Full time employees: 26,000

Background

The Company's principal business activity is the design, development and worldwide marketing of high quality footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.

Financials & Ratios
Book Value/Share ($)	22.90
Cash Per Share ($)	6.19
Current Ratio	3.00
Div/Yield %	1.10
Indicated Annual Dividend ($)	1.00
Latest Div. Date	Sep 8, 2005
Float¹	188.45
Market Cap¹	17,097.33
P/E (TTM)	18.00
Price/Book	3.83
Price/Cash Flow (TTM)	14.20
Price/Revenue (TTM)	1.63
ROA (TTM)	14.40
ROE (TTM)	22.10
Shares Out¹	260.41
Total Debt/Equity	13.00
Most recent data   TTM: trailing 12 months   ¹ Units in millions

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  Founders: There are two: Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and middle-distance runner under Bowerman. The long-lived business partnership began in 1962 as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). First-year sales totaled $8,000. In 1972 BRS changed its name to Nike, named for the Greek winged goddess of victory.
  
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  Employees: Nike employs approximately 23,000 people worldwide, from its World Headquarters in Oregon and European Headquarters in The Netherlands, to nearly every region around the globe. Including manufacturers, shippers, retailers and service providers, nearly one million people help bring Nike to athletes everywhere.
  
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  Revenue FY'03: Nike reported revenues of $10.7 billion, an 8 percent increase from FY'02. The best year of the company's 31-year history.
  
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  Stock Symbol: NKE. Went public in December 1980 and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
  
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  Facilities: Nike owns facilities in Oregon, Tennessee, North Carolina and The Netherlands, and operates leased facilities for 15 Niketowns, over 80 Nike Factory Stores, 2 NIKEgoddess boutiques and over 100 sales and administrative offices.
  
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  Subsidiaries:
  

  	Cole Haan, purveyor of men's and women's casual luxury footwear and accessories, has its international headquarters in Yarmouth, Maine and its design headquarters in New York City.
  	Bauer Nike Hockey, based in Montreal, Quebec, is the world's leading manufacturer of hockey equipment.
  	Hurley International, a premium teen lifestyle brand founded by 20-year industry veteran Bob Hurley is based in Costa Mesa, California.
  	Converse, the globally recognized footwear brand with nearly a century of sports heritage, and home of the perennially popular Chuck Taylor All-Star and Jack Purcell footwear is based in North Andover, Massachusetts.

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  Headquarters: The 16 buildings at World Headquarters in Oregon are a soft-spoken testimony to the beauty of sports. Nike employees are typically active people who take full advantage of the fields, trails and gyms that dot the 175-acre spread. Each building is named after an athlete who is key to Nike's growth over the years.
  
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  Retail: The first Niketown opened in Portland, Ore. in 1990, setting the standard for interactive, immersive brand environments. Averaging 30,000 square feet of selling space, Niketowns attract millions of consumers every year and employ 4,000 Nike retail associates in the United States alone. Currently, there are 13 U.S. and four international Niketown stores: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orange County, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin, London, Melbourne and Toronto. In addition, Nike has been operating Nike Factory stores around the world since 1984, with more than 80 stores now in the United States. In October 2001, Nike opened the first of two NIKEgoddess stores, dedicated exclusively to active women.
  

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  Overview: The U.S., namely the Pacific Northwest, is the home of Nike: The company's inception was at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where co-founder Phil Knight went to college and co-founder Bill Bowerman coached track. The first track star to wear Nike shoes was running legend Steve Prefontaine, a native of Coos Bay, Oregon, who ran for U. of O. Now the company's World Headquarters are in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. The company also operates distribution centers in Wilsonville, Oregon, and Memphis, Tennessee.
  
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  Employees: There are approximately 12,000 Nike employees in the United States; 5,850 work in Oregon at the World Headquarters, Wilsonville distribution center, and various retail venues; around 5,100 work in the Memphis distribution center and other retail stores around the country, and 1,000 in a variety of regional locations.
  
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  Revenue FY'03: For the full fiscal year, U.S. revenues were $4.7 billion. 44% of Nike revenue was generated by sales in the U.S.
  
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  Manufacturing: There are approximately 109 apparel contract factories and 12 equipment contract factories in the U.S., providing more than 13,000 jobs to local communities. In FY'01, approximately 14% of Nike apparel was made in the U.S. The remainder is manufactured by independent contractors located in 33 countries.
  
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  Distribution: Nike U.S. has three distribution centers: a 540,000-square-foot center in Wilsonville, Oregon, that distributes primarily footwear and some equipment, and two Memphis facilites. In Memphis, one center is 805,000 square feet and handles only footwear, while the other is a 1,216,000-square-foot facility that handles all of the apparel for the U.S., plus some equipment and footwear. On an average day, the Memphis apparel facility ships 500,000 units.
  
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  Cole Haan: Cole Haan designs and sells a line of high-quality men's and women's dress and casual shoes and accessories. Cole Haan has over 800 employees spread out among its international headquarters in Yarmouth, Maine, its design headquarters in New York City, and 287 retail stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. Nike, Inc., acquired Cole Haan in 1988 as a wholly owned Nike subsidiary.
  
