Nike Just Lost Mbappé to The COMPETITION

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Oct 6, 2026
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AI GeneratedNike is facing a significant decline, highlighted by the loss of star athlete Kylian Mbappé to On Cloud. The company is struggling with a prolonged revenue drop in Greater China for nine consecutive quarters and a failing direct-to-consumer strategy that alienated wholesalers and saw a decline in digital sales, alongside a weakening Jordan brand.
Nike loses Mbappe to on cloud, not to Puma, not to Adidas, but to on cloud.
How does Nike lose the biggest soccer star today to on cloud?
And you see how Nike's shares in China quarter after quarter after quarter has dropped.
Greater China revenue dropped 22% reported 26% currency neutral in the last quarter alone.
And by the way, nine quarters in a row, which is a little over two years, Nike has lost
their revenue in China.
Nine quarters in a row.
Nike lost ground to faster moving competitors like on cloud, Adidas, Hoka, and others.
The fact that their wholesalers, they started becoming competitive with their wholesalers
before they would sell it to old wholesalers.
Now Nike got cocky and said, we don't need wholesalers anymore.
We can sell it on our own.
Don't worry about it.
You guys are lucky.
And they're like, wait a minute.
What are you talking about?
You're cutting us.
We've been the wholesaler for you.
They cut them through.
And then their digital is shrinking.
Nike direct fell 8%.
Nike brand digital fell 13% for fiscal 2026.
The Jordan brand of sportswear business has also weakened.
I'm sure Michael's not too happy about that.
