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Podcast: Martha Runs the World Podcast
Episode: The Downfall of Nike
Description: Send us Fan Mail#287 - With the creation of the Internationalist running shoe in 1980, Nike created a road running shoe that helped spark the tsunami of running that even today hasn't stopped. But by the mid-1980s, Nike realized that there was a lot more money to be made outside of running; lots and lots more money. They abandoned running for the greener pastures of trendy fashion. That was the corporation's first step away from running for Nike. Throughout the years, Nike has had several missteps, some perhaps not deliberate, but many, could have been h...