Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded clothing, footwear, Nike Sneaker Running Shoes,sportswear, and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel[3] and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in

excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. The brand alone is valued at $10.7 Billion making it the most valuable brand among sports businesses.[4] Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.

The company was founded on January 25, 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight,[1] and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1978. The company takes its name from Nike (Greek ????, pronounced [ni?k??]), the Greek goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand, as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Discount Nike Plus Shoes, Air Jordan, Nike Skateboarding, and subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro and Converse. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey (later renamed Nike Bauer) between 1995 and 2008.[5] In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the company operates retail stores under the Niketown name. Nike sponsors many high profile athletes and sports teams around the world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just Do It" and the Swoosh logo.

BEIJING - China's economy appears Nike Air Max Shoes to be weakening more rapidly than official statistics would suggest, raising fears of a painful slowdown that could be felt around the globe. Second-quarter gross domestic product statistics to be released this week are expected to show growth of around 7.5% compared with the same period last year, according to analysts' estimates. That would be the slowest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis. But government data are widely believed to understate the extent of China's woes.

The shares in the world's largest Adidas Mens Womens Shoes and clothing maker plunged 7 percent on fears that already stretched margins will come under even greater pressure this year and next. It reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by rising production costs.

The company expects margin pressures to persist this year, intensifying in the current quarter.

"This is evidence that rising input costs are hurting Nike's profit," said Giri Cherukuri, a portfolio manager with OakBrook Investments, which owns Nike Free Shoes shares. "Nike's margins will be under pressure for the rest of the year."

To contend with that, Nike executives said the company would ramp up and broaden its price increases.

Gross margins, which slipped 1.1 percentage points to 45.8 percent during the third quarter, were further hurt by the greater use of air freight to ship products and meet consumer demand. The company said there had been some product shortages and that suppliers would increase their capacity.

Nike Air Presto forecast its gross margin during the current quarter will be 3 percentage points below year-earlier levels, but that pressure on margins would ease later in the year as price increases kick in.

"Beginning in spring 2012, we'll take more significant price increases across a broader range of styles," Chief Financial Officer Don Blair said on a conference call.

Blair said on the call it was too early to know how the crisis in Japan might affect its business in that country, which accounted for 3.8 percent of third-quarter sales.

FUTURE ORDERS IN LINE

Net income in the fiscal third quarter rose 5.2 percent to $523 million, or $1.08 a share, compared with $497 million, or $1.01 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter.

That was below analysts' average expectation of $1.12 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company's shares fell $5.81, or 6.8 percent, to $79.60 following the earnings report, after closing at $85.41 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Revenue in the quarter ended February 28 rose 7.3 percent to $5.08 billion and comparable sales at Nike stores rose 13 percent.

Future orders, excluding currency exchange rates -- a key measure of sales growth -- rose 9 percent, in line with the estimates of several Wall Street analysts.

UBS analyst Michael Binetti had expected 10 percent growth and added he believed investors were looking for an increase of 8 percent to 9 percent. McAdams Wright Ragen forecast growth of 8 percent to 9 percent, while Barclays Capital was at 7 percent to 9 percent and Citi at about 8 percent.

Orders for Nike brand Kobe Jordan Basketball Shoes and apparel scheduled for delivery from March through July 2011 totaled $7.9 billion.

By region, revenue in Nike Lunar Shoes is largest market, North America, increased 9 percent to $1.84 billion, while sales in emerging markets and greater China rose 19 percent and 21 percent, respectively. Japan was the only market where sales fell, sliding 8 percent.

(Reporting by Phil Wahba in New York and Ben Klayman in Detroit; editing by Gary Hill and Andre Grenon) Nike Facebook

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