Nike Shows It Still Has New Shoes to Show, and a Quicker Way to Show Them

Nike has made the case that its design studio can still produce real invention. The company is pairing that with Pace, a new internal system for running the business that may shorten the time between an idea and a shoe you can buy. For readers who watch the feet as closely as the gown, from a Miami sidewalk to a Beverly Hills step-and-repeat, that matters: new designs could arrive sooner. Footwear News weighed the claim against Adidas's own record on new designs, and on this point the advantage goes to Nike.

With reporting from Footwear News.