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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worldwide marketing of footwear‚apparel‚ equipment and accessory products. . It sells its products to around 18‚000 retail accountsin the United States and through a mix of independent distributors‚ licensees and subsidiaries innearly 200 countries. NIKE is the largest seller of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world.The Company creates designs for men‚ women and children. The top selling product categoryincludes running‚ basketball‚ childrens‚ cross-training and womens shoes. It also
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Content Nike Strategic Audit Page 2 Appendix A IFAS‚EFAS‚SFAS Page 10 Appendix B Nike Porter ’s Five Page 11 Appendix C Nike Financial Data Page 14 References Page 19 I- Current Situation A. Current Performance Robust financial position‚ $ 15 billion net Profit (See appendix B). Market share around 47%. 28‚000 employee B. Strategic posture 1. Mission To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. 2. Objectives Provide an environment
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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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Final case study Marketing Mix of Nike Products • Nike’s focus is athletic footwear and sport apparels for practicing sport as well as for every day usage. • Low labor prices because the production facilities are located close to the raw material. • Brand also offers few new products include sport balls‚ timepieces‚ eyewear‚ skates‚ bats‚ and other equipment designed for sports activities. • The most famous product categories of Nike includes: Running‚ Basketball‚ Cross-training‚ Outdoor
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Asian Values have been defining by different scholars and practicing by different leaders in various countries in Asia. Some Asian leaders have thought of Asian Values as unique characteristics of Asia as comply strictly by Asian peoples. It is defined as the value that depends on one strong leader to lead a country to become one strong country instead of popular democracy‚ give state a power for a far-reaching to state economy and bureaucracy‚ a social norm that follow strictly by a community‚ and
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In order to understand the Nike system’s effectiveness in defending the US‚ the hostile actions and aerial strength of the USSR must be put into context. The main reason for the creation of the Nike missile system was to defend and deter the rapid technological advances of the USSR. After World War II‚ the USSR was able to acquire German scientists that had been working on the infamous V-2 rockets‚ as well as nuclear research. In addition‚ the USSR was also able to acquire some of the US’s bombers
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Critical Analysis of Nike History Nike began as Phil Knight’s semester-long project to develop a small business‚ which included a marketing plan. This project was part of Phil Knight’s MBA course at Stanford University in the early 1960s. Phil Knight had been a runner at the University of Oregon in the late 1950s. His idea for his project was to develop high quality running shoes. He thought that high quality/low cost products could be produced in Japan and then shipped to the United
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customer retention. It also enable employees who interact directly with customers to provide better‚ more personal service for the customers. The CRM help a company to build customer relationships by looking at things from the customer’s perspective. The company use CRM to focus on what exactly do their customers want and need which enables the production and service efforts. By using CRM a company knowing which products or customers are most or least profitable which enables them focus on
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Five Forces Model (Highly Negative. Range from 1-5) Rivalry (3) 1. How many companies in industry? As Nike is an international company that has their product selling worldwide‚ they have countless of competitors‚ including many domestic local firm. However‚ not all of these companies have the power to compete with Nike‚ only a few international companies are Nike¡¦s major competitors‚ for instance‚ Adidas and Reebok. 2. How do they compete each other in term of 4P marketing strategy Product:
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