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#ImWithKap: Nike’s Market Value Jumps $3 Billion After Colin Kaepernick Gets Betsy Ross Sneakers Pulled From Shelves
Republicans have been big mad since Nike decided to pull its Betsy Ross-inspired Air Max 1 USA sneakers. But it turns out that being on the right side of history just netted the footwear and apparel company a cool $3 billion in market value. Who knew pissing off conservatives could be so lucrative? Forbes reports…
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Nike Drops Sneaker Featuring Betsy Ross Flag After Colin Kaepernick Is Said to Complain It Invokes Slavery
Just in time for the Fourth of July comes a report that Nike yanked a sneaker embellished with a Betsy Ross flag after NFL footballer-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick complained the image conjured up slavery and all its ills. According to the Wall Street Journal, which attributes its story to “people familiar with the matter,” Nike’s Air…
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Nike Premieres Kaep Merch and New Logo—and Sells Out Within Hours (But There's Still Hope)
Nike’s big bet on Colin Kaepernick continues to pay off. After experiencing a major stock surge in stocks, search traffic and social media mentions after debuting their campaign with the NFL star-turned activist, the investment is proving to pay off in full, as their first piece of Kaep merchandise sold out within hours. After much…
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Off-White Is Named World’s Hottest Brand; Kaepernick Catapults Nike Into the Top 5 of Lyst Index
Virgil Abloh’s seemingly unstoppable reign in fashion continues. The Lyst Index, a quarterly ranking of fashion’s hottest brands and products, place his Off-White label firmly atop the list in its third-quarter findings. This is a jump from Quarter 2, which placed the brand in the second spot, and leapfrogs the brand over long-established juggernauts such…
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Mary Bono Resigns as President of USA Gymnastics, Resumes Role as Queen of Clueless White Women
Former congresswoman and interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics Mary Bono was a thing and now she’s gone… Just like that. Four days after she was hired, she’s resigned. Bono should have never been selected to be president given her proximity to the sexual abuse scandal that rocked USA Gymnastics. But Bono had one…
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Simone Biles Makes USA Gymnastics History Again—and Makes the Organization’s President Recant Her Tweet on Colin Kaepernick
Simone Biles is a force to be reckoned with—in competition, and on Twitter. After once again upgrading her gymnastics program by nailing a vault no woman has ever performed during the USA Gymnastics team selection camp last Thursday, on Saturday she took a moment out of her busy schedule to clap back at an inappropriate…
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Nike Donates Millions to Republicans While Making Billions From Kaepernick Endorsement
Nike did it. They took the glorious afro-ed Colin Kaepernick, the face of a movement against the killings of unarmed black men, women and children, and made him the face of their “Just Do It” campaign. It was a beautiful “fuck you” to the NFL, who essentially whiteballed the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback from…
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Texas Farm Bureau and Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety Ban Employees From Wearing Nikes
In a devastating blow to the apparel giant’s bottom line, two organizations comprised of people who never wore Nikes anyway, announced a ban on employees wearing Nikes because they love the flag, the troops, the national anthem and everything America has to offer except for the First Amendment of the Constitution. Well actually, they love…