10 interesting facts about Nike
Nike is one of the world's most popular retailers of athletic clothing and footwear,
but the average person is unaware of many interesting facts about the company.
Despite the fact that the majority of the Western population owns at least one item
made by Nike, there are many interesting facts about the company that are
relatively unknown.
- Nike was founded on January 25th 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight
- The headquarters are based in Washington County Oregon USA
- Many hardcore fans of the brand mispronounce the name Nike it is correctly pronounced NY key and the name comes from the Greek goddess of victory
- The famous Nike logo a solid swoosh was designed for just $35 by Carolyn Davidson a student at Portland State University later on she was given more than 640,000 dollars worth of nike products
- The slogan just do it which is now recognized all over the world was inspired by Gary Gilmore's last words the serial killer said let's do it before he was executed
- Nike sells Footwear clothing and sports accessories in thousands of stores across the world in total there are more than 900 million items sold every single year
- Over the years Nike has made some award-winning commercials and in 2000 and again in 2002 the company won an Emmy Award
- One of Nikes most recent innovations as a shoe which can be electronically paired up to a smartphone the footwear contains a computing device which is embedded in it and can be connected to the smartphone of whoever is wearing the shoes
- Athletic shoes on the market Nike accounts for approximately 62% of the market, making it the most popular brand of sporting footwear.
- Nike does not only create shoes for everyday use.Tinker Hatfield, a Nike shoe designer, designed the bat boot for the first Batman film, and Nike also designed the hoverboarding shoes worn by Michael J Fox in Back to the Future Part 2.
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