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Nike's quarterly sales and profits slump as it faces shoppers' sluggish demand for its products
Read full article: Nike's quarterly sales and profits slump as it faces shoppers' sluggish demand for its productsNike has reported a slump in sales and profits for its fiscal first quarter as the sportswear giant wrestles with shoppers’ sluggish demand for new sneaker models.
Nike shares surge premarket on N. American sales, outlook
Read full article: Nike shares surge premarket on N. American sales, outlookNike’s shares are soaring before the opening bell Friday, as the footwear and clothing company posted record fiscal fourth-quarter sales in North America and gave a better-than-anticipated full-year revenue forecast.
Nike, NFL and others to start giving workers Juneteenth off
Read full article: Nike, NFL and others to start giving workers Juneteenth offAlthough slavery was already abolished more than two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation, it continued in some areas. Some businesses have professed support for the Black Lives Matter movement or pledged to donate money to organizations. Others have promised to hire more black workers or make other policy changes. This week, Nike CEO John Donahoe told workers they would get Juneteenth off starting this year as a way to celebrate black culture and history. The power of this historical feat in our countrys blemished history is felt each year," Goodell wrote in a memo.