people hear the name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. People also purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. People like LeBron James‚ Tiger Woods‚ Maria Sharapova‚ and Michael Jordan. These athletes wearing the Nike sign‚ was what really
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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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Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon‚ Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971‚ a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson‚ Blue Ribbon Sports ’ first employee‚ made his most durable contribution to the
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NIKE Inc. principle business activities are the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of high quality footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ and accessory products. They sell their products through NIKE owned retail stores and internet sales‚ and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees worldwide. Virtually all products are manufactured by independent contractor‚ with all footwear and apparel manufactured outside the US‚ while equipment products are mostly manufactured within the
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Petty and Cacioppo (1983) states that the goal of advertising is to influence consumer behaviour. This statement has important psychological implications since as Percy and Woodside (1983) note there is a strong connection between advertising‚ consumer psychology and social psychology. In order to design advertisements that ultimately lead to intended behaviour‚ it is first important to understand how advertising works and the main psychological processes related to it. A) Methodologies for data
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Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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Executive Summary Introduction This report will discuss in detail‚ the athletic footwear industry‚ and all aspects of its operations. It will focus on Nike‚ the industry’s leader‚ and a selected few of its competitors; Adidas-Salomon and Reebok‚ Sketchers‚ and K-Swiss. A brief overview of Nike and its competitor’s company profiles‚ brand portfolios‚ and current developments will provide an understanding that leads to an analysis of the external environment. This analysis further discusses
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Characteristics affecting consumer behaviour ❖ Introduction: - Founded in 1971‚ since then‚ Shangri-la Hotels and Resorts has developed consistantly to become one of the world’s finest hotel companies nowadays. It has received numerous positive feedbacks from customers and awards. - We are going to discuss about the characteristics that affecting consumer behaviour and how Shangri-la has succeeded fulfilling them. ❖ Cultural factors: - Not many people know the fact
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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 cost of
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