Nike case study Jamaludin Husein Alcaf Background • Nike is based in Oregon‚ USA. It operates in 120 countries and has over 20‚000 employees. Fiscal year 2001 saw sales grow in each of its product segments in all four global markets. Total sales topped $US 9 billion. • In Japan‚ Nike allied itself with Nissho Iwai‚ the sixth largest Japanese trading company‚ to form Nike-Japan Corporation. Because Nike al ready held a part of the low-priced athletic shoe market‚ the company set its sights on the
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Problem How can Nike continue to increase their sales and profitability‚ not only here in the U.S. but around the world? Nike also needs to improve their public image as well as their customer service to continue to be competitive in the apparel industry. Possible Action Alternatives 1) Continue expansion into global markets where competitors have been successful. There are huge opportunities for Nike to grow across multiple dimensions in terms of international expansion. Nike should take advantage
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NIKE+FuelBand | Regan Gaenzle & Nate Henderson | Gaenzle‚ Regan E | Appendix: Page # * Existing ads 2 * History * Current Marketplace Performance * Competitors * Current Advertising Strategy/Analysis * New Advertising Strategy * Copy Platform * Creative Brief * Consumer Profile * New Advertisement (2) * New Radio Advertisement (2) * New Television Advertisement (2) * Free Choice (2) * Advertisement
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A Case Analysis of Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Mindi Merritt Class Fall 2014 Instructor’s Name Introduction Nike is a hugely successful global industry that designs and markets shoes and apparel (Coakley & Kates‚ 2013). Most of Nike’s products are subcontracted and manufactured overseas in countries such as China‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Korea. For decades‚ Nike has been embroiled in controversy where critics claim its products are manufactured in foreign factories with substandard
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1. Company name – What is the company doing in general? Nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development‚ manufacturing and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. They’re known universally for producing a wide range of sports equipment for the amateurs and the professionals. They’ve built their reputation thanks to a great marketing campaign and by sponsoring the most famous professional sportsmen. As of 2012‚
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customers and market Nike typically targets athletes‚ men and women generally from the ages 15-30. Their target market is people who are active and enjoy higher quality sporting goods and merchandises. NIKE targets all regions with their geographic expansion. Under its Golf brand‚ Nike sells golf balls‚ golf clubs and apparel for both men and women. Nike should continuously develop innovative and stylish golf products to command premium prices. Most people would appreciate as Nike Golf brand has good
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“On January 25‚ 1964 Nike‚ formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports was founded by Bill Bowerman and Phillip Knight. It officially became Nike Incorporated on May 30‚ 1978”(Nike Business). During the late 70s to early 80s Nike’s initial focus was Track and Field but later expanded into various sports such as : soccer‚ golf‚ hockey and basketball just to name a few.” In 1980‚ Nike entered the decade on the success of its Nike Air technology‚ and at the end of that year Nike completed its initial public
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Political Analysis With the increased monitoring and enforcement of labour practices; Nike being in the public spotlight and subject to negative publicity on their subcontracted factories is forced to readjust the working conditions of their cross ocean factory workers to abide with proper regulations. This has caused Nike to modify their factory standards and employee working conditions by; limiting the maximum hours worked a week‚ implementing proper ventilation systems to filter out toxic fumes
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Boustani Nike: Maintaining a Promotional Edge Nike’s initial product advertising strategy of using professional athletes for raising demand through word-of-mouth provided good publicity. However‚ its selective-demand advertising was mainly focused on high-priced shoes for traditional sports‚ and ignored newly developed market segments such as aerobics and extreme sports‚ and new trends such as brown shoes and casual footwear (Etzel‚ Walker‚ and Stanton). Nike launched a successful advertising
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This article "Hitting the Wall" describes the ways in which international labor policies hurt Nike‚ a company that was once prospering and a model of efficiency. The article begins by describing Phil Knight’s‚ the CEO of Nike‚ strategy to outsource all manufacturing. He then wanted to use this money saved through outsourcing and use it towards marketing and endorsements with athletes. Nike began by using manufacturers in Japan‚ switching to South Korea and Taiwan when costs rose to high. Now a large
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