Founded in 1920 in Herzogenaurach‚ North Bavarian‚ Germany by Adolph (Adi) Dassler‚ Adidas then well known for pioneering athletic footwear with kind of revolutionary invention in athletic footwear and equipment in which Adi Dassler alone accumulating 700 patents and property rights worldwide by the time of his death in 1978. The company has long history in footwear business since founded in 1920. By 1924‚ Adolph Dassler’s brother Rudolph Dassler join to the business where two brothers then
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INTRODUCTION Founded in 1968 in Oregon‚ Nike’s business activities involve design‚ development and the worldwide marketing of high quality apparel‚ equipment‚ footwear and accessory products. Nike sells to approximately 140 countries around the world and currently boasts an approximate revenue of $8‚776‚900‚000 These revenues are based on product sales of shoes‚ clothing‚ and other sports products. Advertising expenditures currently total $223‚300‚000 and include the following allocations: $64‚975
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Interco | | | | | | | | Formerly a footwear manufacturing company‚ Interco developed into a diversified company that comprised subsidiary corporations in four major business areas: apparel manufacturing‚ general retail merchandising‚ footwear manufacturing and retailing‚ and furniture and home furnishings. Due to the fact that Interco ’s subsidiaries operated as autonomous units and lacked integration between its operating divisions‚ the company is particularly vulnerable
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University of Maryland out of the trunk of his car. In 1998‚ the football oriented movie “Any Given Sunday” was being filmed in Baltimore where Under Armour is based. The producers of the movie were looking for a product that would represent the athletic nature of the movie and be comfortable to wear during filming. Under Armour agreed to provide products‚ and UA shirts were used throughout the filming and appeared in the movie itself‚ resulting in national exposure for the brand. At about the same
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Sport Marketing Reebok (A) Case In this case the core issue is Reebok needs to find a way to dramatically shift Reebok from a fashion athletic to a performance athletic brand through sports marketing and investment in high profile athletes‚ teams and leagues. Currently‚ Reebok is positioning themselves on the traditionally stronger consumer groups‚ which are the 25-29 and 18-24 who have the largest disposable income. Although they must start focusing on getting more male athletes to endorse
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Blue Ribbon Sports. The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing outfit located in the trunk of Phil Knight ’s car. From these rather unpromising beginnings‚ Knight ’s idea grew to become the shoe and athletic company that would come to define many aspects of popular culture. Bill Bowerman ’s search for lighter‚ more durable racing shoes for his Oregon runners‚ and Knight ’s search for a way to make a living without having to give up his love of athletics. Bowerman ’s desire for better
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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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SWOT Analysis Reebok experienced a period of strong growth and success in the 80 ’s and 90 ’s‚ though new developments in the sports market are challenging Reebok and are changing its competitive situation. The following analysis gives an overview of were Reebok is standing at the moment and what their challenges for the future are. On the basis of this analysis Reebok can set out their strategy for the future and anticipate on the opportunities and threats they are facing. Strengths Size
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has succeeded because it succeeded to differentiate itself with athletic runner market segment and made its product to be more about life style rather than professional use. The shoe market was dominated by Adidas with sophisticated special sports shoes like soccer and tennis which not belong to specific lifestyle and 2) What role has Phil Knight played in this success? The role is the emphasis to create multi category athletic‚ lifestyle shoe that reach as much as possible customers using the
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strategy had been focused on making acquisitions that would allow it to surpass Nike as the leader of the global sporting goods industry. The company’s 1998 acquisition of French sporting goods manufacturer and mar keter Salomon SA diversified it beyond footwear and apparel and into ski equipment‚ golf clubs‚ bicycle components‚ and winter sports apparel. The €1.5 billion acquisition allowed adidas to surpass Reebok to become the world’s second largest sporting goods company with 1998 sales of nearly €5
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