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In 1984 the Nike shoe company was going through a difficult time. The fashion of jogging that swept the country in the '70s was cooled, aerobics was heating up and consumers were looking to companies like Reebok and LA Gear to meet their evolving needs of sports shoes. Nike was forced to slash the number of its sponsored athletes and lay off 10 percent of the workforce of 4,000. The company needed something drastic to revive its image shaking.

Enter the Air Jordan. This new shoe – designed for basketball and not run – brought a breath of fresh air to the image of Nike. First, the shoe introduced new technology. Nike Air was made with a layer of gas trapped in the shoe sole. They were intended to revolutionize the way basketball shoes were made. Secondly, by recruiting with the then relatively unknown rookie Michael Jordan, Nike is trying to change the face of your brand. Instead of middle-aged runners, Nike was represented by one of the dynamic athletic talents on the planet. Jordan was paid $ 2.5 million for a five-year contract for the rights, and their success is also fired visibility did Nike's in the basketball floor.

The fact that the NBA banned Air Jordan (red and black shoe defied the dress code NBA) just made the most popular footwear. Michael Jordan wore the shoes anyway and paid a fine of $ 5,000 for each game in which his black and red Air Jordan fell the basketball floor. Nike picked like the bill.

Air Jordan were so popular that the first two shipments of Air Jordan shoes to the store in Los Angeles were sold in three days. In three months during 1985 the number of selling Nike Air Jordan had planned to sell throughout the year.

Jump to 2009 and there are over 25 different versions of Air Jordan shoes plus a variety of clothing inspired by Michael Jordan for Nike. The shoes have always been best sellers. Despite of this astonishing success, there has been some criticism of the Air Jordan line. Some have argued that advertising for Nike Air Jordan aims for inner city youth. several murders in the 1990s most expensive shoes have made it clear that Nike shoes are very involved in drugs and gang culture, and that Nike has benefited sales resulting from drug money.

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