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Nike Shoes -- A Historic Landmark In Sports

By: paul kent

Ask any children today, he or she will say "Nike", if you tell them: "shoes." Nike has become a synonym for shoes. No wonder, because it has a long success. The company's name is absolutely justified, and can be called that Greek Nike is the goddess of victory. Itsheadquarters is in today's Portland metropolitan area metropolitan area and has about a revenue excess of about $20billion (USD) today.

In 1967, Nike was the first solded product by the company (then called by its founders Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight as Blue Ribbon Sports Inc) and it was a soccer cleat. In 1972 and 1979, The famous waffle soles and air soles respectively were created by the Nike Company and was commercialised by them for the first time in the world. So, because of the shoes made the athletes happier, the company earned a huge profit. In 1980, which gave the company the idea to go public.

In 1984, An agreement that was signed by the then Super Start of NBA, Michael Jordan creat the company's prestigious Air Jordans. Which was the first time ever, a range of shoes was created for basketball alone, more precisely for Michael Jordan alone. Then this brand in the market swept clean the other shoes. Besides, the company also released another elite of sport shoes called Air Force 1 later.

From 1988 to 1996, many development prompt the company higher. A Nike store town was founded in Oregon (presently the Head Quarters) in 1990, with the famous tagline "Just Do it" was created in 1988.the head quarter of famous slogan "just do as I say" was founded in 1988. Now, after many acquisitions and expansions, it has been a large enterprise that manufactures all types of sports apparel and is a more popular brand for millions of people.

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