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BLOGDOMACEDO reported that the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office requested the preventive detention of Armando Mendonça, vice president of Corinthians, in the case that investigated suspicions of irregularities with sports materials supplied by Nike. According to the author, the news was published by ge this Friday (16), in a report signed by Bruno Cassucci. The request was forwarded to the 25th Criminal Court by prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino after the dismissal of Marcelo Munhoes, former Director of Information Technology of the club and a witness considered important by the prosecution. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the dismissal occurred on the eve of the instruction hearing scheduled for November 10 and could intimidate witnesses or interfere with the production of evidence. Conserino stated that Munhoes had provided relevant technical elements for the investigation and that the dismissal could also affect other employees called to testify. The author added that the prosecutor pointed out the public support of the Corinthians president, Osmar Stábile, for Mendonça as part of the context and raised suspicions of possible interference in the process. Conserino also opened a new investigative procedure to investigate the circumstances of the dismissal and any potential involvement of Mendonça or third parties in acts aimed at interfering with the investigation. According to BLOGDOMACEDO, Mendonça became a defendant in June after the court accepted the Public Prosecutor's Office's charge. He faced accusations of aggravated continued embezzlement, attempted aggravated continued embezzlement, qualified theft by breach of trust, and coercion in the course of the process. According to the accusation, he had appropriated 131 sports items from Nike, attempted to obtain 19 special jerseys with the NFL patch, and kept eight units of the commemorative edition. The Public Prosecutor's Office also accused him of threatening two witnesses. The author reported that the suspicions arose after an internal audit identified irregularities in the management and distribution of Nike materials in Corinthians. Mendonça denied any irregularities, attributed control problems to the previous management, and questioned the consistency of the audit report. According to ge, he was contacted by the report but had not responded by the time of publication. BLOGDOMACEDO emphasized that it was up to the court to decide on the request for preventive detention and that the request did not mean that the arrest had been decreed. The accusations, he added, still depended on due process. #BlogdoMacedo #Corinthians #MinistérioPúblico #Justiça (translated)

BeFootball reported that Michael Olise has reached an agreement with Nike, his equipment supplier. According to the account, the project convinced the player, notably due to the return of the Hypervenom scheduled for next year. BeFootball relayed information from Footy Headlines. https://t.co/FhIlfOXanV #MichaelOlise #Nike #FootyNews (translated)

Instant Foot indicated that Michael Olise had played in recent seasons without a contract with a brand and refused sponsorship offers in order to freely choose his boots, particularly the Nike Hypervenom Phantom III, which has been off the market since 2018. According to the account, Nike plans to discontinue its Phantom range by 2027 to relaunch the Hypervenom, and Olise's loyalty to this model has convinced the brand that there is still strong demand. The French player could thus become the new face of the Hypervenom, a role once held by Neymar. #MichaelOlise #Nike #Football (translated)

Instant Foot reported that Michael Olise has reached an agreement with Nike, after previously refusing to sign with a supplier in order to continue wearing his 2018 Hypervenom. According to the Footy Headlines account, Nike plans to relaunch the Hypervenom shoes in 2027, with the French player as the headliner. #Nike #Football #Transferts (translated)

Jimmy Gressier, world champion in the 10,000 meters, reflects on his successful transition from football to athletics, his recent victory in Tokyo, and his decision to leave Nike for Decathlon, a brand with which he feels a personal connection. #JimmyGressier #Atletismo #CampeónMundial (translated)

Actu Foot reported that Michael Olise had reached an agreement with Nike. According to the information relayed by Footy Headlines, the return of the Hypervenom scheduled for 2027 convinced the Frenchman, who until then did not have a contract with a supplier. https://t.co/OFBVMnlScN #MichaelOlise #Nike #Football (translated)

The BBC and ProPublica investigation reveals that, while football shirts become increasingly expensive for fans, the workers who produce them in Southeast Asia earn less than a pound an hour, facing harsh working conditions and starvation wages. #DirittiDeiLavoratori #Adidas #Nike (translated)

Maxim Röder wrote that despite the record levels of the indices, one of the strongest concealed corrections of recent years is taking place in the background. According to him, several long-standing quality companies and former stock market favorites are in a bear market: FICO is down 70 percent from its all-time high, Adobe 66 percent, Nike 78 percent, NovoNordisk 74 percent, Chipotle 53 percent, Rollins 52 percent, Netflix 47 percent, McDonald's 30 percent, and PepsiCo 35 percent. Röder added that there are numerous other examples. #Börse #Aktien #Investieren (translated)

Aleš Štrancar wrote that, in his opinion, referendums are currently over, and he labeled Niko Kovać as an extreme leftist activist, accusing her of foreign funding. He described this as foreign actors intervening in Slovenia's internal affairs. He questioned why the Intelligence and Security Agency (SOVA) and the police are not responding to this, and hinted that Kovać and Romana Tomić have the same patron in the European Parliament. He accused SDS, NSi, and SLS of advocating one thing in Slovenia while behaving differently in Brussels. He presented the referendums as a smokescreen behind which the extreme left and right are making deals at the expense of Slovenia's sovereignty. https://t.co/XvVvYK6P1f #Slovenija #referendumi #politika (translated)

Sociologists Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson describe in their book "Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh" (1998) how closely Nike's rise is linked to the "triumph of individualism" or the ancient adoration of heroes (Greek goddess of sports). #Nike #KylianMbappé #Sportmarketing (translated)

The loss of Kylian Mbappé, who is ending his long-standing partnership with Nike and joining the Swiss start-up On, highlights the weaknesses of the once-dominant cult brand in the sporting goods industry and signals a shift in the global sports marketing landscape. #Nike #KylianMbappé #Sportmarketing (translated)

In a debate article, David Borg warns that corporate managements make a dangerous calculation when considering replacing marketing departments with AI agents, as they risk losing important values that are not reflected in the numbers, as exemplified by Nike's decline after they discarded traditional brand communication. #AI #marknadsföring #innovation (translated)