Holiday shoppers looking for the unique in sneaks will find it at Finish Line stores (NASDAQ: FINL) and at finishline.com this season. Through its Nike Track Club initiative with Finish Line, Nike has selected the retailer to carry the Nike Total Blackout, a shoe collection of limited edition colorways and materials designed exclusively for Finish Line. The collection features seven men's styles in Nike Air Max Correlate, Nike Air Max + 95, Nike Free Run + 2 EXT, Nike Free Run + 3, Nike Free 4.0 V2, Nike Flight 89, and Nike Mach Force and five women's styles of Nike Air Max +2012, Nike Air Max Correlate, Nike Free 4.0 V2, Nike Free Run + 3 and Nike Hally Hoop.

"The only word that describes this collection is 'hot,'" said Vice President-Footwear Jeff Morrell. "The color combinations--from red/black/grey for men and hot pink/black/lime/grey for women--cannot be found anywhere else and will look amazing under the tree. Finish Line is proud to be the only retailer to offer this incredible collection."

During the upcoming Holiday season, Finish Line will launch both a social media campaign and a contest around the exclusive Nike Total Blackout collection.

About The Finish Line, Inc.
The Finish Line, Inc. is a premium retailer of athletic shoes, apparel and accessories. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Finish Line has 645 stores in malls across the U.S. and employs more than 11,000 sneakerologists who help customers every day connect with their sport, their life and their style. Online shopping is available at www.finishline.com and mobile shopping is available at m.finishline.com. Follow Finish Line on Twitter at Twitter.com/FinishLine and "like" Finish Line on Facebook at Facebook.com/FinishLineUSA.

Finish Line also operates, through a venture with Gart Capital Partners, the Running Specialty Group, including 24 specialty running shops in seven states and the District of Columbia under The Running Company and Run On! banners. More information is available at www.run.com.

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The Finish Line, Inc.
Dianna L. Boyce, Corporate Communications, 317-613-6577