Springsteen at Australia Concert: 'We Stand Before You Embarrassed Americans'

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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    edited September 2018
    Hi! said:
    buck502000 said:
     I bought Nike shoes today....
    More target practice?
    nope, for the gym.  I won't boycott them, they make good athletic gear.  I do believe this marketing stunt was a poor business decision, however.
  • Hi!
    Hi! Posts: 3,095
    buck502000 said:
    Hi! said:
    buck502000 said:
     I bought Nike shoes today....
    More target practice?
    nope, for the gym.  I won't boycott them, they make good athletic gear.  I do believe this marketing stunt was a poor business decision, however.
    Their products are of high quality in my opinion as well. Ive also read their sales have soared in the time right after this "stunt" as you call it. I think it was a great idea by Nike. Considering what the black athletes have done for their brand, I think it was a great choice for them to take a stand.

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,888
    buck502000 said:
    Hi! said:
    buck502000 said:
     I bought Nike shoes today....
    More target practice?
    nope, for the gym.  I won't boycott them, they make good athletic gear.  I do believe this marketing stunt was a poor business decision, however.
    It's so interesting that you say that.  Here's an excellent article from NRO addressing that very issue.  And the byline addresses Buck to a tee, evidently..

    Nike is winning Colin Kapernick Wars..
    The public cares about products far more than politics.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/nike-winning-colin-kaepernick-culture-wars-products-popular/
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    He stood in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said sit down he stood up!  

    Fox News is really doing some groundbreaking reporting here. 
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    buck502000 said:
    Hi! said:
    buck502000 said:
     I bought Nike shoes today....
    More target practice?
    nope, for the gym.  I won't boycott them, they make good athletic gear.  I do believe this marketing stunt was a poor business decision, however.
    Shares at an all time high does not suggest a poor business decision.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,599
    oftenreading said:
    buck502000 said:
    Hi! said:
    buck502000 said:
     I bought Nike shoes today....
    More target practice?
    nope, for the gym.  I won't boycott them, they make good athletic gear.  I do believe this marketing stunt was a poor business decision, however.
    Shares at an all time high does not suggest a poor business decision.
    #1 reason the pussy grabber in chief has not weighed in. 
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
  • Hi!
    Hi! Posts: 3,095
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    Lol

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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 

    I doubt it. No action will please everybody. Better to alienate a few of the dinosaurs and in the process capture many new customers. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,888
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    Not if it draws a positive distinction against a competitor, it isn't bad.  Nike knows who buys 5 pairs of shoes a year... and it's not 55 year old white guys.  Nike knows how Colin is perceived in the international market.  They have now drawn, in their mind, a positive distinction against Under Armour and Adidas.  It's actually a brilliant move.  
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,599
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    in what marketing world does alienating your customers give you a short term boost? 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,719
    edited September 2018
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    in what marketing world does alienating your customers give you a short term boost? 
    It doesn't.
    What Nike did was alienate customers they didn't care about anyhow, and gave itself a long-term boost by ingratiating itself with the customers they do care about. As someone already stated, Nike isn't worried about losing their moronic racist American patriot-crowing white customers (which I'm going to say, on a positive note, doesn't include very many people at all in the scheme of things). Clearly.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Hi!
    Hi! Posts: 3,095
    The Ghost of Tom Joad. JFC, who doesnt like that one? Fuck.lol

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,599
    I own no bruce. never have. 
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,437
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    Yeah, like that time PJ played Bushleaguer in CO and Uniondale and then had to retire and quit touring forever...

    A bad business move would be trying to appease every customer's personal fetishes. It's not like they promoted violence and hate. 
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Keep betting against Bruce & Nike lol
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    tbergs said:
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 
    Yeah, like that time PJ played Bushleaguer in CO and Uniondale and then had to retire and quit touring forever...


     =) 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,511
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 

    What would it take for you to be embarrassed about the leader of your country? If not Trump...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 

    What would it take for you to be embarrassed about the leader of your country? If not Trump...
    To be married to a trans-gender and lie about where you were born......
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,511
    buck502000 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    buck502000 said:
    anytime you alienate any of your customers, it's a bad move.  Short-term boost, but it will hurt long-term sales. 

    What would it take for you to be embarrassed about the leader of your country? If not Trump...
    To be married to a trans-gender and lie about where you were born......
    ... what
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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