Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon‚ Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971‚ a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson‚ Blue Ribbon Sports ’ first employee‚ made his most durable contribution to the
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Strengths Weaknesses Nike has a strong global brand which everyone will know by its logo. The logo itself needs to be presented without the name and everyone will know what it is‚ that is how powerful the brand is. Some companies require their names to be present but in this case that is not true. This is garnered a long term customer loyalty base where the products are synonymous with high quality clothing and fitness trainers. The power of the brand is also evident in the fact that Nike has well known
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Case study: Nike: the Sweatshop Debate 1) Should Nike be held responsible for working condition in factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make products for Nike? Nike doesn’t own any manufacturing facilities and outsource its production. Therefore‚ it can’t be directly blamed for terrible working conditions. Nike can influence indirectly on working conditions at contracting factories thorough refusing to work with sweatshop factories. However‚ Nike‚ like any other capitalistic
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Nike vs. Adidas: Constant Competition for Industry Dominance Every generation of man has seen sport as an integral part of the social order. From the ancient civilizations to contemporary society‚ humankind has recognized both the importance of the improvement and maintenance of physical fitness as well as the entertainment inherent in competition. A symbol of physical prowess‚ skill‚ determination‚ and discipline‚ the athlete has always held a revered place in society. Athletes‚ depending on the
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people hear the 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. People also purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. People like LeBron James‚ Tiger Woods‚ Maria Sharapova‚ and Michael Jordan. These athletes wearing the Nike sign‚ was what really
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NIKE: How they make their employees "Just Do It" Nike was established by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1972 and is considered to be one of the leading global athletic shoes and apparel marketers. They had started by shoes that Tiger Shoes sent them and improving them to make them better for runners in their shop Blue Ribbon Sports. Jeff Johnson was the first employee of Blue Ribbon Sports who marketed "The Swoosh"
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selected was Nike. Nike is engaged in the marketing and sales of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and much more around the globe. The primary reason I selected this was the company was despite proving itself to be one of the most sustainable businesses in the world. There is quite a significant amount of controversy on just how sustainable some of its business practices truly were in the past. The main controversy being its use of sweatshops to produce its merchandise. Nike is quite possibly
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Nike and Adidas Both Nike and Adidas are sportswear companies that goods throughout many parts of the world are very popular and have been the top two leading sport companies in the sport industry; as a result‚ people have to compare and contrast which product proper for them. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast these two companies in terms of company’s background‚ products and price‚ and sponsorships and marketing. Firstly‚ background of Nike company and Adidas company have different
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts ’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike ’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings
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on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses the Japanese yen notes ranging from 2.0%-4.3%. Since she used the higher range of 4.3%‚ that will eliminate any overly optimistic projections and should leave us with a realistic assumption. Some people can argue that she should of used the multiple costs of capital approach since Nike operates in many different sectors within the sporting apparel industry;
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