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Booger says

That's gold Jerry, gold!

If Nike doesn't bomb, then the Rs have something serious to worry about. Young people care about sneakers, old people don't so much. If the Nike play succeeds, it suggests that the future belongs to the Ds. If Nike does take a hit, then it's still a good opportunity for a stock buy back. I don't believe for a moment that Nike is D; they're just playing the odds.

Meaningless, the market cap / stock price will decide if those few days on "online" sales increases will make any dent. So far stock is still down, and some may drop their relationships, e.g http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/07/todd-starnes-truett-mcconnell-university-drops-nike-relationship.html

bob2356 says

Nike online sales up 31%

31% of what? It's meaningless without a point of reference and verification.

LastMan says

If Nike doesn't bomb, then the Rs have something serious to worry about. Young people care about sneakers, old people don't so much. If the Nike play succeeds, it suggests that the future belongs to the Ds. If Nike does take a hit, then it's still a good opportunity for a stock buy back. I don't believe for a moment that Nike is D; they're just playing the odds.

They may think they will come out ahead, but it is questionable. I don't think the Rs will have much to worry about, neither on the other side, more will depend on the general economy and saturation of the households with sports goods / shoes. This may be forgotten in a few weeks.

mell says

Meaningless, the market cap / stock price will decide if those few days on "online" sales increases will make any dent. So far stock is still down, and some may drop their relationships,

A drop in stock price (enabling buy backs) with an increase in online sales indicates a double win for Nike.

LastMan says

mell says

Meaningless, the market cap / stock price will decide if those few days on "online" sales increases will make any dent. So far stock is still down, and some may drop their relationships,

A drop in stock price (enabling buy backs) with an increase in online sales indicates a double win for Nike.

Buybacks are not really a win for the company, more for its shareholders. We'll see if and how much they buy back and what the next 10-K says. But if you think buybacks will happen soon maybe you should buy some stock now as usually buybacks are good for a 5-10% rally at least (depending on the amount).

mell says

I don't think the Rs will have much to worry about, neither on the other side, more will depend on the general economy and saturation of the households with sports goods / shoes.

You're missing the point. If the youngins, the future of the US, are good with Nike and Kaepernick then the Rs have serious problems. In the current environment of digging in on whatever side is chosen, there's less of a chance of shifting from Left to Right.

LastMan says

mell says

I don't think the Rs will have much to worry about, neither on the other side, more will depend on the general economy and saturation of the households with sports goods / shoes.

You're missing the point. If the youngins, the future of the US, are good with Nike and Kaepernick then the Rs have serious problems. In the current environment of digging in on whatever side is chosen, there's less of a chance of shifting from Left to Right.

Except for the youngins don't have any funds, it is all horded by the boomers and maybe some Generation X/Yers. Gen Z is coming out pretty conservative so far. But they are likely resounding well with the Millenials and Gen Y, some Gen X. So yeah, the Millenials will likely buy a few more Nike shoes going forward. We will have to wait and see.

mell says

Except for the youngins don't have any funds,

Even without funds, they can still vote. That's why it's a problem for the Rs.

Nike is going to bomb because I will no longer buy from them, and others will do the same. They were overpriced anyways.

MrMagic says

bob2356 says

Nike online sales up 31%

31% of what? It's meaningless without a point of reference and verification.

So why the deleted threads if it's meaningless?

Outlets like marketwatch, fortune, and nasdaq don't seem to find it meaningless. Why don't you take your world renowned expertise and explain it to them so they can publish retractions?

Got a link to any Nike stock but back?
I am smelling fake news.

Lol, come on

Show me the numbers over a quarter or two and then let’s have an honest conversation about the impact.

bob2356 says

So why the deleted threads if it's meaningless?

What are you talking about again? Deleted threads? Have you figured out the difference between Consumer Confidence and Consumer Sentiment yet?

bob2356 says

Outlets like marketwatch, fortune, and nasdaq don't seem to find it meaningless.

They just copy and pasted and parroted the same B.S. you posted, without any reference.

A question to the Kaepernick and Nike fanboys.

Are you totally cool that his protest and subsequent Nike international marketing campaign is built upon a lie? Are you cool that they are dividing our country and exacerbating race relations based on the lie that American law enforcement are dominated by racists murdering innocent unarmed black men?

'Hands up, don't shoot' ranked one of biggest 'Pinocchios' of 2015
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/hands-up-dont-shoot-false-216736

Good job guys! Doesn't matter that you are pimping lies and dividing our country. Anything is legit just as long as you are sticking it to those stuffy old Conservatives - right?

steverbeaver says

Nike is going to bomb because I will no longer buy from them, and others will do the same. They were overpriced anyways.

