Kobe本计划在今年退出NIKE创立曼巴球鞋品牌
I met with Kobe Bryant in late December 2019. Kobe wasn’t happy with Nike and was going to leave it in 2020. Kobe was going to start Mamba, a shoe company owned by players. He passed away weeks later. What he was about to do in business was going to eclipse his sports career.
我在19年12月底与Kobe见了面。 当时Kobe表示对于Nike并不满意，他打算在2020年离开，然后创办自己的球鞋公司，名字叫Mamba。 但遗憾的是，几周后他不幸去世了。 Kobe本可以在商业上做出比在运动领域更亮眼的成绩。
2/ These were the designs my team did to show him that day for an independent Mamba shoe company. Here’s calendar details. There were witnesses to the meeting and Kobe’s plans like Gina Ford, who manages Usain Bolt.
http://i.imgur.com/cGaYZoQ.jpg
这是我的团队为Kobe品牌做出的设计，除了我之外，还有许多人知道Kobe的计划，例如短跑名将Bolt的经纪人Gina Ford。
He wasn’t happy with Nike’s marketing and promotion commitment to Kobe’s line. And the sales of his shoes were anemic and he blamed Nike. He retained tight control because he didn’t trust Nike’s judgment in design.
他不满意Nike对Kobe系列的营销和推广投入，让他的鞋子销量贫乏，他责怪Nike。 他保留了控制权，因为他不相信Nike在设计上的判断。
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