acquisition of Adidas by French financier Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 1993 has been the beginning of a big brand name; Adidas has expanded its product line and absorbed other sports-gear makers. It closed a $3.8 billion acquisition of competitor Reebok International Ltd. Adidas planned maintain the Reebok line and promote it globally along side with the Adidas brand. Adidas during 2006 made a decision to purchase Reebok and though they purchase another shoe company business did not flourish. Adidas had to
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1. PEST Analysis of Adidas 1.1 Political Factors Adidas generates policies and monitor hazardous substance to protect human health and environment . and also it protects the rights of its employees by following labour laws on country specific way. Adidas a multinational company need to consider the global political state as well as domestic political issues. It is important to monitor the government’s laws which affect the business of adidas. Since the political arena has a huge influence
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stakeholders which is unethical. Whether it’s Nike or Adidas both of them had gone through some unethical issues within their organisation. Every organisation is now focusing on ethical business practise‚ as it could possibly help to create a competitive advantage to gain market shares. Ethics problem which Nike facing was a boycott of their products in the 1990’s because they used child labour in Cambodia which was completely unethical. In case of Adidas its uses sweatshops in Indonesia‚ Philippines and
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With adidas and Reebok Combined‚ Will Nike Still Crush the Competition? September 21‚ 2005 Letter of Transmittal September 21‚ 2005 "Will adidas ’ forthcoming takeover of Reebok help the new company achieve sustainable competitive advantage over industry leader Nike?" After researching the many aspects of this question‚ we were able to come to a conclusion. In order to address the full scope of the question our team evaluated the following areas: Background Information
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the market for over 5 decades now. Adidas is a multinational corporation that designs and manufacturers sports attire‚ accessories and footwear. Besides footwear Adidas also produces bags‚ shirts‚ jerseys watches and eyewear. Adidas is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and second largest around the globe. Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf Dassler. Adolf is related to Rudolph the owner of Puma and now they are rivals in Germany. Puma and Adidas entered a fierce rivalry after World
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popular three stripes logo company‚ Adidas was first founded in 1924‚ in Germany. It started out as a sportswear independent company by Rudolf Dassler and Adi and was first named Dassler Shoes. Later‚ Rudolf left his brother and established his own company in 1948‚ also known as Puma. Adi then named the company Adidas (Theshoegame.com‚ 2016). Adidas three stripes has a meaning which represents the goals and aim of a mountain‚ that signifies the future of Adidas lying ahead. The three stripes was then
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Nike versus Adidas As companies decided to dip into new markets‚ they develop a marketing plan‚ review external and internal contingencies and complete a SWOT analysis on their organization and competitors. Adidas is one of those companies that have completed this task as it prepares to fight against Nike to become the number one company in the market for footwear and sports apparel. With Adidas and Nike being in the same market they have similar external contingencies‚ yet different views
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Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon‚ according to The Oregonian. HISTORY OF NIKE The company ’s clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars‚ and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas ’s current official logo. The company revenue for 2008 was listed at €10.799 billion and the 2007 figure was listed at €10.299 billion‚ or about US$15.6 billion. History 1949-2005 Due to the death of Adolf’s son (Horst Dassler)‚ the Company was
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Adidas: Underestimating Competitors 1. Adidas didn’t anticipate the recreational boom of the aerobic in the 70’s when Americans were increasingly concerned with physical fitness after have been read some books about it. 2. Adidas was born by two German’s brothers‚ Rudolf and Adolf (or “Adi”) Dassler. Adi was the innovator and Rudolf the marketer who the his brother’s creations. After a failing out between them in 1949‚ Rudolf took one-half the equipment and left his brother. He created
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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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