<P> In 1976 , the company hired John Brown and Partners , based in Seattle , as its first advertising agency . The following year , the agency created the first `` brand ad '' for Nike , called `` There is no finish line '' , in which no Nike product was shown . By 1980 , Nike had attained a 50 % market share in the U.S. athletic shoe market , and the company went public in December of that year . </P>
<P> In 1976 , the company hired John Brown and Partners , based in Seattle , as its first advertising agency . The following year , the agency created the first `` brand ad '' for Nike , called `` There is no finish line '' , in which no Nike product was shown . By 1980 , Nike had attained a 50 % market share in the U.S. athletic shoe market , and the company went public in December of that year . </P>
when did nike become a publicly traded company
when did nike become a publicly traded company
1980
1980