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The Anti-Sweatshop: Nike Expands Its Education Philosophy to Sri Lanka

Zachary Wilson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:53:46 -0400

Filling its own shoes as one of the world's most innovative manufacturers once again, Nike has partnered with MAS Holdings to open the new Apparel Innovation and Training Centre in Sri Lanka. The new center, operated and staffed by Nike but located in the MAS Fabric Park in Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, will feature a 12-week Core Lean Program with sessions on theory and lean manufacturing as well as hands-on training with manufacturing process innovations.

The Most Innovative Companies in Sports

Chuck Salter — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:03:22 -0500

New England Sports Ventures: Like a five-tool talent, the Boston Red Sox are a multiple threat, making money on deals in Nascar, bull riding, golf, and, oh yeah, baseball.
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High-Tech Gear for Olympic Athletes

Paul Hochman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:30:07 -0400

Beyond the double glass doors, out past the marble fountain burbling near the Tiger Woods building, a billion perfect blades of grass stood at attention. Songbirds twittered. Sunlight shone. Flags fluttered over twin soccer fields so plush the pitches looked like swimming pools. All was as it should be on Nike's Beaverton, Oregon, campus: perfect.