Nike Community Store in Northeast Portland has been closed for weeks after rash of thefts

Nike’s first factory store, which opened in 1984 on MLK Jr. Blvd., has always had ongoing issues with theft — but recently shoplifting has risen to new levels.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Nike Community Store in Northeast Portland is filled with neatly folded shirts, racks of athletic apparel and rows of Nike shoes — but no customers. The store quietly closed weeks ago and the company won’t say when or if it will re-open. Nike corporate did not respond to three different emails.

“Closed for the next 7 days,” Nike posted on its website. The same message has appeared since late October. Despite the notice posted

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