Some of the issues at Nike Inc., which on Thursday reports its first quarterly results under a new chief executive, have been problems for anyone trying to sell things people want but don’t need.

Hill is upbeat and bullish about long-term potential for the Nike and Jordan brands but forthright about near-term challenges,” Stifel analyst Jim Duffy said in a note last week. Still ...

Citi says the “near-term pain” Nike (NKE) is seeing to “get clean” sets up fiscal 2026 for a recovery. The company’s fiscal Q2 beat across sales and gross margin, but with new CEO ...