company’s name to Adidas whereby the word ‘Adi’ from his nickname and ’Das’ from Dassler. Adidas was the leading brand among athletes community when‚ in 1978‚ Adolf Dassler passed and his wife Käthe‚ his son Horst‚ and his daughter Carry started running the business. That was a big transition that was completed in the 90’s when Robert Louis-Dreyfus became Adidas CEO: Adidas started moving from being a manufacturing and sales based company to a marketing company. From then on‚ Adidas grew rapidly
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1. Brief background Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports clothing and accessories based in Herzogenaurach‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group‚ which consists of the Reebok sportswear company. Besides sports footwear‚ Adidas also produces other products such as bags‚ shirts‚ watches‚ eyewear‚ and other sports- and clothing-related goods. Adidas is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Germany and Europe and
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cigarette butts layed out in a white background in the style of its logo‚ which includes their motto “impossible is nothing”. As one of the largest suppliers of athletic gear‚ Adidas looks to not only promote greater advantages in sports recreation‚ but also in good health. The communicator in the ad is the company Adidas‚ the primary audience would be smokers out there‚ but this message also applies to all athletes and athletic individuals. The message and purpose of the ad includes the fact that
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ADIDAS GROUP Marketing Plan Presented by: ADRIAN ALEXANDER LEAL CASTRO 201022135 DIANA CAROLINA CUERVO 201119076 LAURA MORALES CANDIL 201020747 Presented to: GONZALO ANDRES OÑATE BELLO Professor of Marketing Fundamentals UNIVERSITY OF SAVANNAH CHIA‚ CUNDINAMARCA 2011 Company description For over 80 years the adidas Group has been part of the world of sports on every level‚ delivering state-of-the-art sports footwear‚ apparel and accessories. Today‚ the adidas Group is
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Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf 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. Puma is also based in Herzogenaurach. Supply chain management is the integration of business management from end user through original suppliers that supply products‚ service and information that adds value to the customer
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NIKE AND ADIDAS INTENSIFIES OFF PITCH Feriani (0000006978) Teguh Prabowo (0000006985) A. Executive Summary Nowadays the revolution of the football boot has taken a dramatic shift. The battle of the brands has begun and it is claimed ‘football will never be the same again’. That was the bold statement delivered by Nike‚ who countered the release from rivals Adidas. Just hours ahead of the American sports giants’ multi-million pound unveiling‚ German brand adidas fired the
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to providing the most innovative products around the world to athletes and consumers across the globe. Nike carries an arsenal of products that allow the company to continue growth through increased market place capacity and penetration with decisions that involve outsourcing manufacturing to low-cost areas in the world‚ investing in research and development of innovative products and aggressive marketing strategies that are beyond conventional. Their consumer focused strategy enhances gives
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Adidas Marketing Plan Adidas is the number two sporting goods maker in the world‚ second to Nike. The company has long focused on being the footwear for sports and high performance. The company has three components: Adidas‚ Reebok‚ newly acquired in 2006‚ and TaylorMade‚ well known on the Pro Am Golf Tour. (Adidas Group Annual Report‚ 2008) This marketing plan will focus on the Adidas brand. While research indicates there’s a belief that Adidas makes better footwear than Nike (Vertical Ascent
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You are consultant of the company. PEST/SWOT etc ----------------------------------- Introduction Adidas is a company that manufactures shoes and sport apparel. The founder is Adolf Dassler who is German. The name created by combination of the name and surname Adi Dassler‚ who started producing shoes in 1920s with the help of his brother Rudolf Dassler. That make costumer‚ to recognize Adidas is three parallel stripes of the same color. Slogan: “IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING” 1. History 1949-2005 Due
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Resources Academic Year 2011/2012 Adidas and Reebok Merger Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze Adidas acquisition of Reebok and its external and internal consequences that represented an important shock that affected the dynamics and the mechanisms of the sporting industry. On August 2005 ‚ Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas) announced the intention to acquire Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $ 3.8 billion. The goal of this merger was to facilitate the Adidas Group’s strategic intent in
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