Today, Nick Depaula, an American sneaker industry insider, and a number of media released explosive news: vanessa laine did not renew her contract with Nike, and the cooperation between Kobe and Nike has ended, and the contract between the two parties will be terminated at the end of this month.
Subsequently, Nike also issued an official statement to the effect that Kobe Bryant is an important part of Nike's close contact with consumers. He pushes us to make the people around him better. Although our contractual relationship has ended, he is still a beloved member of the Nike family.
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In fact, an insider broke the news at the beginning of this year. As early as 20 19 and 12, Kobe said that he was considering leaving Nike to start his own business.
It is said that Kobe was very dissatisfied with the decline in sales of Nike Kobe shoes at that time, and planned to leave Nike in 2020 to build an independent brand of Mamba sneakers.
Only because of Kobe's unfortunate death, this plan did not come true. Now it seems that Vanessa didn't renew her contract with Nike.