UK: Nike distances Air Stab shoe from knife crime
Author: just-style.com | 18 July 2008
Sporting goods firm Nike has confirmed to just-style that its withdrawal of its "Air Stab" shoe was forced by the current climate of knife crime in the UK, but distanced the 20-year old product from knives and knife usage.
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