ADIDAS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES: To identify the main strategic issues facing Adidas in maintaining their current global competitive position. To evaluate potential strategic options that Adidas should consider in order to sustain and develop their global competitive positioning. To discuss the implications of these options for the strategic management decisions of the company. To make appropriate recommendations for the future. Summary: This report sets out the different aspects
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------------------------------------------------- Adidas Background Adidas AG is German manufacturer of sporting goods and parent company of Adidas group that consists of the Reebok sportswear company‚ TaylorMade-Adidas golf company and Rockport. Based in Herzogenaurach‚ Germany‚ Adidas is the leading sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the world’s second largest sporting goods manufacturer. Adidas has two sub-brands namely Adidas Sports Performance and Adidas Sports Style. Adidas Sports Performance aims to
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PRODUCTS Running Adidas currently manufactures several running shoes‚ including the adiStar Control 5‚ the adiStar Ride (the replacement for the adiStar Cushion 6)‚ the Supernova Sequence (the replacement for the Supernova Control 10)‚ and the Supernova Cushion 7 (which will soon be replaced by the Supernova Glide)‚ among others. In addition‚ their performance apparel is widely used by runners. Adidas also uses kangaroo leather to make their more expensive shoes. Association football One of the
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History of Nike Nike‚ who currently ranks as 136 in the fortune 500 for America’s largest corporations‚ has come a long way since its humble beginning of in the 1960’s. Founded by visionaries Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight who at the time had no clue how much of an impact this footwear would make in the marketing world. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at the University of Oregon with enormous amount of knowledge on athletics and was always looking to help his players maintain the advantage
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* Adidas is a German sports clothing manufacturer which mainly sells footwear as well as bags‚ shirts‚ watches‚ eyewear goods. It was founded in 1948 by Adolf Dassler in Herzogenaurach‚ Germany and it is the second biggest manufacturer in the world. Its logo has three stripes with the word Adidas underneath. The company decided to hire UPS Supply Chain Solutions to increase its sales. * To keep in line with the fast growth‚ the company’s North American corporate unit‚ "adidas America"‚ hired
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predecessor company of Adidas. After the World War II the two brothers had a rival‚ the company dissolved and Rudi Dassler established PUMA and Adi Dassler‚ renamed the Gebtuder Dassler Shuhfabrik to Adidas (combination of his first and last name). Adidas continued to be the most innovative company with many patents such as the track shoes with screw in-spikes. The most of the athletes in Olympic Games wear Adidas shoes. The company started to lose its market share rapidly by Nike from 1978 and then
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There has been a long standing controversy among the economist about the validity of PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) in the long run. The parity reveals that prices in two different economies should be identical to each other when they expressed in terms of the same currency. It is a central building block in the monetary models of exchange rate determination. One of the most common practices‚ to test the validity of PPP is through unit root test of real exchange rate. In this paper
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Strengths 1. Established brand name – this means that Adidas has already built up a good reputation and it has a large market share within its industry. 2. Good retail links – Adidas has established good links with shops and outlets‚ which sell Adidas’s products. 3. Established worldwide distribution network – this means that Adidas’s products are shipped to a large number of countries. 4. Famous sports stars advertising products – Adidas has a series of football superstars who wear/advertise
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strategies that Nike has created in tandem with the Football World Cup. The report examines the performance of Nike in relation with the Football World Cup and also tried to find out whether there were any alternatives to get an even better result. In this report I also compared Nike with its closest competitor‚ Adidas and evaluated the critical differences between these two organizations based on the marketing strategies that they have adopted to become successful. 1. Introduction Nike is the leading
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levels as they complete their work at Nike and represent the Nike corporation globally. •"It is our nature to innovate. •Nike is a company. •Nike is a brand. •Simplify and go. •The consumer decides. •Be a sponge. •Evolve immediately. •Do the right thing. •Master the fundamentals. •We are on the offense – always. •Remember the man. (The late Bill Bowerman‚ Nike co-founder)" Manager Manifesto -It is a set of Core Principles that describe how Nike managers lead with excellence
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