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Nike to permanently close MLK store
ABC News Local ^ | September 8, 2023 | by KATU Staff

Posted on 09/09/2023 5:01:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike says it is permanently closing its store on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard while saying it remains committed to “supporting and uplifting Portland’s North and Northeast community.”

In a statement, it said it is reimaging its retail space and is considering future locations “as part of this community’s long term revitalization plan.”

Nike had closed the store while it looked for ways to improve safety for its employees and customers. It had sent a letter to the city requesting that off-duty police officers work at the store.

In its statement Friday, Nike did not mention that.

(Excerpt) Read more at katu.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: crime; nike; portland
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Would it be so bad to say why they actually closed the store? Too much theft. Why lie? I would put it on billboards all over town.


21 posted on 09/09/2023 5:31:12 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Portland is not very diverse, only 5.7% black.


22 posted on 09/09/2023 5:33:26 AM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I checked out the world IQ map, and there are no surprises. It explains a lot. It raises the question, “Why do low-IQ non-achievers blame their failures on the high achievers, and expect to get paid reparations for them?”


23 posted on 09/09/2023 5:34:29 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If genitals don't define gender, how does removing them affirm it? )
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To: albie

Corner of MLK drive and Cesar Chavez avenue = you’re screwed.

CC


24 posted on 09/09/2023 5:35:46 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: albie

The most beautiful street in Cleveland. Maybe in the country was changed to MLK. Cleveland’s cultural gardens.


25 posted on 09/09/2023 5:38:46 AM PDT by sharpee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What would Colin Kaepernick do, other than calling Nike “racist!!” for closing that store?


26 posted on 09/09/2023 5:41:07 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
.. permanently closing its store on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard


27 posted on 09/09/2023 5:46:36 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shoe desert.


28 posted on 09/09/2023 5:49:56 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: albie

Yes, in Canton GA MLK is in a nice commercial area. I did a double take the first time I saw it.


29 posted on 09/09/2023 5:55:18 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That's the thing about wealthy left-wingers: they'll push and pay for the loosening of criminal laws, inflicting harm on the poor who have no defense against criminals, and then the wealthy left-wingers will get up and leave, spewing some useless BS about how they will keep trying to "enrich the lives" of the people they've ruined.

Where are you going, Nike? Stay and enjoy what you've worked to create.
30 posted on 09/09/2023 5:55:57 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A sneaker desert!!!


31 posted on 09/09/2023 5:57:29 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Flag_This

You were ahead of me.


32 posted on 09/09/2023 5:58:00 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SaveFerris

Come on! One final smash and grab for the sons of Gaybama, please!


33 posted on 09/09/2023 5:58:43 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: rbg81

Ping

wy69


34 posted on 09/09/2023 6:01:12 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: 9YearLurker
"You were ahead of me."

Just one step ahead, in my looted Nike Air Jordans.

35 posted on 09/09/2023 6:03:44 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Chris Rock had a bit where he asked something to the effect of ‘MLK symbolizes peaceful protest, action without violence. So why do they name the worst street in every city MLK Boulevard? If a friend calls an tells you I need directions, I’m on MLK boulevard just say “RUN!!”


36 posted on 09/09/2023 6:06:36 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nike is creating a sneaker desert.


37 posted on 09/09/2023 6:16:49 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You never shop that store w/o a kevlar vest.


38 posted on 09/09/2023 6:33:09 AM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: I want the USA back

You ignore the failure of the urban public school system nationwide, the easy (and mostly legal) availability of the mind numbing drug marijuana and the excuse of “systemic racism” as reasons for this anomaly. Look at a kindergarten class of black kids, they are happy, active, ready and willing to learn. Look at that same class in ninth grade.


39 posted on 09/09/2023 6:36:13 AM PDT by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Black townships in America


40 posted on 09/09/2023 7:21:43 AM PDT by butlerweave
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