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...TRENDS Yoga vacations, retreats and cruises are popular, and yoga clothing lines are big sellers for such athletic labels as Nike and Adidas. Pilates classes continue to fill up at health clubs, and folks can even compete to be top yogi in national and international contests...
...Sharp's overall revenues, with buoyant sales of its high-end TVs in the U.S. and Europe driving these gains. The company has also benefited abroad from the launch last fall of a worldwide branding campaign, including ads produced by Wieden+Kennedy, an agency that's famous for managing Nike's advertising. Since the spots began airing, brand recognition for Aquos in the United States has jumped from 30% to 57%, say Sharp executives...
...really liked the guy right in front of me. He was wearing sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and $150 Nike Shox, which would have been a cool outfit if he wasn’t a 5-foot-7 fat white guy. He would yell things at me and then shake my hand and apologize...
...schism between Woods and Mickelson dates back at least two years, to when Mickelson called Woods' Nike clubs "inferior." Woods boiled. "It was a little sucker punch," says Fred Funk, this year's Players-championship winner. "That creates a bit of animosity between the guys." Mickelson apologized, but the bad blood spilled over to last fall's Ryder Cup, at which U.S. captain Hal Sutton paired Woods and Mickelson against European opponents. Although teammates, they could barely look at each other. It didn't help that Mickelson played like a Sunday hacker; when he sliced an 18th-hole drive into...
...FAKE WATCH Last week Beijing added 25 luxury brands to a list of commonly copied labels banned from sale at the capital's knock-off laden markets, including Prada, Chanel and Louis Vuitton-but not the widely pirated Nike. Why will the swoosh still stay in play, threatening the footwear giant's more than $300 million per year in mainland sales? Because the shoes aren't considered luxury items, and in stores a pair of Nikes are "the same price as at the markets," said city official Zhang Guohong. Maybe it's time to raise prices...