{"id":4905,"date":"2013-10-30T10:56:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.30.207.235\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-nike\/"},"modified":"2013-10-30T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:56:01","slug":"10-things-you-didnt-know-about-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things you didn\u00b4t know about NIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/footdistrict.com\/en\/nike\/\">NIKE<\/a> is a globally recognized brand in clothing and footwear, but what&#8217;s behind it? Today I&#8217;ll show you 10 curiosities about NIKE :<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- pagebreak --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Nike was founded as\u00a0BLUE RIBBON SPORTS in 1964, and became officially Nike Inc in 1971.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footdistrict.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_ribbon_sports_193712.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3050 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/blue_ribbon_sports_193712.jpg\" alt=\"nike\" width=\"101\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. NIKE\u00b4s name comes from the Greek Goddess of Victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. The famous<em>\u00a0swoosh<\/em>\u00a0is inspired by the wings of \u00a0the famous sculpture &#8220;Winged Victory of Samothrace&#8221;, also called Nike of Samothrace\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. NIKE\u00b4s logo was designed by the graphic design student,\u00a0Carolyn Davidson. For this work she was paid $35 . Today the logo would cost millions of $ .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5204 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/nike-swoosh.png\" alt=\"nike swoosh\" width=\"180\" height=\"94\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. The famous slogan &#8220;<em>Just Do It&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0was first used in 1988.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. In 1982, the tennis Air Force One were the first shoes in the world to use the famous Air technology .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">7. The first innovation of the company was made \u200b\u200bwith a waffle maker and rubber. This resulted in a sole with vents , lightweight , with good cushioning and great traction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5210 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/Nike-waffle-sole.jpg\" alt=\"Nike-waffle-sole\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">8. \u00a0NIKE has designed special <a href=\"https:\/\/footdistrict.com\/en\/sneakers\/\">sneakers<\/a> to Native Americans .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">9. In the 80&#8217;s NIKE was in crisis. This was the moment \u00a0when they signed a contract with Michael Jordan, a promising young basketball player. This decision led them to rebound in the market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5207 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/Nike-Air-Jordan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nike-Air-Jordan-1\" width=\"215\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">10 . NIKE markets about 150,000 products in over 160 countries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5209 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/magefan\/Nike-Air-Tailwind-725x541.jpg\" alt=\"Nike Air Tailwind\" width=\"261\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIKE is a globally recognized brand in clothing and footwear, but what&#8217;s behind it? Today I&#8217;ll show you 10 curiosities about NIKE : &nbsp; 1. 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