The History Of Nike Inc. Nike (originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports)‚ was founded by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964 (Yahoo finance NKE profile page as of Jan. 2 2008). The company initially operated as a distributor for Japanese shoe maker Onitsuka Tiger‚ making most sales at track meets out of Knight’s car. Many top Oregon runners began wearing the shoes‚ and the shoe’s popularity grew quickly because of Kennan Meyer. The company’s first
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Executive Summary University of Phoenix Executive Summary Dating back to 1929‚ television has been viewed all over the world by millions of families. The impact technology has on television is phenomenal. Viewers have watched programs as silhouettes‚ outlines‚ with no sound‚ or black and white. With time‚ technology brought direct broadcast satellite to television. New Corporations Fox Entertainment Group‚ launched DirecTV in 1994. This company provided
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Business Descriptions In 1993‚ Brown launched Small World Music in Nashville‚ Tennessee with husband Gary West and then went on to create Compass Records in 1995. Compass records is a small‚ independent artist-run company that established their niche in musical genres such as folk‚ roots‚ and celtic. In the context of the 2-billion dollar music recording industry‚ Compass Records has low market share in comparison to the multi-national corporations dominating the business. Brown was formally an
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Louis Vuitton’s History and Growth: a) The Designer Louis Vuitton’s History: The designer Louis Vuitton was born with the name Louis Vuitton Malletier‚ and he was born in France in a country called Jura in 1821. He started working in France as a young adult‚ and he became a fashion designer by accident. He was from a working class family‚ as his father Xavier Vuitton was a farmer‚ and his mother was a milliner. Louis Vuitton used to walk 250 miles from his hometown to Paris‚ as he carried different
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Senior Vice President‚ Managing Director MWWPR-DC Paul Tencher is one of a just a handful of political operatives on either side of the aisle to manage and win two competitive U.S. Senate races‚ not only in consecutive election cycles‚ but in tough‚ must win battleground states. Paul has used his execution skills and issues management expertise to lead MWWPR’s public affairs practice based in Washington‚ D.C. As the managing director in the District‚ Paul executes for a diverse array of clients including
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Future Competitive Method List and describe products and services Fast casual Breakfast Product Description Shake Shack will serve breakfast for the customers who wants to eat healthy and quickly in the morning. Let the customers have more alternative in their breakfast‚ give customers opportunity to enjoy a delicious healthy breakfast. Shake Shack wants to make an up level brand‚ and also in their breakfast products. Those ingredient of breakfast go through a strict control‚ We never
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To: Cracker Barrel’s Senior Management From: Student Date: September 16‚ 2013 Subject: Reaching Our Youth‚ Building a Brighter Future Cracker Barrel wants to “please people” and continue in its success. Maintaining these will require attracting a more comprehensive customer demographic. As requested‚ an analysis was conducted on all relevant data. This report reveals an increasing part of the market share
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The company taken for research in the fast or quick food industry is Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Five Guys is a Washington DC based food company. They serve only hand-formed burgers cooked with precision on grills along with fresh-cut fries and use pure peanut oil to cook them. They provide fresh‚ juicy burgers with all sorts of toppings stuffed between buns which are freshly baked. After 20 years‚ when the Five Guys first opened up‚ it has 1000 locations nationwide and more than 1500 units (Five
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The main customers of Serve Up Smoothie will be college kids who want to avoid the freshman 15‚ or who just want to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Our smoothies will offer everything from vegan‚ to almond milk substitute‚ to extra protein‚ with all natural ingredients and no sugar added. Our company plans to have a wide range of ingredients from fruit and vegetables‚ to fat free dark chocolate for the people who like a bit of a sweeter taste. With 32‚000 students attending the University of Iowa and
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We predict that during the second year of operation‚ our established presence in the market and our superior services will allow us to generate approximately 10% profit. This will be a higher margin than other shoes stores‚ those that generate under $1M in the U.S. market. If our sales projections end up being too high‚ we might be around the 7% benchmark that is typical in the industry. Our first year‚ however‚ is anticipated as a 1% net profit. Net profit in year one is $3‚042‚ year 2 is $39‚983
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