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15 years ago 03/24/2009 4:21pm EDT

The following four retail stores are closing soon...

Niketown in Honolulu, HI, Nike Factory Store in Darien, GA, Nike Store in Skokie, IL, and Nike Store in Santa Clara, CA.

http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090324_Niketown_closing_in_May.html

Gee, where will all those joggers go who used to "run" with the Niketown Training Group Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings along the crowded, concrete sidewalks of Waikiki?

The only people I would see actually buying stuff in there were Japanese tourists. They had no racing shoes in their inventory and no staff that knew anything about racing shoes.

Oh, I guess they sold a lot of Tiger Woods golf *rap too!

15 years ago 03/24/2009 7:32pm EDT

re: new balance time

Why was the word "crap" censored in your post?

Also, what's your problem with a bunch of people trying to be fit? Maybe they're not serious 100 miles a week, life-dedicated-to-running runners like a lot of posters here, but isn't getting off the couch and at least trying to be healthy better than sitting there getting fatter and fatter and driving up health care costs even more?

15 years ago 03/24/2009 8:05pm EDT

re: CraigMac4h

I couldn't agree more. Childish posters here at LetsRun seem to be the norm. I too think we should give credit to anyone who will put on a pair of sneakers and do their best to lose a little weight, or increase their fitness level. Nike has been a leader, like it or not, in setting the trends for Americans to walk, jog and run for fitness.

15 years ago 03/24/2009 8:19pm EDT

re: new balance time

Do racing shoes work as well as flats or spikes? Checking the ad stuff. What about trainers?

15 years ago 03/24/2009 10:46pm EDT

re: CraigMac4h

CraigMac4h wrote:
Why was the word "crap" censored in your post?

You've never had a post deleted?

I think the OP was saying if they actually had shoes serious athletes buy, they might have had a better chance of staying in business. Every Nike "outlet" store I have been in just had junk shoes. Nothing a serious runner would buy. I would guess the Niketown stores are just tourist traps (like planet hollywood) and the tourism business is way down.

15 years ago 03/25/2009 12:25pm EDT

re: DustyDan

You sound like a corporate shill or a Gallo-walker.

You are probably both.

These clueless morons who get into "jogging" are the same types that sign up for an expensive gym membership and stop going after January 15th because it's too much work.

"Nike has been a leader"...in selling them junk they don't need.

15 years ago 03/25/2009 12:37pm EDT

re: new balance time

China is suffering too. I'm sure Nike HQ in Beijing will cut Phil Knight's bonus this year too.

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