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NEW YORK: Nike plans to raise the prices on its shoes and sports clothing markedly in 2012 to cope with the rising costs of oil, cotton and transportation that are hurting its nike outlet The shares in the world??s largest athletic shoe and clothing maker plunged 7 percent on fears that already stretched margins will come under even greater pressure this year and next. It reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by rising production costs. The company expects margin pressures to persist this year, intensifying in the current quarter. ??This is evidence that rising input costs are hurting Nike??s profit,?? said Giri Cherukuri, a portfolio manager with OakBrook Investments, which owns Nike shares. ??Nike??s margins will be under pressure for the rest of the year.?? To contend with that, Nike executives said the company would ramp up and broaden its price increases. Gross margins, which slipped 1.1 percentage points to 45.8 percent during the third quarter, were further hurt by the greater use of air freight to ship products and meet consumer demand. The company said there had been some product shortages and that suppliers would increase their capacity. Nike forecast its gross margin during Air Max Griffey current quarter will be 3 percentage points below year-earlier levels, but that pressure on margins would ease later in the year as price increases kick in. ??Beginning in spring 2012, we??ll take more significant price increases across a broader range of styles,?? Chief Financial Officer Don Blair said on a conference call. Blair said Air Max 360 the call it was too early to know how the crisis in Japan might affect its business in that country, which accounted for 3.8 percent Air Max 180+ third-quarter sales. Net income in the fiscal third quarter rose 5.2 percent to $523 million, or $1.08 a share, compared with $497 million, or Air Max 2011 cents a Air Max LTD in the year-earlier cheap nike shoes was below analysts?? average expectation of $1.12 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company??s shares fell $5.81, or 6.8 percent, to $79.60 following the earnings report, after closing at $85.41 on the New Air Max Light Stock Exchange. Revenue in the quarter ended February 28 rose 7.3 percent to $5.08 billion and comparable sales at Nike stores rose 13 percent. Future orders, excluding currency exchange rates ?? a key measure of sales growth ?? rose 9 percent, in line with the estimates of several Wall Street analysts. UBS analyst Michael Binetti had expected 10 percent growth and added he believed investors were looking for an increase of 8 percent to 9 percent. McAdams Wright Ragen forecast growth of 8 percent to 9 percent, while Barclays Capital was at 7 percent to 9 percent and Citi at about 8 percent. Orders for Nike brand shoes and apparel scheduled for delivery from March through July 2011 totaled $7.9 billion. By region, revenue in Nike??s largest market, North America, increased 9 percent to $1.84 billion, while sales in emerging markets and greater China rose 19 percent and 21 percent, respectively. Japan was the only market where sales fell, sliding 8 percent. Air Max 2009 Air Max 2010 Air Max 2011 Air Max Griffey

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During North Carolina's opening weekend at the NCAA tournament, several players were wearing Kobe Bryant's Nike shoes. That didn't sit well with former UNC player Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan jokingly told North Carolina players to take off their Kobe shoes or he'll rip them off. CAPTIONBy Gerry Broome, AP And so he told the players just how he felt upon meeting them outside the Time Warner Cable Arena as the team left to get on a cheap nike shoes following practice on Saturday. "Next time I see you wearing those Kobe Bryants, I'm gonna take it right off," air jordan shoes told a group of Tar Heels that included Tyler Zeller, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and others. "I don't care if your feet kill you, you're gonna wear them Jordans." WRAL in Raleigh captured video of the conversation. Jordan, upon learning that the team wasn't sent the latest Jordan XI Cool Greys, tells the team, "You get to the Final Four you got anything you want." No one hurt in BP robbery A BP convenience store was robbed Friday night, Jackson police said, but no injuries were reported. Two employees were working at the 56 Kenworth Blvd. store when a robber armed with a black handgun ran into the store a little after 10 p.m., according to a Saturday news release. The man demanded money and Newport cigarettes before escaping with the items, which he placed in his backpack, Lt. Tyreece Miller said. Police declined to release the amount of money stolen. The robber was described as a tall, slender, black male with a dark complexion, He wore a green toboggan, camouflage mask, black sweater, khaki pants and black Nike tennis shoes. He also carried a "Ninja Turtle" backpack. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Violent Crimes Unit at the Jackson Police Department at 425-8400 or Crime Stoppers at 424-8477 (TIPS). To submit a cyber tip, visit www.424tips.org and click on "Web Tips." NWS: Small hail reported Some small hail was reported in West Tennessee as storms swept through the area Saturday, but no damage was reported. Hail no greater than air max half inch in size fell in the morning and afternoon, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Marlene Mickelson. Less than an inch of rainfall was reported in West Tennessee, Mickelson said. Madison CAN will become madisonAchieves Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist and Madison County Mayor Jimmy Harris have announced plans to merge Madison CAN (College Access Network) with the East Tennessee-based program tnAchieves. Madison CAN was organized in August to provide "last dollar" funding and college access and assistance for seniors in Madison County's public high schools, according to a news release. The program is modeled after nike outlet County's program, knoxAchieves. KnoxAchieves used funds from a $904,000 grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to launch tnAchieves in January, the release said. 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Roadwork, lane closures begin today on I-240 MEMPHIS ?? Travelers should expect construction and lane closures on Interstate 240 in Shelby County as a widening project gets under way this week. Crews will close one lane on I-240 East from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. today through Thursday as they begin installing concrete barrier rails, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Future lane closures for the project also will be conducted during the evening hours and on weekends. For more information about TDOT construction project activity, visit www.tn.gov/tdot/tdotsmartway, dial 511 from any landline or cell phone, or follow TDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TN511. Donation fund created for Milan accident victim A fund has been established for donations after a Milan man was injured in a car accident earlier this month. Ricky White is in stable but critical condition at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, according to a news release. 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