Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear‚ footwear and equipment supplier based in the US which was founded in 1962 originally know as Blue Ribbon Sports. Nike is the world leader in the manufacturing of sportswear and gear with more than 47 market shares across the global (Nike.com‚ 2011). Nike produces a wide range of sports equipments such as running shoes‚ sportswear‚ football‚ basketball‚ tennis‚ golf‚ etc. Now Nike follows the global fashion trends and is well known and popular in the
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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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Oregon track coach and co-founder of Nike Bill Bowerman once said: “If you have a body‚ you are an athlete!” (Nike Inc.‚ n.d.) It is this way of thinking that describes the root of Nike’s approach to marketing. Every person is a potential athlete or “consumer”. This is a common thinking in the realm of athletics but when Bill Bowerman said this‚ it was in direct reference to the shoe industry. From their marketing strategies to their selling philosophies‚ Nike has developed one of the most recognizable
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company. Nike was founded in 1970 is today’s top shoe company. Nike serves people of all ages regardless of gender; they can service all your needs. From shoes‚ to clothes‚ to accessories‚ Nike has been an innovator in the global shoes business. This is why it is the leading brand in the shoe business over Adidas and Reebok. Bill Bowerman‚ a University of Oregon field coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ a middle-distance runner from Portland who attended Oregon in 1955‚ were the visionaries behind Nike. Bowerman
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Since the late 1980s‚ Business School marketing professor Itamar Simonson has looked for ways to understand how consumers make choices. Much of his work debunks the accepted theory that giving consumers what they want and making a profit are the most basic principles of marketing. Customers may not know what they want‚ and second-guessing them can be expensive‚ says the professor who teaches MBA and PhD marketing and consumer decision-making courses. In Simonson’s words
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ADIDAS BRAND AUDIT Eleonora Popova Nertila Asani Reita Hackaj Tomas Krajcovic TABLE OF CONTENTS adidas Background .............................................................................................................. 2 Industry Background ............................................................................................................ 2 Consumer analysis............................................................................................................... 2 Brand
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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 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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Nike Globalization By:Randell Smith Nike is well known around the whole world. They are the largest seller of athletic apparel and athletic footwear. The Nike logo‚ that is a swoosh‚ is one of the most recognizable business logos on earth. The logo is more than just a symbol. Nike is a prime example of the way a company is supposed to approach the sports market. Nike is everywhere related to sports including‚ retailing‚ sports management and sports promotion. Nike is advertised on TV commercials
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Her analysis assumes Nike debt is trading at par – it is not ▪ Equity should be based on market value‚ not book value ▪ Hence total will be based on market cap.‚ not balance sheet ▪ Her debt cost is wrong ▪ She should use the current or projected cost rather than a historic one ▪ i.e. use a Bloomberg terminal (other terminals are available) to research yields on debt of the same credit rating as Nike ▪ It is unlikely Nike has a
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