and contrasting is both Nike and Adidas sportswear companies. Whose products throughout many parts of the world are very popular and have been the top two leading sport companies in the sport industry. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Nike and Adidas companies in terms of headquarters‚ market focus‚ sponsorships‚ marketing and advertising‚ price and product. Nike and Adidas are the most popular sporting attires out in the clothing and equipment market. Nike and Adidas offer people
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CHENGDU‚ SICHUAN‚ CHINA PR NIKE‚INC. ANALYSIS REPORT An academic written sample from Liu Yijun In support of applying MSc Finance at Manchester University Note: This is a short version only covered what was performed by Liu Yijun‚ including brief introduction‚ the calculation of FCF‚ WACC‚ sensitivity analysis and word typesetting In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course Equity Investment January‚ 2013 1 January 2013|Equity Investment|NIKE Inc Financial Report
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purchase Nike products. This shows you that Nike’s image is one of the most viable and important aspects for their company’s success. Which would leave to the following aspects of customer satisfaction‚ because without that I could potentially ruin Nike’s positive image that they strive so much for. Another factor that plays into this positive image would be advertising. Advertising is an important factor because helps the company showcase their “consumer-aimed” designs to the public. “Nike recently
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Swot analysis NIKE 1. Strenghts: -Low manufacturing cost since the manufacturing chain comes from south Asia were labor costs are low. -Since Nike does not own the physical factories‚ production can be switch to another location if necessary. -Nike wass worth 15 billion in 2011. They have a strong position in the shoe market. For example their gem ’’Just do it" has been recognized worldwide. - High return on equity up to 24.5 % in 1993. Although the return on equity was 21.41 %‚ it still
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Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because she mistakenly used historical data to estimate the future cost of debt. Joanna calculated the cost of debt by taking the interest expense for 2001 and dividing it by the average debt balance. The cost of debt for Nike is the effective rate that it pays on its current debt‚ meaning the yield to maturity of bonds should be used to make an estimate instead of the average debt balance. Through the use of past data‚ the average balance of debt‚ the 4.3% before-tax cost
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager of North Point Group a large mutual fund management firm‚ is looking into the viability of investing in the stocks of Nike for the fund that she manages. Ford should base her decision on data on the company which were disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and prices of stocks‚ management presented its plans to improve and
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Globalization and Nike‚ Inc. Industry Overview The athletic footwear industry has experienced significant growth over the last two decades. Since 2001‚ consumers in the United States have spent more than $13 billion and have purchased over 300 million pair of athletic shoes. While the industry is highly segmented by sport category‚ models and price‚ a few large players dominate the branded shoe segment. The top ten-footwear companies control over 70 percent of the market share for global athletic
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Nike hit the ground running in 1962. Originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports‚ the company focused on providing high-quality running shoes designed especially for athletes by athletes. Founder Philip Knight believed that high-tech shoes for runners could be manufactured at competitive prices if imported from abroad. The company’s commitment to designing innovative footwear for serious athletes helped it build a cult following among American consumers. By 1980‚ Nike had become the number-one athletic
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MARKETING EXCELLENCE- NIKE The case explains how Nike successfully marketed it products by getting it endorsed through top athletes‚ who influence the buying decision of brands and products of others and created its brand image by associating the products with their persona. By signing the Michael Jordan and relating it air Jordan shoes to his superior performance ‚it generated great revenues in a year alone‚ and its “just do it” ad campaign manifested brand’s attitude of self-empowerment through
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NIKE ANALYSIS The Weight Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the firm’s cost of capital. We can think of WACC as an average representing the expected return on all of the companies’ securities. It is an extremely important number for both corporations and usually financials advisors. Corporations use this number as a minimum for evaluating their capital projects or investments. So if for example the WACC of a firm is 10% and the return on investing in a project is 4.5%‚ then the company would not
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