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PROBLEM: A woman runs past an Under Armour store in downtown Chicago on Oct. 16. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)
Americans  it seems  are over Under Armour.
âThis is an abrupt about-turn for a company that  until recently  was on a mission to challenge the might of Nike â Neil Saunders  managing director of the analytical firm GlobalData Retail  said in an email. âUnder  Armour  has become just another brand in a sea of brands.â
The problems are multiple  he said. Although Under  Armour  racks up billions of dollars in sales each year  analysts say it has failed to drum up much loyalty among its customers. It has also been slow to resonate with women and has struggled to compete with larger rivals such as Nike and Adidas  which often offer lower-priced goods. Another factor: bankruptcy filings by key retail distributors such as Sports Authority and Sports Chalet.
âWe are incredibly disappointed with our 2017 performance â Kevin Plank  Under Armourâs founder and chief executive  said during the call with analysts. âWe have not performed to the level we had originally aspired to.â
Under Armour tried to keep up  he said  by discounting prices and offering more promotions than usual  which further cut into the companyâs profit margins. But  Plank added  those were just temporary efforts to shore up sales and not a long-term strategy for the company  which once could command higher prices than its competitors. (Menâs running shoes  for example  start at $74.99 at  Under Armour   $65 at Adidas and $60 at Nike  according to the companiesâ websites.)
âIn no way  shape or form do we anticipate changing the pricing model that makes Under Armour special and unique â Plank said. âWe invented the $25 T-shirt. Weâve pressed the bounds as to what consumers will pay for apparel. Thatâll continue. No one is looking for  Under Armour  to have the $25 hooded fleece. They want Under  Armour  at the $75 and $100 price points.â
But analysts say that might be a tough sell  particularly as customers grow accustomed to deep discounts. Saunders added that a âmarked slowdownâ in demand for athletic apparel is likely to further complicate Under  Armour âs turnaround efforts.
âWhile customer numbers have risen  loyalty to the brand is not deep-rooted in the same way that it is at Lululemon and Nike â he wrote. âWhat this means is that as demand moderated  Under  Armour  has been quick to drop off the radar of many consumers.â
The latest round of disappointing earnings comes on the heels of a tough year. The company posted its first-ever loss in April and in August announced it would lay off 2 percent of its workers. Thereâs also been changes to the leadership team. Still   shares of Under Armour stock  which are currently trading at about $13   have lost more than half  their  value this year.

SOLUTION: Armour

PROBLEM: Priebus is one of several current and former White House aides expected to be interviewed by Mueller’s team in the coming weeks. Those investigators  besides looking into whether campaign aides coordinated with the Kremlin to influence the outcome of the presidential election  are also looking into a series of White House actions since the start of the administration  including the firing in May of former FBI Director James Comey.
As head of the Republican National Committee during the presidential campaign  Priebus would have insight into the inner workings of the Trump campaign  particularly during the general election. He also was present during the presidential transition and served as White House chief of staff during times crucial to Mueller investigation  including while Flynn served in the administration and while Trump made the decision to fire  Comey .
In a prepared statement in June to the Senate intelligence committee   Comey  described how Priebus had briefly interrupted a private White House conversation with the president in which  he  said Trump told  him   he  hoped  Comey  would end an FBI investigation into Flynn and  his  contacts with the Russian ambassador.
“After  he  had spoken for a few minutes about leaks  Reince Priebus leaned in through the door by the grandfather clock and I could see a group of people waiting behind him ” Comey’s statement said. “The President waved at him to close the door  saying he would be done shortly. The door closed.”

SOLUTION: James Comey

PROBLEM: "If we have a shutdown , it will be because Harry Reid holds that absolutist position and essentially holds the American people hostage ," Cruz told NBC 's Meet the Press days after his filibuster , and just before the shutdown began . 
Over the next couple of weeks , with much of the federal workforce furloughed , Cruz huddled with House conservatives to encourage them to dig in against a deal that included any capitulation on the Obamacare demands . 
WASHINGTON -- To hear Sen. Ted Cruz tell it , he deserves no blame for the 2013 government shutdown that cost the U.S. economy $ 24 billion . 
"You 've left me speechless ," Maine Sen. Susan Collins , a moderate Republican who seethed at Cruz throughout the 2013 episode , told reporters when asked about her Texas colleague 's stance . 
Cruz argued Monday that he voted repeatedly to keep the government running . 
Cruz spent the summer of 2013 promoting the idea that the fight to defund Obamacare was worth the risk of shutdown , and stirring public pressure on GOP leaders . 
The episode remains a key moment in Cruz 's five-year Senate career , elevating his status among tea partiers and propelling his 2016 presidential bid . 
But while Cruz 's stance caused dismay and allegations of revisionism , he has always maintained that Democrats bore responsibility for the 16-day shutdown -- along with GOP congressional leaders who lacked the backbone to back him up in the crusade to defund Obamacare . 
"There 's no end result other than shutting the government down , for which Republicans are going to be blamed ," Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said after a meeting with Cruz , shortly before the shutdown . 
On Monday , Cruz called it "a media narrative" that he was responsible for the 2013 shutdown . 
House Speaker John Boehner rejected the tactic and later called Cruz a "jackass" for pursuing it .

SOLUTION:
Ted Cruz