Founded in 1994‚ Nike Football has grown immensely to become one of the two market leaders in football apparel and footwear. Recognizing the vast opportunities the 2010 World Cup offers for their growth and differentiation from the competitors‚ they are considering a shift in their marketing strategy. Nike’s brand image is of an innovative company‚ focusing on the high performance of their products‚ while simultaneously offering extraordinary designs by partnering with many top-level footballers
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts ’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike ’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings
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Samsung: Building a Great Brand Presented By: Michael Baccus‚ Marcial De Castro‚ Judith Dupin‚ Monica O’Neil‚ and José Santillán Marketing Management- MAR 3023-P80 October 5‚ 2011 Samsung grew its brand equity by 186 percent in just five years from 2000 to 2005. “Brand equity is the value of the brand name‚ its worth as an asset to the company
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Case Study 9 Lenovo’s brand building strategies: Taking the competition to competitors with “transactional model” Suggested case discussion questions Q1 Explain Lenovo’s early strategizing efforts and its future plans Lenovo has production and distribution facilities in the US‚ UK‚ Mexico‚ Malaysia‚ Hungary‚ China and Brazil. This growth has been achieved through innovation‚ operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. The acquisition of IBM’s PC division helped it become the
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Her analysis assumes Nike debt is trading at par – it is not ▪ Equity should be based on market value‚ not book value ▪ Hence total will be based on market cap.‚ not balance sheet ▪ Her debt cost is wrong ▪ She should use the current or projected cost rather than a historic one ▪ i.e. use a Bloomberg terminal (other terminals are available) to research yields on debt of the same credit rating as Nike ▪ It is unlikely Nike has a
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that has higher returns. In this case‚ I will first address the issues with Cohen’s calculation‚ and then analyze an new WACC to decide whether we should invest in Nike Inc. Many issues should be addressed regarding Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. First‚ to calculate the debt cost of capital‚ Cohen divided the total interest expense by the company’s average debt balance. This is an issue because she did not take into account the current yield on publicly traded Nike debt. Another issue that should
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conference All the things that are happening in the world‚ are things that are strategic Look around you‚ know what’s happening around you You need to know where interesting ideas come from Eg. Wieden Kennedy (Portland‚ Oregon): where Nike is. Where Nike is‚ adidas goes Check out: TED talk ’First why and then trust’ by Simon Sinek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdO7LuoBzM - trust comes from a common set of values and beliefs - biggest challenge to an organisation is ’the split’
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1. Write a brief synopsis of the Nike case. In the 1990’s‚ Nike‚ a well-known shoe company‚ came under intense fire for claims of labor issues stemming from wages to working conditions to child exploitation. Years of bad publicity plagued the company‚ including bouts with the media and even celebrities. Nike’s initial response was to deny and defend its company name. The activists continued to pursue to the point that Nike is forced to face its criticism head on. 2. What charges have Jeff
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Introduction: (Luz’s answer for discussion question #1 should go here) Analysis: Based on her calculations‚ Joanna Cohen estimated that Nike’s cost of capital was approximately 8.4%. Ms. Cohen used a single Weighted Average Cost of Capital to calculate the firm’s cost of capital‚ and we agree that only a single cost of capital needs to be used due to the similarities between more than 95% of their revenues. However we believe that the cost of capital calculation is inaccurate based on some
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Brand Inventory Report – Nike Footwear MAR6816 – Advanced Marketing Management Summer 2015 2-Year Internet MBA University of Florida Team 8 Members: Jordan Ariche Stephanie Gomillion Lauren Lupo Ken Oliveri NIKE BRAND HERITAGE Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and originally operated as a distributor for the Japanese shoemaker Onitsuka Tiger (known today as Asics). Bill Bowerman‚ a track and field coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ middle-distance runner‚ from University of Oregon‚ created
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