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Nike to permanently close MLK store
ABC News Local ^ | September 8, 2023 | by KATU Staff

Posted on 09/09/2023 5:01:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nike makes it big selling shoes that are not worth (in terms of material and workmanship) the price to a community that largely can’t afford them. It encourages the spread of thug culture rather than lifting people up. And it’s also known for horrible sweatshop/factory conditions overseas. It’s a terrible company.


41 posted on 09/09/2023 7:30:28 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: sharpee

Wouldn’t Euclid Ave. in East Cleveland have deserved the honor of a MLK designation?
I had to find a business there once, and am glad I won’t have to go back.


42 posted on 09/09/2023 7:42:31 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just wait until we get “Barack Obama Boulevards” in all of our cities.


43 posted on 09/09/2023 7:43:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
reimaging its retail space

LOL

44 posted on 09/09/2023 8:08:31 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I went to this store about a year ago, early morning, there was QUITE a security force inside. It was a useless trip, they didn’t have what we were looking for. Nor did the downtown store, nor did any of the outlets.

Why advertise shoes that you don’t have in stock anywhere? (And these weren’t the stupid limited edition $600 Air Jordans.)


45 posted on 09/09/2023 8:09:08 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shoe deserts


46 posted on 09/09/2023 8:18:00 AM PDT by al baby (I know its the way the measure the cooling capability )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thuggery wins out.


47 posted on 09/09/2023 9:11:10 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s Racist.


48 posted on 09/09/2023 9:38:39 AM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: albie

ISn’t Portland NIKE’s Corporate home???


49 posted on 09/09/2023 9:57:35 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tough to watch this happen to one of the companies that pioneered Virtue Signaling. Well, no, actually it’s sort of amusing.


50 posted on 09/09/2023 10:03:54 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: albie
Don't put the cart before the horse. They named the streets after MLK after they had turned into crime-ridden strips.
51 posted on 09/09/2023 10:06:29 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: ken in texas
"But that puts the delivery drivers in harm’s way."

Easy, just hire only "Locals", as drivers.


52 posted on 09/09/2023 10:08:44 AM PDT by guest7
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To: Libloather
Looting problem?

We don't say "looting" anymore. The proper term is "justice shopping."

53 posted on 09/09/2023 10:09:51 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If they just stock work boots they will not have a problem....


54 posted on 09/09/2023 10:29:02 AM PDT by Iron Munro (An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nearly all crime in oregon comes from that neighborhood.


55 posted on 09/09/2023 10:40:04 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Iron Munro

Well played sir!


56 posted on 09/09/2023 10:52:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When Nike requested off duty police assist with security, they responded with “the city simply didn’t have enough officers on staff and couldn’t get more trained and certified fast enough.”

Who in their right mind would want to be a policeman in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, etc, etc.


57 posted on 09/09/2023 6:37:51 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Max in Utah
It would be more appropriate to name that section of road after Barack Obama. A few years ago, I bought of piano from Capps Piano there. Back in the 70’s my wife taught at an elementary school in East Cleveland. It was sad then now it is a tragedy.

The current MLK Blvd name replaced Liberty Blvd. It was named in memory of the men lost in World War I. Just the start of renaming historical places to destroy the past.

58 posted on 09/10/2023 3:18:29 AM PDT by sharpee
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59 posted on 09/10/2023 6:41:52 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: rbg81

Excellent points....Too bad it goes right over the heads of “”woke”” companies...Capitalism means customers and a business that contributes to the community in jobs and place for customers....””Woke”” means deserts....Food ,crime, loss to community....


60 posted on 09/10/2023 9:07:38 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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