Nike SWOT Analysis (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats) Strengths - Nike is one of the main shoemaker in the world. It designs and sells shoes for a big variety of sports including basketball‚ baseball‚ golf‚ soccer‚ volleyball‚ tennis‚ football and running. - Nike is strong at research and development‚ as is evidenced by its evolving and innovative product range. Its products go through a rigorous quality control before they go to market. Despite the cost to keep a high-level
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Nike Swot Analysis Strengths * A very professionally competitive company. * Has ownership of no physical factories so production can be moved to a more cost effective location when necessary. * Very well branded among consumers. * Offers their products worldwide. * Have offices in forty five different countries. * Fortune 500 company. * Employs over thirty thousand people across the world. * Has a very strong marketing campaign that increases brand familiarity.
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Opportunity • Market is open for filtration systems at low cost • 50% of urban sewage is untreated • Access to various technologies used in filtration • Industrial and biological pollution has contaminated almost 90% of the underground water in Chinese cities • 300 institutes engage in water supply research • Supply water smaller than U.S. but provide water for 5 times the population • 90% of underground water is contaminated by industrial pollution • Chinese tend to purchase luxury products
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Nike: A Multinational Company in China Nike is one of the largest athletic shoe brands in the world and sells millions of shoes and clothing each year. The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 by a University of Oregon track athlete Philip Knight and his coach Bill Bowermanas. It was first named Blue Ribbon Sports and it officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978 (Nike). As a multinational company‚ it operates retail stores domestically and overseas and all of the products it sells are manufactured
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High Prices: Nike has the upper hand when it comes to the product it is selling; a strong brand allows Nike to be very profitable. However‚ Nike sets prices at higher rates than its competitors who make their products out of reach for many customers in emerging markets. There is also the risk of declining demand when an economy falls into recession‚ as consumers have lower tolerance on spending on items that are not a necessity. Opportunities Emerging Markets: While Nike already has a presence in
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coc ‘copycat’ threats SWOT analysis of IKEA 1998‚ IKEA entered the Chinese market and opened the first shop in Shanghai. Accompanied by the combination of Chinese economic environment and Chinese furniture market circumstance‚ the following SWOT analysis will be utilized to evaluate IKEA in Chinese market. Strength IKEA provide several strengths compared with any other furniture company. First of all‚ IKEA possessed a strong brand image (5). Before entering Chinese market‚ IKEA has already
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Nike SWOT Analysis Jim Zimmerman Adertising/Marketing Dr. Deborah Curlette Nike SWOT Analysis NIKE is the world’s #1 shoemaker and controls over 20% of the US athletic shoe market. The company designs and sells shoes for a variety of sports‚ including baseball‚ cheerleading‚ golf‚ volleyball‚ and wrestling. NIKE also sells Cole Haan dress and casual shoes and a line of athletic apparel and equipment
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SWOT Analysis: Market Internal: Strengths: the company owns and franchises more than 15‚500 outlets in more than 100 countries (great diversification‚ expanding rapidly in high growth areas (i.e. China) By 2006‚ KFC had 1‚700 restaurants in China‚ more than tripling in five years. Profit and sales figures saw increases of over 25 percent for some quarters‚ while comparable figures domestically were 1 and 2 percent. KFC significantly outsold McDonald’s in China‚ and by 2006‚ KFC was opening
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Nevertheless‚ even with the fall from rosy profit margins and breakneck sales growth‚ China still represents the fastest growing automobile market in the world with far-reaching potential in sales and complementary services (see Exhibit 1). A record 1.7 million new vehicles were sold in China in the first three months of 2006.7 With the strong start‚ vehicle sales should surpass that of Japan‚ placing China as the world’s second largest automobile market‚ behind only the United States. The driving
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