I do not buy from them, never have and never will. However, morons who buy overpriced crap because it has Nike logo on it are very unlikely to have mental capacity to see that Nike ads are stupid, so Nike prob will not suffer.

LastMan says

You're missing the point. If the youngins, the future of the US, are good with Nike and Kaepernick then the Rs have serious problems.

Ah - hitching your wagon to the young and stupid?

The problem for mush-headed Libs is that many of the young and stupid grow up and get wise. And the old and wise are living longer than ever and remain very engaged in politics.

Nike the Shoe of a Bitch.
Nike! Just wear it Bitch!

Nike they hate you because don't wear them.

Nike when any ordinary ugly ass shoe wont do

Just Doodoo It!

I am not a role model or a decent person I wear Nike.

MrMagic says

bob2356 says

Outlets like marketwatch, fortune, and nasdaq don't seem to find it meaningless.

They just copy and pasted and parroted the same B.S. you posted, without any reference.

Did you call up, explained your level of expertise, and demand a retraction yet? So make this easy, just put up the real numbers and references if you know this is wrong. After all to know it's wrong you have to know what is right. ROFLOL.

socal2 says

A question to the Kaepernick and Nike fanboys.

Are you totally cool that his protest and subsequent Nike international marketing campaign is built upon a lie? Are you cool that they are dividing our country and exacerbating race relations based on the lie that American law enforcement are dominated by racists murdering innocent unarmed black men?

'Hands up, don't shoot' ranked one of biggest 'Pinocchios' of 2015
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/hands-up-dont-shoot-false-216736

Good job guys! Doesn't matter that you are pimping lies and dividing our country. Anything is legit just as long as you are sticking it to those stuffy old Conservatives - right?

Well put. The difference between the left and the right is that the right makes statements that can be debated controversially but are rooted in facts , e.g. "abortion is murder". The left simply flat out lies and builds their narratives upon these lies.

personal

I like new balance 993s

Libs are so blinded by their rage of losing, they'll sacrifice our country and society just to see the other side lose. Big pussies.

Guys,

Missed issue here. Nike's are virtually all imported made by what we would call slave labor in China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. That is enough reason to avoid buying them. New Balance and Reebok make excellent athletic shoes, and have several models made or mostly made in the US. Reebok even has some models made with materials sourced entirely in the US. Very easy to find a US made athletic shoe. They cost a bit more, but I have found the quality to be noticeably higher.

Evan F. says

I like new balance 993s

That New Balance 993 is one of the US made models.

Didn't the Libs used to be actively against "corporate greed" like Nike making so much money using exploited foreign labor and low environmental standards? Maybe this Kaepernick stunt is just a way for Nike to inoculate itself and get customers from Libs that will now forgive the exploitation/environmental sins since Nike now supports a Lib hero. Someone posted that Nike internet sales are up 35%, so maybe that strategy is working.

RC2006 says

lol - winner of the day! this should be posted on all social media outlets and trigger leftoids to new levels.

You will fall for anything when you don't stand for something

And snarky memes are nothing but shit for a useful mob of angry fools that wish they weren't feckless and want to be a big shot

mell says

right makes statements that can be debated controversially but are rooted in facts ,

Hillary ran a pedophile pizza parlor ring, hilalry has a death squat, obama was born in keyna, sandy hook didnt happen, Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities, The government is controlling the weather Glenn Beck is a CIA operative. . Rooted in facts?

bob2356 says

mell says

right makes statements that can be debated controversially but are rooted in facts ,

Hillary ran a pedophile pizza parlor ring, hilalry has a death squat, obama was born in keyna, sandy hook didnt happen, Bill Gates is a eugenicist trying to wipe out minorities, The government is controlling the weather Glenn Beck is a CIA operative. . Rooted in facts?

Some of these are indeed debatable, but you're missing the fact that this is a small part of conservatives that insist on the more extreme stories and that part could have never voted Trump into office (alone). The majority of conservatives simply want to have a say in abortion, acknowledge the 2 biological sexes without repercussions, low taxes, no illegal immigrants and their crimes, respect for law enforcement, military and the flag, etc. and many more, totally rational, yet debatable positions. Whereas for the left the vast majority totally rolls with the literally Hitlerisms, the completely fabricated stories such as poorly reflecting pictures from Obummer's detention centers (attributed to Trump), hands-up-don't shoot or completely doctored 911 tapes such as in the Zimmerman case. So to use the very simplified but often useful 80/20 rule, left: 80% nutjobs, 20% reasonable, right: 20% nutjobs, 80% reasonable. And these numbers are still overly fair to the left.

I just saw that ad as I was channel surfing. It's inane, idiotic, stupid.

Sports figures in general, and Colin in particular, offer no insights into how to live life.