Nike’s Sales Show Improvement; Tariffs Expected to Cost $1.5 Billion

Profits fell 31 percent in the last quarter as the sneaker giant tries to execute a turnaround plan.

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New Retail Leaders Confront Trump’s Tariffs, Policy Shifts and Weak Spending

New retail C.E.O.s are facing unexpected challenges, like tariffs and worried shoppers, as they try to address existing ones.

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How China Is Losing Its Title as the World’s Sneaker Factory

For American manufacturers, it is hard to quit China and its unrivaled factories. One industry is defying that reality as it shifts more production to Vietnam.

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George Raveling, Basketball Coach Who Brought Michael Jordan to Nike, Dies at 88

He also worked security for the 1963 March on Washington, and ended up with Martin Luther King Jr.’s copy of the “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Cambodia Agrees to a Reduced Tariff and Breathes a Sigh of Relief

Initially 49%, it was lowered to 19%, easing worries of a damaging hit to the country’s garment and footwear production industries.

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Trump Says U.S. Has Reached Trade Deal With Vietnam

The president said he had agreed to initial trade terms with Vietnam, the second country to strike a limited deal after Mr. Trump threatened steep tariffs.

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How Andy Martinez, a Sneaker Designer, Spends His Day Transforming Nikes

Andy Martinez, founder of the shoe brand &e, goes running with friends before scouring New York City thrift shops for the coolest cowboy boots.

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A’ja Wilson Now Has a Nike Signature Shoe. Why Did It Take So Long?

The marketability of A’ja Wilson offers a case study in race, fame and gender.

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Vietnam Used to Be a Safe Haven for Trade. Now It Might Not Be.

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. companies that have come to rely on Vietnam’s factories, like Apple and Nike, are in a bind because of Trump’s tariffs.

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Vietnam Urges United States to Delay Imposing Tariffs On It

In recent years Vietnam has forged strategic and economic links with the United States, its former foe, making the steep tariff rate all the more of a shock.

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