Posted on 09/20/2018 9:06:13 AM PDT by C19fan
Nike Inc (NKE.N) has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since the controversial ad campaign featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick appeared earlier this month, according to data on the company’s online sales from Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research.
Kaepernick, who sparked a national controversy by kneeling during the national anthem, first tweeted the ad on the Labor Day weekend, which immediately sparked demands for a boycott of the company’s products.
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“There’s a Sucker born every minute!” ~ PT Barnum
this will fizzle out of course but it is telling that NFL ratings are down. Monday night football came in 2nd lowest of all time. regular prime time down. So what accounts for this Nike spur?
selling over-priced shoes to stupid people. The initial surge will slow and then they will realize they will have to increase their international market to sustain the hate white people business
It’s blacks.
Nike is responsible for a culture of greed in certain low income neighborhoods.
Or more fake news. Any company who would hire that freak as their spokesman would lie about their sales.
Nike did their market research and Nike knows who they are marketing to. Once welfare reform passes Nike should expect a significant dip in their sales.
The Democratic hordes march in Nike shoes.
How many pairs did Soros buy for his Antifa idiots?
I’m not about to believe these claims of increased sales. Call me a conspiracy nut, but I’ve come to expect fake news from all quarters.
Cool, no more problems identifying enemy combatants. They are now uniformed soldiers.
“Sold” = “stolen from hood stores”.
That's exactly what their new sales pitch is. If you hate whitey, buy our shoes. And across the country EBT cards get pulled out of wallets causing the sales spike.
Fake news. This is a full on propaganda campaign so presume they made far fewer items to up the sales figures.
Let’s see the raw numbers.
Remember both dicks and penny’s cooked the books until they couldn’t any longer.
That is fine.
Let’s see what happens in 6 or 9 months. The rash of purchases by Nike lovers will be over and it will be business as usual....
Except a decent percentage (5%,10%?) of us out there will never treat Nike the same again and will buy another brand if available. 5 or 10% reduction in long term sales is very serious.
I’m done with them, that much I can say. Too many other quality brands to need them.
Yeah, this doesn’t pass the smell test.
Cooked numbers or not Nike made the decision to flip off 60 million Americans when they didn’t have to. It was overt and unnecessary and says much about who they are.
Ghetto sneakers.
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