One of the major producers of athletic footwear, with 2002 sales of over $10 billion, is a company called Nike, with corporate headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.

运动鞋的主要生产商之一，2002 年的销售额超过 100 亿美元，是一家名为 Nike 的公司，公司总部位于俄勒冈州比弗顿。

The company did not have the money to hire " experts" , and there was no established athletic footwear industry in North America from which to recruit those knowledgeable in the field.

公司没有钱聘请“专家”，而且北美也没有成熟的运动鞋业可以招聘该领域的专家。