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  Hurley: In 2002, Nike partnered with Hurley International, a premium teen lifestyle brand founded by 20-year industry veteran Bob Hurley based in Costa Mesa, California. The partnership helped propel the continued growth of the Hurley brand and expand product distribution into international markets.
  
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  Converse: Nike completed the acquisition of Converse in 2003, securing the continued growth and popularity of this globally recognized footwear brand with nearly a century of sports heritage, and home of the perennially popular Chuck Taylor All-Star and Jack Purcell footwear. Converse is based in North Andover, Massachusetts, and shares Nike's passion for sports. Nike will support them as they continue to implement their growth strategy.
  

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  Overview: Nike first sold footwear in Europe in 1978. Two years later, the first Nike European Headquarters opened. Then, in 1994, Nike centralized European distribution at the Laakdal [Belgium] Customer Service Center. The current EMEA headquarters, a state-of-the-art complex designed by William McDonough + Partners, opened in 1999 in Hilversum, The Netherlands.

  The Middle East has been included in the region since the beginning as a geographical area followed by the Nike Partners organization. (Nike Partners was the subsidiary in charge of dealing with local distributors located in Eastern Europe and Middle East, including Israel.) The region's latest addition, Africa, came under the control of the European region in the middle of 2000.

  In terms of revenue, the EMEA region is Nike's second largest region after the U.S.; it is the third largest in terms of manufacturing.
  

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  Employees: At the beginning of 2003, 5,358 employees work in the EMEA region; an additional 31 EMEA employees work at Nike's World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.
  
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  Countries where Nike offices are located: Nike offices are located in 23 countries in the EMEA region: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
  
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  Countries with most employees: With 1,476 employees working at EHQ in Hilversum (a suburb of Amsterdam), the Netherlands has the most employees of any EMEA country. Belgium is a close second, with 1,200 employees working at the Laakal Customer Service Center.
  
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  Countries with fewest employees: Slovenia is the country with the fewest Nike employees: 8 employees.
  
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  Revenue FY'03: $3,241,700,000, up 20% from FY'02 (constant dollar). 30.3% of Nike revenue was generated by sales in the EMEA region in FY03.
  
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  Retail presence: Niketowns are located in Berlin and London.
  
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  Distribution: Centralized since 1994 at the $138 million Laakdal customer service center.
  

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  Overview: Nike's roots run deep in the Asia Pacific region: Phil Knight first began doing business in Japan in 1963, importing shoes. Nike Asia Pacific has been in operation since 1977, when it began selling footwear in the region and subcontracted factories in Taiwan and Korea. Nike Japan was established in 1981. In 1997, two major customer service centers opened outside Seoul and Tokyo, and China became both a source country and a vital market for Nike. The Asia Pacific region is Nike's third largest in terms of revenue, but number one in terms of manufacturing.

  In 2000, Australia played host to the 2000 Olympic Games, and in 2002, Japan and Korea co-hosted the World Cup.

  
  
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  Employees: About 3,000 employees are based in the Asia Pacific region. 50 employees of the Asia Pacific region work at Nike's World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.
  
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  Countries where Nike offices are located: Nike has 11 offices in the Asia Pacific region. Nike offices are located in: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand), and Taiwan. In addition to these offices, Nike also has manufacturing offices in Vietnam and Indonesia.
  
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  Country with most employees: Nearly 400 people work for Nike Japan, based in Tokyo, making Japan the country with the greatest number of Nike employees in the Asia Pacific region.
  
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  Revenue FY'03: $1,358,000,000, up 19% from FY'02. 13% of Nike revenue was generated by sales in the Asia Pacific region in FY'03.
  

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  Overview: Canada was Nike's first foreign market: The company started selling shoes there in 1972. Nike expanded its business to South America in 1978. While the Americas is Nike's smallest region by revenue, it is the second largest in terms of manufacturing. The first Nike shoe ever contracted out was done in Mexico in 1971. It was a soccer shoe manufactured by Calzados Canada in Guadalajara, Mexico.
  
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  Employees: 1,008 Nike employees are based in the Americas region; 86 additional Americas region employees work at Nike's World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.
  
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  Countries where Nike offices are located: Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. (All the other countries are managed through partner organizations based in Panama, Equador and Paraguay.)
  
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  Country with most employees: 568 Nike employees work for Nike Canada, based in Toronto, Ontario. Canada has the largest number of employees in the Americas region.
  
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  Country with fewest employees: Chile is the country in the Americas region with the fewest employees - 62. These 62 employees are based in Santiago.
  
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  Revenue FY'03: $527,000,000, down 7% from FY'02. 5% of Nike revenue was generated by sales in the Americas region.
  
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  Bauer Nike Hockey: Bauer Nike Hockey is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nike, Inc., purchased in 1995. The company's research, design, and development center, as well as a manufacturing source, is in St. Jerome, Quebec. Fifty percent of Bauer Nike Hockey's worldwide employees are located in Quebec.