Who Am I? Nike is a multinational corporation that is engaged in design‚ development and worldwide marketing. Nike also merchandises footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚and accessories. Nike is the worlds leading supplier for athletes footwear and apparel‚ the company was founded in January 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports owned by Bill Bowerman and Phil knight. It was then named Nike Inc. in 1978. The company ’s named Nike comes from a Greek word which means victory. Nike is marketed as its own brand as well
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Professional Selling Plan for Nike+ By: Daniel DeMaiolo‚ Marc Russell‚ James Kopanic‚ Tiffany Sokol‚ Kelsey Rupert‚ and Zachary Mehl Dr. Cynthia E. Anderson MKTG 3740 Selling Plan October 11‚ 2008 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary………………..2 2. Product Description…….………….6 3. SWOT Analysis……………………8 4. Target Market……………….……11 5. Product Strategy…………………..14 6. Customer Strategy………………..16 7. Relationship
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name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. Also‚ people purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. Nike being in the market‚ has opened so many doors for athletes and being in the media and advertising positive social values. Nike is a
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summary The purpose of this text is to give a comprehensive look over the past achievements of Nike Inc. The author is offering a brief history and is presenting‚ Nike Inc through the Marketing Mix of a company. All 4P’s Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion are presented and systematically defined and explained. Examples about the 4P’s are given and suggestions are made. Some opportunities that Nike must try to achieve and threats that the company has to overcome are described. In the conclusion
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Case note on Nike Cost of Capital Group 2 Members : Devendra Rane‚ Vivekkumar Nema‚ Chandrashekhar Joshi‚ G. Ajithkumar‚ Prakash Shetty Case Background: * NorthPoint Large Cap Fund weighing whether to buy Nike’s stock. * Nike has experienced sales growth decline‚ declines in profits and market share. * Nike has revealed that it would increase exposure in mid-price footwear and apparel lines. It also commits to cut down expenses. * Kimi Ford’s initial assessment at a discount rate
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products or services in unrelated fields” (Collins English Dictionary‚ 2015). Nike was once a startup company that only manufactured and distributed shoes after Phil Knight founded the company in 1964. Since Nike was founded in 1964‚ their brand has extended from just manufacturing shoes to sweatpants; the highly popular Dri-fit t-shirts‚ backpacks‚ and the new Fuel bands which I will explain their purpose later. Nike seems to keep evolving with the ever-changing market in order to keep up with the
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Nike Financial Analysis Nike is a company that has thoroughly embedded itself into the psyche of people around the world. It’s a company that started with humble origins from selling footwear in the basement to becoming the behemoth in the athletic industry. Bill Bowerman‚ University of Oregon track & field coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ middle-distance runner under Bowerman co-founded Nike. Nike was first established as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964 as a partnership and the name Nike was officially adopted
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major issues in Indonesia include abuse of labor workers‚ bird flu‚ human rights and forced evictions. These issues play a powerful role in Indonesia’s society and the government should take action against these atrocities and/or be held accountability for the wrong doings and deaths. The first major issue is abuse of labor workers. In the article "Abuse rife at Nike’s Indonesia plants" workers at nine factories under contract by the U.S. sportswear giant Nike says they have
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SWOT analysis: Nike Introduction Like most companies‚ Nike has corporate strengths and weaknesses. However‚ in the 50 years that Nike has been in business‚ it has weathered most challenges. From its maverick days as an upstart sports shoe brand being sold out of the back of the trunk of its owners’ cars at track meets‚ through the 80s and 90s when it lavished multi-million dollar endorsement deals on sports icons. Following is a SWOT (strength‚ weakness‚ opportunity and threat) analysis of
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Nike‚ Inc. (IPA: / ’naɪki/) (NYSE: NKE) is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton‚ near the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. It is the world ’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment with revenue in excess of $18.6 billion USD in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31‚ 2008). As of 2008‚ it employed more than 30‚000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts
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