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Fast Company August 2002 Fara Warner	Nike's Women's Movement Can a famously high-testosterone company, built on brash ads and male athletic fantasies, finally click with female customers? That's the challenge behind Nike Goddess, whose goal is a once-and-for-all shift in how the company sells to, designs for, and communicates with women.
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Fast Company September 2010 Ellen McGirt	How Nike's CEO Shook Up the Shoe Industry Nike's Mark Parker brings together extreme talents, whether they're basketball stars, tattooists, or designers obsessed with shoes.
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004	A Jog with Nike's Numbers Man CFO Don Blair talks about the hard job of instilling discipline at the freewheeling sports-equipment marketer. It hasn't been a stroll in the park.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2009 Reena Jana	Nike Quietly Goes Green The brand's eco-friendly products are cheaper to make, but its buyers are more interested in design and performance than sustainability.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Stanley Holmes	All The Rage Since Reagan Nike's Air Force 1, introduced in the '80s, still grabs attention- and huge margins.
CIO June 15, 2004 Christopher Koch	Nike Rebounds How (and Why) Nike Recovered from its supply chain disaster. Too many Air Garnetts. Too few Air Jordans. Nike lost money, time and a measure of pride when its demand-planning software led it astray. How did it recover?
The Motley Fool June 30, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Nike Plays It Cool Despite short-term stumbles, the athletic shoe maker's shares should prove fleet-footed in the future.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Fool on Call: Nike's Got Ups It is not every day you see a company report a 13% decline in net earnings, and then see its stock pick up nice buying on the Street. Yet this is what happened when Nike released its fiscal 2007 first-quarter results.
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BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 Stanley Holmes	Adidas' World Cup Shutout U.S. fans of soccer's big event will see only Adidas ads on television. Nike's response: A MySpace-style site for soccer nuts.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Jeremy MacNealy	Fool on Call: Nike Eyes a Banner 2008 From soccer to Converse to China, Nike plans to dominate its game. For prospective investors seeking companies to hold for decades to come, it's hard not to include Nike on that list.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2004 Rich Duprey	Nike's LeBron: Pure Gold? Nike's deal with the basketball phenom is getting buzz, but will it pay off?
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Stanley Holmes	Nike's New Advice? Just Strut It The sneaker giant is betting big on a foray into the fickle world of street fashion.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 LouAnn Lofton	Nike's Eyes on LeBron The athletic shoe company's U.S. fortunes are improving.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Good Night for a Good Knight Despite the NBA retirement of Michael "Air" Jordan and CEO Philip Knight's goodbye later this month, Nike marches on -- the way great brands do. The stock has nearly doubled over the past two years.
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The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Investors Try Nike On for Size Investors applauded recent quarterly results at Nike, sending its stock up further after recent gains.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Stocks for Mom: Nike She bought you the sneakers. Why not buy her the stock? While its 1.5% dividend yield isn't very large right now, it's very well-funded, and the company has plenty of room to expand its payout in years to come.
BusinessWeek September 25, 2006 Stanley Holmes	Nike Goes For The Green After 14 years, it figures out how to get greenhouse gas out of its sneakers.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2004 David Meier	Phil Hangs Up His Nikes CEO Phil Knight names his successor at Nike.
Sports Illustrated May 28, 2003 George Dohrmann	James and the Giant Deal Adidas and Reebok offered more cash, but Nike's full-court press helped it win the battle for the heart -- and feet -- of high school basketball phenom LeBron James.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Nike Has the Power Nike's brand power shines in third quarter, with results that were off the charts.
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005	Chaos and Creativity at Nike Vice-President John Hoke talks about letting his designers take their wildest inspirations and run with them.
Fast Company September 2010	A 31-Year Look at Mark Parker's Nike Career How Mark Parker helped create Nike's success.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Folly Volley: Nike Beyond short-term economics, Nike is priming itself for continued domination on the global stage. Investors, take note.
AskMen.com Mark Simmons	LeBron: Nike's $90 Million Man A look at the success and failure of various sneaker deals in the past and the motivation for signing a $90 million contract with LeBron James.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Nike The easy money has been made due to the recent run in the footwear and apparel behemoth's stock, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for future gains.
The Motley Fool October 9, 2009 Angelique Keenley	Nike Jumps Into China With Both Feet The company steps up its sales efforts in China after a successful Olympics there.
Salon.com August 5, 2002 Damien Cave	Air Jordans What changed leisure footwear forever and created the wonderful, hideous behemoth of contemporary consumer culture? It's gotta be da shoes.
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Aaron Bernstein	Nike's New Game Plan for Sweatshops Unlike giants such as Wal-Mart, it now has a system to inspect -- and try to improve -- working conditions at supplier factories. But will it be too little, too late?
The Motley Fool December 27, 2010 Andrew Bond	A Footwear Giant That Doesn't Fake It Instead of entering the toning shoe market, Nike has transformed it.
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Roberts & Holmes	China's Real Sports Contest As the 2008 Olympics approach, sneaker makers are jockeying for supremacy in China
The Motley Fool May 23, 2006 Brendan Mathews	Nike's Not Courting Disaster Temporary legal issues at Nike have merely created a buying opportunity for investors.
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Stanley Holmes	Inside The Coup At Nike Nike founder Phil Knight is a case study of the charismatic leader who can't let go. Ex-CEO William Perez, his latest casualty, learned that the hard way.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Nikes on Sale The upscale shoe company teams up with a discount retailer. The partnership won't hurt Nike's image too much, but it also won't be a huge catalyst for the company's new growth strategy.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Tim Goh	Nike's European Affair Nike takes over British soccer franchise Manchester United's replica uniform merchandising business, which means Nike gains from every player on the team's star-studded roster where apparel is concerned.
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Stanley Holmes	Nike: It's Not A Shoe, It's A Community Nike has set up a Web site where soccer fans can network.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Nike's Confident Buyback Nike has a leading brand, and its strong historical performance should continue for the foreseeable future, thanks to strong international growth avenues. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Nike's Favorable Global Footprint Revenue increased in every region this quarter for Nike; and strong international growth easily offset anemic trends in the United States.
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Stanley Holmes	Adidas: The Machine of a New Sole Adidas' new shoe is no gimmick, and at $250 it's no bargain. Nevertheless, Adidas is pumped by nine months of positive buzz that preceded the new shoe's launch. And rivals Nike and Reebok have taken notice.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Tiger in Nike's Tank Nike's relatively rapid success with links attire and equipment is only a microcosm for the company's wider-ranging growth and maturation. This company deserves investors' attention.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Fool on Call: Nike Talks Up a Big Game No other brand dominates the world of sports quite the way Nike does, at least on the apparel and footwear side. Investors, take note.
Inc. October 2004 Rob Walker	Going After Nike Like many entrepreneurs, Kalle Lasn has big ideas, and even bigger dreams. His latest is a shoe made with environmentally friendly materials and ethical labor. But his secret agenda is to help make a better world.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Nike Plays Above the Rim Things are going a little better than even the footwear and apparel company had first figured. Because the surge in orders came late, it hints that this is a company whose products are spiking in demand.
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