adidas Strengths -Strong success in Europe -High-performance products -Recent selling of subsidiary “dog” Salomon Weaknesses -American athletes endorsed by adidas are not as popular as Nike’s -Nike gaining ground on European soccer market -Public dissent over use of sweatshops Opportunities -Acquisition of Reebok -Growing strength in golf industry through TaylorMade and recent acquisition of Maxfli -Growing revenue from opening of own retail stores Threats -Foreign exchange
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REEBOK Introduction: Reebok is the oldest running shoe company‚ having been started by a cobbler in the UK in the 1890s. Capitalizing on American Paul Fireman’s foresight into the dance craze‚ aerobic craze‚ and later the rise of casual street basketball shoes‚ Reebok quickly became the number-one selling running shoe‚ easily beating and staying ahead of the then near-15-year-old Nike. In 1988‚ Reebok launched its first brand campaign‚ U.B.U. (ie‚ Reebok lets you be you). However‚ it went up against
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1 About Reebok Founded by: Joseph William Foster‚ 1890 in UK. Sub Brands Reebok EasyTone •Toning and shaping Reebok ZigTech •training activities Reebok RealFlex •flexible movements Reebok Classic Collections 2 Brand Owning Organization Subsidiary of Adidas Group since 2006 Uli Becker – president of Reebok 8‚000 employees 2010 – revenue of € 1‚603 billion (19.3 % growth) 3 Overview of Reebok EasyTone 2007 – Run Easy & “There are two people in
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------------------------------------------------- ADIDAS AG Table of contents The internal Environment: 2 Men 2 Working conditions: 2 Money 3 Machinery 3 Materials 3 Micro environment: 4 Consumers 4 Shareholders 4 Local authorities 4 Enviromentalists 4 Suppliers 4 Supplier factories by region 2010 5 Macro Enviroment: 5 Economic factors 5 Technological factors 5 Socio cultural factors 5 Adidas is one of the best known sportswear brands in the entire world. The internal Environment: Men Adidas has
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200‚000 pairs of shoes each year before World War Two. However the brothers did not get on well‚ and in 1948 they split up [3]‚ with Rudi forming Puma‚ and Adi forming Adidas. The company formally registered as adidas AG (with lower case lettering) on August 18‚ 1949. The phrase All Day I Dream About Sports is used as if Adidas were an acronym.[4] [edit] The Tapie affair After a period of trouble following the death of Adolf Dassler ’s son Horst Dassler in 1987‚ the company was bought in 1989
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Before 1987 1987 1988 Communication Objectives Make Reebok as visible as possible - Invest on all kinds of promotional tools‚ such as AD‚ PR‚ SP‚ and sponsorship Increase brand awareness - great attention on advertising Shape strong brand image - Paid star athletes to wear Reebok - Provide potential star free shoes and clothing Create positive brand association - Funded research on injury prevention - Put Reebok shoes on the feet of TV aerobics instructors (instructors
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Adidas: Strengths -Strong success in Europe -High-performance products -Recent selling of subsidiary “dog” Salomon -In many invents is the biggest sponsor -Strong management team. -Strong control over its own distribution channel. -In the soccer industry‚ it has a stronghold. -No bad reputation like child labour or environment pollution. -Diversity and variety in products offered. -Strong financial position with minimal long term debts -Innovative designs in footwear enabling consumers
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How Humans React to Something They Don’t Understand The movie Starman is a Science-Fiction about an alien that lands on Earth‚ and takes the form of a recently deceased husband named Scott of a widow in Wisconsin. Jenny‚ the widow awoke in the middle of the night to a bright blue light to find some sort of transformation happening with an end product of her dead husband. Scott explained to Jenny that he needed to get to Winslow‚ Arizona where the rest of his kind are waiting‚ so
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Introduction New Balance has experienced a rapid increase in growth within the last few years in the market for running shoes and has become one of the most innovative and customer oriented shoe companies in the world. Sales increased by almost 361% from 1974 to 1976 and has been accompanied by moving the production facility to Boston in order to keep up with the rising demand and to increase production. New Balance’s innovations provide excellent heel and forefoot cushioning and availability in
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The Adidas Company was behind and helped such influential athletes as Jesse Owens and Muhammad Ali as they broke countless records. The heart of the Adidas product line is athletic shoes and this trend shows no signs of changing but the three-stripe logo appears on apparel and other jock accoutrements. Bankruptcy once had Adidas on the ropes‚ so to speak‚ but it made a comeback by shifting production to Asia and beefing up its marketing. Being the number two maker of sporting goods worldwide‚ just
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