Topic
Consumer demand in mainland China, where domestic brands and guochao national-pride buying compete with foreign labels across price tiers.
Nike will build a global corporate campus in Bengaluru, announced with fiscal first-quarter results in which Greater China revenue fell 26%. The campus opens in a few years, so it cannot cover this year's China shortfall.
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Nike now expects fiscal 2027 revenue to fall after $11.21 billion in first-quarter sales missed estimates and Greater China sank 26% currency-neutral. Its Pace overhaul adds about $300 million of charges this fiscal year, with role cuts from 2027 and savings stretching to 2031.
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Consumption came back to 43.8 billion packs in 2024, still 2.56 billion short of 2020, and iiMedia's 7.9% growth in market value divides almost evenly between those recovered packs and a dearer average pack.
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Douyin put Gen Z group-buying orders for the craft up 9,018% over the Lunar New Year holiday, a count of orders on one platform, and QuestMobile's wider childlike-economy category has compounded at 20% a year since 2022.
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S&P Dow Jones Indices removes Nike from the S&P 100 on the 21st after 18 years, a market-cap ranking catching up with a global footwear share that fell three points and a China business down from nearly 20% of revenue to about 13%.
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