guard who's expected to be taken second in the upcoming NBA Draft. (Read More)
Controversial lawyer Michael Avenatti was charged with trying to extort Nike out of more than $20 million dollars by threatening to go public with claims the company was facilitating payments to the families of high school basketball stars. Avenatti separately was charged with stealing about $300,000 from his former porn star client Stormy Daniels. (Read More)
Footwear brands and retailers have joined together to write a collective letter to President Trump asking him to rethink his latest tariff increase and relax the escalating the trade war with China. The letter is another attempt by industry players to appeal to Trump’s concern for the American consumers and how these additional tariffs would result in higher-priced product. (Read More)
Nike said Friday it was adding language to future contracts that would protect female athletes’ pay during pregnancy. The change comes after the brand received backlash last week for freezing compensation for some pregnant women under endorsement deals. (Read More)
Nike Inc., facing yet another controversy over gender equality involving its endorsed female athletes, found some success in calendar 2018 in its push to improve the representation of female and minority employees in its workforce, according to the company’s first FY18 Impact Report. But Mark Parker, CEO, insisted Nike still has much further to go. (Read More)
Nike Inc's FY18 Impact Report showed Nike saw a 4 percent increase of VP-level representation of women in 2018, bringing the total to 36 percent. The report, the company's first Impact Report, further revealed a 3 percent increase of VP-level representation of U.S. underrepresented groups, bringing the total to 19 percent. (Read More)
Nike admitted that in the past its female sponsored athletes have had their pay cut back for 'performance-based payment reductions' related to pregnancy but it changed the policy in 2018. (Read More)
PVH Corp. entered into a licensing agreement with Nike Inc. for the design, sourcing, marketing and worldwide distribution of Nike-branded men’s underwear. (Read More)
Nike plans to move it's U.K. headquarters from Soho to a larger location north of the regeneration zone in King’s Cross, the Evening Standard reports. (Read More)
Nike Inc. announced that Dr. John C. Lechleiter, a director of the company since 2009 and former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company, has decided to retire and will not stand for re-election to the board of directors of Nike Inc. at the September 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. (Read More)
Nike Inc.’s athletic apparel offering is gaining mindshare among consumers in four categories—innovation, fashion, style and value—mostly at the expense of Under Armour, according to a recent survey from Canaccord Genuity Capital Markets. (Read More)
Nike is close to extending its kit supplier partnership with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). (Read More)
Tiger Wins The 2019 Masters! Nike was ready. Just minutes after Tiger’s emotional win at... (Read More)
Nike is expected to replace New Balance as the kit supplier of the famed English Premier League soccer club, Liverpool. (Read More)