Nike temporarily shuts up shop

Nike is temporarily closing hundreds of stores across the world from Monday.

All of its branches in the US, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand are going to remain shut until 27 March, the company says. The company has almost 400 stores in the US alone.

Nike told US media that its workers would be paid in full during this time off.

Its stores in South Korea, Japan, most of China and “many other countries” are going to stay open.