REEBOK & LA GEAR 1. Compute financial ratios using the guidelines provided below. Use the component ratios of return on equity to explain the reasons for the difference in the profitability across the two firms. In other words‚ is profit margin‚ asset turnover or/and financial leverage responsible for the difference in profitability? Comment on the riskiness of the two companies based on the financial ratios. I would like you to compute the ratios for 1988‚ 1989 and 1990. Data to compute the
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Introduction On August 03‚ 2005‚ Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas)‚ Germany’s largest sporting goods maker announced acquisition of the US-based Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $3.8 billion. The share prices of both the companies recorded an increase on the day of the announcement of the deal. The share price of Adidas increased by 7.4% from €147.52 on August 02‚ 2005 to €158.45 on August 03‚ 2005 on the Frankfurt stock exchange‚ while Reebok’s share price at the New York Stock Exchange rose
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SWOT Analysis Reebok experienced a period of strong growth and success in the 80 ’s and 90 ’s‚ though new developments in the sports market are challenging Reebok and are changing its competitive situation. The following analysis gives an overview of were Reebok is standing at the moment and what their challenges for the future are. On the basis of this analysis Reebok can set out their strategy for the future and anticipate on the opportunities and threats they are facing. Strengths Size
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SEGMENTATION (Harish pg3) The process of defining and subdividing a large homogenous market in to clearly identifiable segments having similar needs‚ wants or demand characteristics .Its objective is to design a marketing mix that precisely matches the expectation of customers in the targeted markets. Bases for segmentation Geographic segmentation -: Geographic segmentation calls for division of market in to different geographical units such as nations‚ states‚ regions
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1 About Reebok Founded by: Joseph William Foster‚ 1890 in UK. Sub Brands Reebok EasyTone •Toning and shaping Reebok ZigTech •training activities Reebok RealFlex •flexible movements Reebok Classic Collections 2 Brand Owning Organization Subsidiary of Adidas Group since 2006 Uli Becker – president of Reebok 8‚000 employees 2010 – revenue of € 1‚603 billion (19.3 % growth) 3 Overview of Reebok EasyTone 2007 – Run Easy & “There are two people in
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Explain how and why groups of customers are targeted for selected products What is segmentation? Market segmentation is the division of a market into sub groups with similar characteristics. A business can then target these groups and develop products and services for each of them. There are several ways in which consumers can be split up into. These is geographically which includes location‚ demographically which includes gender‚ social class‚ age‚ income‚ ethnicity or religion‚ psycho graphically
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REEBOK Introduction: Reebok is the oldest running shoe company‚ having been started by a cobbler in the UK in the 1890s. Capitalizing on American Paul Fireman’s foresight into the dance craze‚ aerobic craze‚ and later the rise of casual street basketball shoes‚ Reebok quickly became the number-one selling running shoe‚ easily beating and staying ahead of the then near-15-year-old Nike. In 1988‚ Reebok launched its first brand campaign‚ U.B.U. (ie‚ Reebok lets you be you). However‚ it went up against
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Geographic Segmentation Geographic segmentation calls for dividing the market into different geographical units such as nations‚ regions‚ states‚ counties‚ cities‚ or even neighborhoods. A company may decide to operate in one or a few geographical areas‚ or to operate in all areas but pay attention to geo-graphical differences in needs and wants. ACI Logistic Ltd (shwapno) today is localizing their products‚ advertising‚ promotion‚ and sales efforts to fit the needs of individual regions
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market segmentation Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs (and/or common desires) as well as common applications for the relevant goods and services. Depending on the specific characteristics of the product‚ these subsets may be divided by criteria such as age and gender‚ or other distinctions‚ such as location or income. Marketing campaigns can then be designed and implemented to target these specific
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variable The variable is the important aspects of the research. In research the concept are measure from variable. Variable are anythings that can take on differing or varing values. it mean that the value of variable vary from person to person‚ time to time or place to place but the meaning of variable are same to all. Thus variable are the charactestics of person‚ groups‚ objects‚ ideas‚ feeling or other thing that researcher want to measure. Variables are thus anything that can take on differing
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