Nike's Sneaker Week Takeover: Air Jordan Restocks, Paris Olympics Domination, and Portland's Biggest Party
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Nike's Sneaker Week Takeover: Air Jordan Restocks, Paris Olympics Domination, and Portland's Biggest Party
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If you have been watching Nike this week you know it has been a wild ride full of big moments and bold moves that are setting the tone for the brand’s next chapter. Everyone in Portland is talking about Sneaker Week 2025 which just opened Sunday and has Nike woven into the DNA of its celebration. Even Portland’s mayor, Keith Wilson, just declared the first week of August “Sneaker Week,” with events all over the city capped off by a ceremony at Jupiter Next Hotel. The week’s climax will be honoring Nike design icon Wilson Smith III at the Portland Art Museum—cementing Nike’s influence on the city and, really, sneaker culture at large according to KATU’s report. Around the edges of this festival Adidas is getting shout-outs too, but make no mistake—Nike’s what everyone’s actually talking about.
While the city parties, Nike has sneakerheads nationwide (and their credit cards) locked to their phones thanks to a surprise August 5th restock, dropping six of the year’s hottest Air Jordan retros through Nike.com. That lineup—think the Air Jordan 4 White Cement, 14 Ferrari, and 11 Low Bred—sold out fast, with demand surging and resale prices already spiking. If you missed Canada’s Foot Locker restock, you were not alone, but this U.S. drop eased the pain a little and sparked yet another frenzy across sneaker Twitter and Instagram. Direct Instagram engagement is steady—Nike now approaches a jaw-dropping 300 million followers and over 86,000 average likes per post according to HypeAuditor. Just this week Nike’s “After Dark” event in LA lit up the feed, blending running with nightlife as seen on the Plastic Sunshine Instagram post.
Nike has been cleaning up in the arena of global conversation too. Adweek just crowned the brand the media titan of the Paris Olympics: Nike owned over half of all Olympic social conversation, even outshining official sponsors with its 'Winning Isn’t For Everyone' campaign. The ads went viral, major athletes from LeBron to Sha’Carri Richardson were front and center, and their digital rollout included 24 real-time medalist ads dropped across thousands of screens globally—racking up staggering numbers on both reach and sentiment.
Rounding it all out, new collabs are on the way. Nike’s linking again with streetwear mavericks Cav Empt for a hyped Air Max DN8 collection, and sneaker podcasts and YouTube channels are abuzz recapping every drop, from the latest exclusives to what’s coming next. If you are wondering who runs the sneaker world this week, just look at the lines, scroll the feeds, and watch every Olympic highlight reel—they all spell N-I-K-E.
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