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The newly designed swoosh logo was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman because they wanted new track shoes
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Knight and Bowerman began as a distributor of of the brand now known as ASICS
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The Nike slogan was coined in 1988 in a commercial made by Dan Wieden.
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Cole Haan was acquired by Nike in 1988
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The first store opened in 1980, dubbed Niketown
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In 2002, Nike bought surf apparel company Hurley International from founder Bob Hurley
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In 2003, Nike paid US$309 million to acquire Converse, makers of the Chuck Taylor All-Stars line of sneakers
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Nike unveiled the Air Jordan 1, which are golf shoes
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Rutgers left nike for Adidas
