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Nike Withdraws 'Dunk' Ads
Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 year ago
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The ads, designed by ad agency Wieden+Kennedy, promoted a new line of basketball shoes, called Hyperdunk, that are at the center of Nike's Olympics marketing pitch. The ad featured two unidentified male basketball players; as one flew up to the net for...
Tags: basketball, diversity, marketing, Nike
Homophobic Nike Commerical
Nike said Friday it would pull its ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes, responding to criticism that they fed homophobic views. Nike previously defended the ads, but said it would withdraw them as quickly as possible "to underline our ongoing commitment...
Tags: homophobia, nike, hyperdunk, basketball, allnews, enertainment, advertising, marketing, diversity, oregon
Nike Pulls 'Air Stab,' UK Crime Rates Plummet [Public Relations]
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility And this controversy is distracting them from the process of pulling all their " Air Stab " shoes out of UK stores because the god damn Brits can't stop knifing each other ! The insatiable British appetite for stabbing their fellow citizens caused bad...
Tags: nike, controversy, advertising, basketball, gays, Nike Pulls, First Nike, air stabbing
Li-Ning to clothe four national teams
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility While Nike will outfit the bulk of China's Olympic athletes, local sporting apparel giant Li-Ning will provide gear for four major Chinese teams, including table tennis, diving, gymnastics and shooting. Li-Ning has provided clothing for Chinese athletes...
Tags: allnews, advertising, basketball, Nike
FSU sprinter Dix signs lucrative endorsement deal
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Fort Lauderdale-born sprinter has signed what his agent called "a record-breaking" multimillion-dollar contract with Nike through December 2012 to become the highest-paid endorsed track athlete to come out of college, according to his agent. "This...
Tags: Walter Dix, Nike, dix signs
Nike posts net profit rise
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), the world's largest athletic shoe and apparel maker, said on Wednesday quarterly net profit rose with the help of international sales, especially in Asia, boosted by a weak dollar. Net income in its fiscal fourth...
Tags: Research, American Express Co, Nike, Stock Buzz, net profit, largest athletic, net income, apparel maker, U.S, athletic shoes
Shara's shorts: A Sun apology
Hours after The Sun told how Maria Sharapova's new outfit had been branded too manly by tennis fans, the Wimbledon babe gave her tuxedo-style gear its first public airing. And she proved it DID have its advantage points. The 21-year-old hitched up one...
Tags: Maria Sharapova, Nike
Sharapova dons white tuxedo top for Wimbledon
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility On Tuesday it was time for Maria Sharapova's white tuxedo and shorts as she upped the fashion stakes at the world's most famous tournament. The 21-year-old Russian said she wanted to do something classy for Wimbledon so she decided to step up a gear in...
Tags: Maria Sharapova, Sharp Sharapova, fashion staked, Centre Court, tuxedo look, Stephanie Foretz, tuxedo bib, Nike
AROUND SPORTS: Nike OKs Speedo for its swimmers
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Nike OKs Speedo for its swimmers Nike is allowing seven of the Olympic hopefuls it sponsors to don Speedo International's new full-body swimsuit instead of the Nike product for the U.S...Nike spokesman Derek Kent said the exception is a limited one to...
Tags: Nike
Swim fed made right call on suits
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Specifically, of course, I'm referring to the latest technological craze, Speedo's LZR Racer, which has been donned by dozens of elite-level swimmers this year en route to world-record-shattering marks. Those marks have been chronicled in countless publications...
Tags: Nike, Speedo International
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