Nike nowadays is one of the most popular and largest multinational companies in the world. It is considered as the market leader in the making of sports clothing and equipment. The company is headquartered in Beaverton Oregon in the Portland, metropolitan area United States of America. The company was originally named as Blue Ribbon Sports it was founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1964. Nike opened its first retail shop in Santa Monica California in 1971 a few years later they changed their name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike. That's when the tick or swoosh logo was created by Carolyn Davidson which represented the wing in the famous statue of the Greek goddess of victory. Moreover, Nike currently has more than seven hundred shops around the world and most of the factories that Nike's own are located in East Asia including China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Philippines, Malaysia, and Taiwan because of their cheap labor. Adding to this as the largest manufacturer of sportswear and gear it surely has a wide range of sports equipment they involve in designing developing in worldwide marketing of footwear equipment apparel and accessories. The products that they produce for sports apparels shoes equipment and accessories are for the sports listed below Athleticism, Football, American football, Basketball, Rugby, volleyball, Handball, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis, Squash, Badminton, Tennis table, Swimming, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, golf and many more for both genders and kids.
