Episode 33: More than 11 Olympic medals - how Allyson Felix became her own brand
10PlusBrand · Joanne Z. Tan, CEO, 10 Plus Brand, Inc.
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Show Notes
More than 11 Olympic gold medals: Allyson Felix became her own brand after Nike cut her pay because she was pregnant.
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In 2018, when she was renewing Nike’s seven-year sponsorship while being pregnant, Nike cut her pay by 70% and would not make any guarantees if her performance dropped due to giving birth. How Allyson Felix responded was significant in five ways.
As a brand builder and marketer, I am thrilled that she won her last Olympic medals in Tokyo running in her own brand of running shoes, “Saysh”. What a fantastic symbol of our internet era - every INDIVIDUAL can develop his or her own brand. Brand power no longer belongs only to big corporations.
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