Jackie Smith April 30‚ 2010 Executive Summary Adidas has been around since 1924 and has grown to be one of the top companies in providing a variety of high quality products to consumers interested in sports. It is currently the number two brand in the sporting goods industry‚ trailing its main competitor Nike. Adidas has a strong focus on both performance and style‚ as opposed to Nike’s more pure performance emphasis. Adidas is currently surviving in its market but has many barr
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Introduction Adidas is a major German sports apparel manufacturer‚ which was founded in 1948. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second biggest sportswear manufacturer in the world‚ after Nike. The company’s clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars. The company revenue for 2009 was listed at €10.38 billion. The market segmentation; targeting and position play an important role in this company. This essay will use the three factors to analyze this
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SWOT Analysis S (Strengths) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Adidas is a globally know brand name. Produce a high quality products. International Brand awareness and recognition. Popular for sports footwear‚ clothing and accessories. Adidas is the biggest brand in the sport market‚ so it enjoys long term relations with the Olympics‚ FIFA World Cup etc. 6. Diversity and variety in products offered. 7. Adidas is known for its innovative and functional designs. 8. The electronic communication of Adidas is well developed
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2014 07:09 _______________________________________________________________ 28 October 2014 ProQuest Table of contents 1. Southwest Airlines Renovates Benefits System........................................................................................... 1 28 October 2014 ii ProQuest Document 1 of 1 Southwest Airlines Renovates Benefits System Author: Hitchcock‚ Joy E ProQuest document link Abstract: When Southwest Airlines was founded in 1971‚ company executives decided it had to be different
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Ellen Meyer Dr. White MANG 497 March 29‚ 2012 Adidas Case Analysis Current Strategy Adidas went through a stage of restructuring when the company’s corporate strategy needed to be revamped. Before 2009‚ adidas focused on making acquisitions that would ultimately lead to overtaking Nike as the leader of the global sporting goods industry. In 2009‚ adidas restructured the corporate strategy to extend its leadership in product innovation‚ creating a differentiated image for the products
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about the company adidas that belongs to the adidas Group. The adidas Group sells products under the brands adidas‚ Reebok and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Adidas is on the market over 80 years and sells products for every kind of sports. The adidas group was founded in the year 1949 by Adolf Dassler. A company that started with selling soccer shoes contains today a wide product assortment with footwear‚ apparel and accessories. The brand is further divided into three subbrands called adidas performance‚ original
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1. Visit minimum 5 retailers of NIKE/ADIDAS and prepare a brief summary report of: a) Typical customer profile/demographic profile of the products of NIKE/ADIDAS shoes. b) Acceptance levels of the 2 brands in the consumers of your city. c) Consumer feedback for improvement‚ if any‚ of NIKE/ADIDAS. Ans: The Finally report After visit of Six Outlets of Nike & Adidas: Introduction: As we know that both the brands NIKE and ADIDAS are having a very good reputed brands
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Dassler shuhfabrik which was the 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
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For Adidas‚ the beginning was with shoes. “Shoes to play in‚ shoes to play better in‚ shoes to win in.” Shoes that‚ one day would go on to be worn by champions that would win trophies and medals‚ shoes that would break impossible records. Athletes of all kinds would wear them and create magic wearing them. Today‚ Adidas is one of the world’s leading brands‚ recognized and respected. In 1925‚ in a small German village‚ the world got its first taste of Adidas. It was there‚ in a village by the name
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Adidas sports wear competes in the most competitive market. The sports apparel industry has been Nikes market. Over the past years Nike has gain a competitor in Adidas. Adidas is a growing company because it changed its strategy to deal with every major sport and not just tennis and soccer and the European market. Adidas was able to get some major colleges to use their equipment. Some major colleges to change are UCLA‚ Notre Dame‚ and Tennessee to name a few. Since the change Adidas has grown into
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