Nike is planning to build two office buildings and two parking garages on the northeast side of its World Headquarters campus near Beaverton, doubling the scope of the headquarters-expansion project it originally envisioned two years ago, The Oregonian has learned....
"While working in Jordan Brand," a Nike news release says, Ashford "has elevated the marketplace and brand through innovative merchandising, sales and marketplace strategies that deeply connect with consumers."...
Retail stores in California have no duty to keep defibrillators on hand in case a customer suffers heart failure, a federal appeals court said Tuesday, accepting the legal analysis of the state Supreme Court....
But it was the recent defection of three high-profile designers from Nike to Adidas that has really put Portland talent swapping in the spotlight. Denis Dekovic, Marc Dolce and Mark Miner were among the best known of Nike's footwear designers....
His employer, Eddie Langert, launched TaylorMade Golf in the late 1970s with a partner, Gary Adams. Adidas is the official outfitter of all MLS teams, too. Last season, Adidas was rumored to be planning to replace Reebok as the logo on NHL jerseys....
Nike co-founder and board chairman Phil Knight on Saturday delivered the Address to the Graduating Class at the Diploma Award Ceremony for the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the Frost Amphitheater...
"It's the World Cup. It's do or die. Win or go home," said adidas merchandise manager Peter Hong, alluding to more than the on-field competition in Brazil....
For more than five decades, Adidas has been able to claim supremacy in the world of soccer gear sales. Umbro, Puma and others have provided a shove here and there. But Adidas was king of the mountain. Now Nike, having only truly devoted its resources...
If there was a Sneaker Designers' Hall of Fame, Steven Smith would have a spot. Smith's is an established name in Oregon shoe design, a community that includes 90 designers at Nike and at least double that number scattered around Portland at Adidas America, Columbia...
The Obama administration issued a veto threat against a House bill (HR 4438) scheduled for a floor vote on Wednesday that would make permanent the research and development tax credit, even as the White House said it supported the idea of embedding the credit in...