retailers as stores within stores. Now it looks like Nike has a chance to reach a crucial objective: double its sales to women by the end of the decade. How to Sell to Women Nike Goddess began as a concept for a women-only store‚ and there’s a reason why. Many of the retail settings in which the company’s products were found were a turnoff to female customers: dark‚ loud‚ and harsh – in a word‚ male. In sharp contrast‚ the Nike Goddess stores have the comforting feel of a woman’s own home. How
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As I walk in my comfortable well-fitted Nike shoe‚ I lack the knowledge behind the journey of the shoe’s existence. The Nike brand‚ better recognized as the swoosh logo or slogan of “Just Do It”‚ is also the violator of several labour practices. To begin‚ the creation of Nike shoes is accomplished in sweatshops in Indonesia‚ China‚ and Vietnam (Global Exchange‚ n.d.). On a typical day in Vietnam‚ Nike shoes are manufactured in a factory where human dignity is nonexistence. These violating practices
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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: Sweatshops and Business Ethics History What started with a handshake between two running geeks in Oregon in January 1964 are now the world ’s most competitive sports and Fitness Company. Bill Bowerman the legendary University of Oregon track &field coach and Phil Knights a University of Oregon runner under Bowerman coach‚ found the Nike Company‚ named by the Greek winged goddess of victory. First the company was named Blue Ribbon Sports. The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing
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Competition As a leader of the sports and athletic apparel industry‚ Nike competes directly with Adidas‚ Under Armor‚ Puma‚ and New Balance for market share and position. Nike is currently the top producer in this industry. Currently‚ Nike holds 53.94% of the market. Nike currently owns close to 700 retail stores‚ and they sell their products to more than 23‚000 distributors worldwide. Nike aims to generate $28 to $38 billion in revenue by 2015 through their continued sales of their most popular
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 May 31‚ 2010 Instructor: Adrianne Ford Nike: The Sweatshop Debate The purpose and intent of this paper is to describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that face the Nike Corporation in their global business ventures. This paper will also touch on the roles of the host government and countries where Nike manufactures their products and the author will summarize the strategic and operational challenges that Nike managers face in globalization of
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Case Study: Nike‚ Inc.‚ and Sweatshops Summary: As a company‚ Nike has been the dominant presence in the athletic apparel industry globally. Although they were not the only company known to practice unethical manufacturing processes‚ they were the major target of criticism because of their leadership role. To fight back against the negative publicity‚ Nike changed many working conditions and practices‚ arranged for independent audits by very reputable individuals in the industry to rate these
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Nike is one of the largest corporations in the athletic apparel‚ footwear and equipment industry. The company’s headquarters is located in Beaverton‚ Oregon and the current President/CEO is Mark Parker (Nike‚ 2014). It was founded in 1964 under the name Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman. The founders’ goal was to produce quality running shoes and the business began by selling the shoes at track events. In 1971 the company changed its name to Nike‚ which means Greek goddess of
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strategy are used in different corporations. Nike has achieved greatness due to their forms of strategy. Nike is known as the top seller of sports shoes and apparel. In such a competitive field‚ this is close to excellence. To do well in this field requires many inventive and resourceful advertisements and marketing skills. Nike has accomplished this through their great commercials‚ and other forms of marketing. In this paper‚ I will define strategy and show Nike ’s forms of strategy and how their techniques
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Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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