Colorado business owner forced to close after pulling all Nike items in protest of Kaepernick

As Michael Jordan said. “Republicans buy sneakers too”. He smartly remained neutral. Don’t mix business and politics.
 
As Michael Jordan said. “Republicans buy sneakers too”. He smartly remained neutral. Don’t mix business and politics.


Yep. I allow my employees a lot of freedom, but the one thing I discourage is their bringing their politics into the work place. They can talk with each other all they want, but when they are representing the company, they need to be careful about what they say.
 
This doesn't have anything to do with Kaepernick or the owner's political stance or anyone boycotting his store. Nik-e just has a very strong foothold on jerseys from youth sports to adult. It's not a good business model to not sell what the public needs. It's a bad business decision, but one he can live with.
 
This doesn't have anything to do with Kaepernick or the owner's political stance or anyone boycotting his store. Nik-e just has a very strong foothold on jerseys from youth sports to adult. It's not a good business model to not sell what the public needs. It's a bad business decision, but one he can live with.

His business can't live with it.
 
He lost because, Kaphisdick's and Nike's purchasing demographic are young people.
Older people that despise Kaphisdick, are no longer Nike's core base. It's as simple as that.
Once they removed all Nike clothing, shoes, and sports equipment from the store DUE to the Kaphisdick issue, then you've alienated the majority of your potential buyers.
 
He lost because, Kaphisdick's and Nike's purchasing demographic are young people.
Older people that despise Kaphisdick, are no longer Nike's core base. It's as simple as that.
Once they removed all Nike clothing, shoes, and sports equipment from the store DUE to the Kaphisdick issue, then you've alienated the majority of your potential buyers.

A business man would have known that. An idiot Trump supporter didn't.
 
The owner should not have brought politics into business. He learned the hard way.

Colorado business owner forced to close after pulling all Nike items in protest of Kaepernick
Couldn't he sell Sketchers or New Balance? Plenty of people don't sell Nike.

You really don't get the point of the story, do you? It's not about what brand of shoes he sells. It's about his customer's response to his political stand to not sell Nike. He could have probably gotten away with just removing them from his shelves, but he insisted on making a big announcement about it. His customers responded by not going into his store. Looks like more people support Kaepernick and NIKE than you thought. He lost his store because of his goofy behavior. Good.

I didn't see anything in the article about a big announcement or customers responding to his political stance. He stopped selling Nike, one of the biggest brands in sports paraphernalia with contracts with major sports organizations, and his sales tanked.


"He had a clearance sale for Nike merchandise last year. I would consider that to be an announcement.

The owner himself said
from the link
“As much as I hate to admit this, perhaps there are more Brandon Marshall and Colin Kaepernick supporters out there than I realized,” Martin said.

So any time I see a clearance sale, I should assume that the store is doing it for some sort of politically motivated reason?

The statement from the owner that you quoted comes at the end of the article, when it is speaking about him cancelling an event with Brandon Marshall. There isn't enough context to know whether it was even related to the store closing or if it's just being used to imply such a connection because it makes for a more interesting story.

The owner also said this from the link: "Being a sports store without Nike is kind of like being a milk store without milk or a gas station without gas."

Customers may not have even been aware of the owner's stance on Kaepernick.

If it makes you feel better to believe that, I won't try to convince you otherwise.

It's not a matter of belief, but rather of what is actually stated in the article. If it makes you feel better to believe that the article says more than it actually does, though... ;)
 
He lost because, Kaphisdick's and Nike's purchasing demographic are young people.
Older people that despise Kaphisdick, are no longer Nike's core base. It's as simple as that.
Once they removed all Nike clothing, shoes, and sports equipment from the store DUE to the Kaphisdick issue, then you've alienated the majority of your potential buyers.

I wouldn't even go that far. I don't think his issue was alienating a large portion of his base. His issue was simple supply and demand. I coach rec sports. All the kids wear Nike gear. It's like he said himself, not selling Nike was like not selling gas in a gas station. I'm willing to bet he wanted to cash out anyway and this allowed him to follow his conscience and close shop at the same time. He was in business for more than 20 years so clearly he knew what he was doing. Obviously, he kept track of which products sold the most. He knew ahead of time what the outcome was going to look like.
 

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