Trade War Tides Turn: Nike Shrugs Off Trump's Demands
Thinknum | Oct 01, 2019 01:50AM ET
It's hard to imagine anyone saying such a thing this week, but Nike (NYSE:NKE) has successfully tuned out President Donald J. Trump. Shocking, I know.
Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shares recently hit all-time highs after its last earnings report - and it looks like the sneaker and fashion king's ability to ignore policy bluster and stick to its knitting in China has helped the stock, as well.
Right now, along with its all-time highs for shares, China-based job postings are around recent highs. In 2019, Nike's job postings in China rose more than 35% - with significant gains coming in the quarter that just concluded. Nike's blast-off for China job postings coincides with a growth in business there.
Brian Sozzi at Yahoo (NASDAQ:AABA) Finance noted Monday September 30 (NYSE:NKE) report that the fashion brand has increased China sales 27% year-over-year, at a time when Chinese consumers are veering away from other American products, like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) phones, in favor fo Huawei products.
It may have something to do with the fact that Nike (NYSE:NKE) is boosting hiring in China, judging by its job postings - while Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) certainly is not. However, increasingly, companies that once shied away from doing more hiring in China appear to be bucking the one-time trend, and are moving more production and operations back , after either a reduction or a pause.
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