Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

victorhooi wrote: post #4

newzzy wrote: post #2

paywall alert

Do we will allow paywall links on HN? I know there was some discussion around this back in January, but I'm not sure if anything was decided?

Yes, HN allows paywall links.

Re: Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

#6

Post by MiaoYu_Goh » Sun, Jul 02, 2017, 6:52 AM UTC

Is there any way to read this without subscribing to WSJ? I tried pasting the title into Google and then clicking on the article link that showed up as a search result, but I was still unable to read the full article.

Re: Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

#7

Post by dangrossman » Sun, Jul 02, 2017, 6:54 AM UTC

MiaoYu_Goh wrote: post #6

Is there any way to read this without subscribing to WSJ? I tried pasting the title into Google and then clicking on the article link that showed up as a search result, but I was still unable to read the full article.

Paste the title into Facebook's search, then click the article link in the news search results.

Re: Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

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Post by Animats » Sun, Jul 02, 2017, 7:01 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #7

MiaoYu_Goh wrote: post #6

Is there any way to read this without subscribing to WSJ? I tried pasting the title into Google and then clicking on the article link that showed up as a search result, but I was still unable to read the full article.

Paste the title into Facebook's search, then click the article link in the news search results.

"WSJ thought it didn't need Facebook, then the ground shifted."

Google links to WSJ articles used to show them without the paywall. Now, only Facebook links do. That's a power shift.

Re: Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

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Post by option_greek » Sun, Jul 02, 2017, 7:01 AM UTC

alternate source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/06/28/how-nike-resi...

Re: Nike Thought It Didn’t Need Amazon, Then the Ground Shifted

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Post by pacifika » Sun, Jul 02, 2017, 11:48 AM UTC

I'm not sure what the problem is, don't any number of retail shops resell Nike trainers?

If they want to control the sale of their products, add subscriptions, more customisation or long term loyalty features to the Nike shop. Got to play the long game surely?