CHAPTER 1:INTRODUCTION Nike: Nike‚ is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area‚ and is one of only two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Oregon. It is one of the world ’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue
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Nike and Adidas: Different strategies for telling their brand stories February 5‚ 2013 by David Crist How do companies that sell comparable products or offer similar services differentiate themselves? What makes one brand stand out from the next? We know that numerous touchpoints are critical in influencing how we perceive and experience brands. Retail store layouts and displays‚ websites‚ commercials and sponsorships all help shape our opinions. Take Nike and Adidas‚ for example. Both companies
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Lopez- Wigan Athletic Stephane Sessegnon - Sunderland Each pair of Copa Mundials are hand made from Kangaroo leather by a team of Adidas technicians in Scheinfield‚ Germany. The creators of this famous boot were Adolf “Adi” Dassler and Franz Schacher. This shoe has helped create the image most people think of when they hear “soccer cleats.” They were created with a classic black and white design that is still represented today. The cleat has gone through very minimal changes
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Puma are essentially reported on thereby describing the company’s strategic positioning and the challenges faced by Puma in implementing is techniques. PUMA was established in 1924 by founding brothers Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler and Adi Dassler and was renamed PUMA Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler in 1948 when Adi left the company to start his own shoe company‚ Adidas. This revolution of management came to understand the need for amalgamating accounting and management techniques. Strategic management accounting
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VALUE? 1. Introduction (History) Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik was established in Germany around 1920 by two brothers Adolf Dassler and Rudolf Dassler whom in 1948 decided to separate and created their own firms. The first one called Adidas (Adolf-Adi) and the second Puma. After the World Cup in 1954 Adidas become in a famous brand when Germany team decided to wear it‚ followed by the sponsoring of sports stars. After the death of Adi Dassler in 1978‚ his Horst son remained to the front of
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is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second-biggest sportswear manufacturer in the world‚ with American rival Nike being the biggest. Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf "Adi" Dassler‚ following the split of Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother Rudolf. Rudolf later established Puma‚ which was the early rival of Adidas. Registered in 1949‚ Adidas is currently based in Herzogenaurach‚ Germany‚ along with Puma. The company ’s clothing and shoe designs typically
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and sport apparel. It was founded by two brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler in Germany in 1924 when it was first known as Dassler shoes. During the Olympics the company gained recognition with the Dassler shoes being seen. In 1948 Rudolf left to start his own company which is known as Puma today. Adi Dassler came up with the three famous stripes logo and Adidas name once his brother left which became a trademark for Adidas. In 1978 Adi Dassler died‚ his wife and son decided to run the company. They brought
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Case Study Presentation PUMA AG History and Case Facts: Dassler brothers in 1984 started the Dassler Brother’s Shoe Factory. In 1948 The brothers split their business after the World War 2‚ Adolf called his firm Adidas and Rudolf called his new firm Ruda. Rudolf’s Company changed its name to Puma in 1948 and became a public company in 1986. What the Puma Logo meant? The Leaping Puma symbolizes a combination of speed‚ power and elegance often exhibited by professional athletes
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| |Type |Public (AG‚ FWB: ADS) | |Founded |1924 (registered in 1949)[1] | |Founder(s) |Adolf Dassler | |Headquarters |Herzogenaurach‚ Germany | |Key people |Herbert Hainer (CEO)‚ Erich Stamminger (CEO‚ Adidas | | |Brand)‚ Igor Landau
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Table of Content 1. Introduction Competition and competitive markets are common in every industry. Especially since Globalization is influencing our economy‚ companies need to stay competitive in order to survive against new rising competitors‚ which are basically rooted in the Middle East Asia. Analyzing own strengths and weaknesses and capturing new opportunities or avoiding threats‚ are one of the most important factors for reaching this goal. This paper is dealing
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