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Romaine Bostick

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
630 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

When you talk about being able to sell through Amazon or Macy's or whoever else here.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

they're comfortable with what you're giving them selection wise price.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

What's the balance now between what you're doing with the wholesale partners and what you're doing with your own Nike Digital, which has seen a lot of softness, contraction, if you will.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

Is that just the natural transition as you try to sort of right size things or is there something else going on?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

How closely do you work with those retailers?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

I mean, I saw you had last over the holidays in the US, something with Urban Outfitters, kind of a pop up there.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

Are you trying to be more integrated into what your displays look like in those stores?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

In terms of being able to preserve that premium nature, I know you've pulled some inventory.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

You're trying to right-size that.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

How much further do you have to go to get inventory levels back to a situation that are going to, A, not cost you any money or any additional money, but at the same time, put you on a better path with regards to your supply chain?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

I heard you say on the conference call that soccer or global football, if you will, was probably further along than some of the other sports that you're involved in.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

And it gets to this idea, too, of also curation.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

I mean, it's one thing to offer a wide variety of things, but in terms of in your retail channels, how much more curation are we going to see so that, you know, people kind of can be able to zero in on exactly what they want?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

Speaking of curation, I know North America is doing great.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

There's still a lot of concerns about the contraction we're seeing in China.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

Some of the criticism has been just the model, the business model in China overall with regards to apparel is a little bit different.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

There was also this idea that Nike stores weren't as curated as what customers there wanted.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

When do we start to see a bit more improvement?

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

I know you've got a new head of Asia right now.

Bloomberg Talks
Nike CEO Elliott Hill Talks Turnaround, Converse Brands

You know, you have put a big focus on the athlete and a refocus on sports.