Footwear maker Nike’s quarterly earnings have risen by 35%. Fans of the limited edition Jordans brands have been going to the stores and have even ordered clothing online. According to the earnings release, the footwear maker indicated that the Jordan brand just hit its first billion dollars in one quarter buoyed by innovation in designs and increased attention given by the shoppers to the basketball-related activities in niche markets that include international sales and women’s basketball...
Read More »Nike to Start Tokenizing Its Shoes on Ethereum Making Them Limited Edition
Sports footwear and apparel company Nike announced it has been given a patent to tokenize its shoes on the Ethereum blockchain.In a document posted on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 10, Nike stated that its plan to generate unique IDs and create ERC 721 tokens for some shoes, dubbed CryptoKicks.When buying shoes, people will be able to “unlock” these tokens and then link them with unique owner IDs to confirm ownership. The token will not be used only as a representative of a...
Read More »Bill Gates Overtakes Jeff Bezos to Become the World’s Richest Person as Amazon Stock Slides
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken over Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person. The Bloomberg billionaires index, which tracks the net worth of the world’s wealthiest, has indicated that Gates has overtaken Bezos based on an over 40% increase in his 1% stake in technology giant Microsoft and his investments in his family office Cascade. For the first time in two years, Gates has taken over the top spot after reports emerged that the United States Department of...
Read More »Nike Leaves Amazon and Others May Follow It in This Decision
In a surprise turn of events, footwear maker Nike has decided to terminate its relationship with technology giant Amazon and it will no longer sell its goods on the retail website of Amazon.In a statement Nike said:“As part of Nike’s focus on elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships, we have made the decision to complete our current pilot with Amazon Retail.”“We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and...
Read More »Nike, Telegram, Facebook, and Everyone Else Suddenly Love Blockchain
By CCN.com: Nike is launching a blockchain product. Telegram is launching a blockchain. Samsung is reportedly planning to launch its own token platform; building with Ethereum for the S10 wasn’t enough. Facebook is getting into blockchain. Google still hasn’t done much with it, but JP Morgan now uses it. The list of major corporate names edging in on the crypto space is staggeringly long. Should we be excited or turned off?Big Deal or Nah?For one thing, the development of all these new...
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