Since the invasion of Ukraine in February, Nike is the most recent Western company to announce plans to depart Russia.
In March, the US sportswear juggernaut Nike stopped accepting online orders and shut its local stores. Local partners’ stores continued to be open, but the company is ending their contracts with them. Networking behemoth Cisco recently announced that it would begin to completely cease operations in Belarus and Russia. McDonald’s and Starbucks are two additional businesses that have recently finalized their exit strategies.
Nike issued a statement saying, “Nike has decided to exit the Russian market.” As we sensibly reduce our activities over the upcoming months, our first focus is to make sure we are adequately supporting our staff.
‼️Nike finally leaves Russia
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"NIKE INC. has made the decision to withdraw from the Russian market… Nike stores have recently temporarily closed and will not reopen," said in a statement on the company's official website.
In total, Nike had more than 100 stores in Russia. pic.twitter.com/LU0nQw8u9G
Since the invasion, as the West and its allies have imposed sanctions and multinational corporations have fled the country, Russia has become more and more economically isolated. According to Reuters, the nation is currently working on legislation that would punish foreign corporations looking to leave, enabling the government to take their assets and apply criminal penalties.
According to its website, Nike has more than 50 stores in Russia, with nearly a third of them being closed. Russian media claimed in May that the firm was terminating its contract with its biggest franchisee in that country, who was in charge of 37 locations. Russia and Ukraine collectively contributed less than 1% of Nike’s total revenue, as previously revealed.
On Thursday, Cisco announced that it had “decided to start an orderly wind-down of our business in Russia and Belarus.” A few hundred employees will be impacted by this choice, the US company stated, adding that it wanted to make sure they are “treated with dignity.”
According to a company spokeswoman, Cisco “remains dedicated to deploying all of its resources to help our employees, the institutions and people of Ukraine, and our customers and partners during this difficult period.” A $200 million (£160 million) impact to third quarter revenues resulted from the networking giant ceasing business operations, including sales and services, in the area in March.
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