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Still a growth company? - Nike | Summer Series

Season 7, Ep. 7

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Over twelve episodes this Summer, we’re diving into some of the most exciting, interesting and well known companies in Australia and the US. In each episode we’re also joined by an expert to help us unpack the key metrics, the bull case and the bear case for each company. Today we’re chatting about Nike, and we’re joined by Bob Desmond from Claremont Global.


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