Management” NIKE Introduction- The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978. Nike markets its products under its own brand‚ as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan‚etc. Nike is the leading maker of athletic shoes‚ equipment and apparel. Nike products cover a broad range of sports including basketball‚ football‚ running and soccer. Sneakers made by Nike are sold for $40-$200
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Reebok: Pursuing Generation X Reebok is a global‚ American inspired brand‚ in a highly competitive athletic and sportswear industry‚ committed to creating products and marketing programs that reflect the brand’s unlimited creative potential (Reebok). The 2003 rankings place Reebok in third place of U.S. athletic shoe market share with 13%; Nike dominates at 36% while other athletic brands make up 26% of the U.S. market (Sporting Goods Intelligence). In 1982‚ Reebok was a main component in introducing
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Report: The Travails of Nike INTRODUCTION Nike‚ Inc. is a world’s leading supplier and a major manufacturer of athletic shoes and sports apparel. It was founded on January 25th‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. It officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. Currently their brands include Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan and Nike Skateboarding‚ while their subsidiaries are Cole Haan‚ Hurley International‚ Umbro and Converse. During this stage‚ the Nike brand has become so
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Since the late 1980s‚ Business School marketing professor Itamar Simonson has looked for ways to understand how consumers make choices. Much of his work debunks the accepted theory that giving consumers what they want and making a profit are the most basic principles of marketing. Customers may not know what they want‚ and second-guessing them can be expensive‚ says the professor who teaches MBA and PhD marketing and consumer decision-making courses. In Simonson’s words
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| Topic | |Page Number | |1.0 Origin of the Report |1 | |2.0 Introduction |3 | |3.0 Nike’s brand image and sources of brand equity |8 | |4
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Nike vs. Adidas: Constant Competition for Industry Dominance Every generation of man has seen sport as an integral part of the social order. From the ancient civilizations to contemporary society‚ humankind has recognized both the importance of the improvement and maintenance of physical fitness as well as the entertainment inherent in competition. A symbol of physical prowess‚ skill‚ determination‚ and discipline‚ the athlete has always held a revered place in society. Athletes‚ depending on the
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Organization and Human Resources Academic Year 2011/2012 Adidas and Reebok Merger Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze Adidas acquisition of Reebok and its external and internal consequences that represented an important shock that affected the dynamics and the mechanisms of the sporting industry. On August 2005 ‚ Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas) announced the intention to acquire Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $ 3.8 billion. The goal of this merger was to facilitate the Adidas
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their supply chain and leverage the power of sport to change lives. The role of government‚ business‚ communities‚ politics‚ media are all shifting and therefore Nike needs to shift too. Nike has a desire to develop greener‚ smarter and better products‚ communities and economies which is why “innovate for a better world” is important. Nike challenges and empowers their designers to consider the environmental impact of everything that are involved in developing a product. Their design called “considered
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1.Executive Summary This marketing plan mainly describes Nike future development strategies and goals. This report will include the situation analysis‚ market-product focus‚ the detailed marketing programme and the financial data and projections. In the coming year‚ Nike is going to launch a new product called Nike+ FuelBand‚ which will be marketed in Hong Kong in 2014. The Fuelband allows the wearer to track their physical activity‚ steps taken daily‚ and amount of calories burned. The
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Financial Analysis Nike Inc. vs. Adidas AG Submitted to: Dr. Ismail Gomaa By: Ghada Mahmoud Saafan 1/1/2010 CONTENTS Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................2 Methodology: ................................................................................................................................................................3 Nike Inc. ............
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