• Its board of directors, for all their marketing know-how, has an average age of around 60, and the company suffered bad publicity as a result of cheap labor in third world countries. ... Nike has dabbed its hand in technology when it created Nike+ collaboration with Apple where it was sold as a smartphone feature to track running distances and calories burned along with wearable fitness technology with a fitness watch, the Fuel Band and with the Kinect camera for Xbox 360. ... • Developing countries like India and some of the Asian countries are also keeping their fingers crossed b...

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While approximately half of Nike's revenues are generated outside The United States, virtually all of the footwear manufacturing process takes place in foreign countries by independent contractors. ... For footwear production, 97% is accounted for in the countries of China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. ... Currently, Nike's products are sold in over 140 countries internationally. ... Nike's top selling shoes are in the running, basketball, children's, cross training and women's categories. ...

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