Mercury Athletic Footwear Overview Active Gear‚ Inc. is a privately held footwear company with $470.3 million in revenue in 2006‚ making it relatively small compared to big players in the athletic and casual footwear industry. Eyeing an opportunity for growth via a bolt-on acquisition‚ John Liedtke‚ head of business development for the company‚ is looking into acquiring a subdivision of West Cost Fashions‚ Inc.‚ Mercury Athletic. With 2006 revenue of $431.1 million‚ Mercury Athletic represents
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FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY GUIDE Updated January 2014 Small Business Help British Footwear Association – SOU 100 (February 2007 COBRA) [Available on Electronic Resource Onsite] The BFA represents British based footwear brands and manufacturers providing advice on health and safety‚ environmental‚ consumer and trade laws. Designer Shoe shop – MBP 404 (June 2012 COBRA) [Available on Electronic Resource Onsite] Covers marketing and trading issues‚ also supplies sources of further information. Footwear (Indication
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September 29‚ 2014 Footwear Industry Analysis When you wake up and get dressed every morning‚ one of the first decisions you make is what shoes you will wear that day. Depending on the weather and the level of professionalism you are perceived to demonstrate‚ you make your decision. The footwear industry is a large and ever changing industry that caters to the needs of everyone. Although in some parts of the world people are lucky to have one pair of shoes‚ many people‚ including myself‚ have somewhere
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Photography has been around for over 150 years. It has evolved and expanded since it’s introduction in 1839 but it still remains to be seen as the perfect medium for documenting reality. Art critic and author Andy Grundberg tried to understand the medium in 1974‚ stating that “photography was still perceived primarily as an instrument of social reality‚ able to represent the way things really were in the world.” As technologies changed‚ so did cameras and photographers were able to produce more
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Industrial Analysis on Footwear Industry 2010 9/15/2010 1. Indian Footwear Industry 1.1 Overview The Indian market for footwear includes all producers of non-cleated‚ rubber and plastic footwear designed in style or for use. The industry is a collection of smaller‚ segmented‚ yet often overlapping markets‚ defined by both the price and the purpose of the shoes. For instance‚ there are mini-markets for shoes designed for each of many sports and other purposes: basketball‚ running‚ walking
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Business Environment: Australia Euromonitor International 09 March 2012 Australia is a stable and fast growing economy. It ranks highly in the global competitiveness index 2012. FDI inflows and outflows are both rising. Information and communications technology (ICT) penetration is high and its infrastructure is solid. Total taxes are high but do not take long to pay. Skills shortages and an ageing population remain an issue‚ though unemployment is low and per capita consumer expenditure is
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a relatively small athletic and casual footwear company $470.3 million of revenue and $60.4 million of EBIT compared to typical competitors that sold well over a $1.0 billion annually Company executives felt its small size was becoming more of a disadvantage due to consolidation among Chinese contract manufacturers. Specialty athletic footwear that evolved from high performance to athletic fashion wear with a “classic” appeal. Casual/recreational footwear for walking‚ hiking‚ boating‚ etc.. Affluent
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a CAGR of 20%. Domestic footwear market is estimated to be over Rs 15‚000 crore in value terms and has grown at the rate of 8.8% over the last couple of years. Men’s footwear accounts for almost half of the total market‚ with women’s shoes constituting 40 percent and kidsʹ footwear making up for the remainder. The domestic market is substantially price driven‚ with branded footwear constituting less than 42 percent of the total market size. About 37.8 percent of Footwear retail is the organized
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Matrix Footwear Case Major Decision Issues: Should Matrix foray into premium footwear for youth market/ fashion accessories market? What are the factors you should take into account while taking product line stretching decisions? How does product policy impact the value proposition of the matrix store? How can matrix diversify into unrelated areas like fashion accessories without repeating the mistakes of the past? Recommendation/Inferences on major issues: Yes‚ they should enter into the Footwear
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Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Group 1 Bushra Javed Butt M. Sharjeel Shahid Mahnoor Malik Uzair Nasir MBA II – Section A Submitted To: Sir Nawazish Mirza Introduction West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s apparel decided to dispose of one of their divisions; Mercury Athletic. John Liedtke‚ head of the business development for Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI)‚ saw a possible opportunity for his company in acquiring Mercury. The footwear industry
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