Paul Xue@pxue · Sep 6, 2026a Redditor (and a thread) predicted Nike crash 7y ago The blind spot: the cash-paying, non-digital customer Nike's app…
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A Reddit user predicted Nike's market challenges seven years ago by identifying a critical blind spot: Nike's digital-first strategy was missing cash-paying, non-digital customers that the app couldn't reach. This insight was discovered during a Reddit analysis examining past predictions about major companies.
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a Redditor (and a thread) predicted Nike crash 7y ago The blind spot: the cash-paying, non-digital customer Nike's app would never reach. Incredible.
Gregory Kennedy@gregorykennedy · Sep 5, 2026How to destroy a beloved brand. Step 1: Put a soulless, data-driven consultant who has never even seen a basketball court or a running track up close in charge. Step 2: He goes direct! And increase profits while destroying the retail distribution system and betraying a multitude of 20-year-long partnerships. Step 3: Motivated and innovative competitors like On Running and Hoka rush to fill the distribution gap Nike left by abandoning its trusted partners. Step 4: Not satisfied, he fires all the stupid creative people who can't prove any of their ideas work with hard data. What could they possibly know? Step 5: Celebrate when milking the brand for every last cent works for about 18 months, even though the data quickly show a disaster is looming. Step 6: OMG? Wut? Step 7: Fire the old CEO and bring in a new one who's been with the brand since day one. He tries his best, but just too much damage was done. Step 8: Get delisted... Go down in history as the greatest example of data-driven idiots destroying one of the most successful creative brands of all time. The end.
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