PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Nike is laying off approximately 2% of its workforce starting Friday, the sportswear company said in a companywide email Thursday night. “This is a painful reality and not one that I take lightly,” said John Donahoe, ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Nike has abandoned its efforts to reopen its long-shuttered community store in Northeast Portland and now plans to make the store’s closure permanent. “Nike’s commitment to supporting and uplifting Portland’s North and Northeast ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), Kyle Iboshi (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The Nike Community Store in Northeast Portland has been shuttered for months due to problems with retail theft, and the company now appears to be pressing the city for ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Prolific Crater High senior Tyrone Gorze set a record in a 5k this weekend. On Saturday, Gorze claimed a prestigious victory at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional Championship. Last week he won his second consecutive Class ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Nike co-founder Phil Knight has opened up about his contributions to Oregon’s gubernatorial race, and the losses for the candidates he backed. CNBC reports that Knight was the biggest single individual donor to the gubernatorial race having ...
Author: Jared Cowley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, and Alan Smolinisky, a minority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, have submitted an offer of more than $2 billion and are in “serious talks” to ...
BEAVERTON, Ore. (CNN) – Nike is postponing the release of its sneaker collaboration with rapper Travis Scott following the Astroworld concert tragedy. Nike made the announcement on its website Monday, saying the move was a sign of respect for everyone ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Nike says it’s cutting its account with a Klamath Falls shoe store, which claims to be one of the company’s first outlets. Richard House claims the ‘House of Shoes’ was one of Nike’s first ten accounts. ...
Central Point, Ore. – For 15 years, Nurses and doctors at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital have nominated their patients to create individual shoe and clothing collections with Nike, and one of this year’s designers is local. But a year ago, Aiden ...
Beaverton- Oregon based company, Nike, said Thursday it will cut two percent of its global workforce as it restructures. The company says it wants to restructure to more quickly get products in the hands of consumers and respond to a ...