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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Market Research Nike : Associating Athletes‚ Performance‚ and the Brand 12/16/2013 PGDITBM 13-14 (Group 3) Submitted By: Karuna Turlapati (13030264008) Lokesh Jha (13030264009)
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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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History of Nike and E-commerce Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. Nike‚ originally known as “Blue Ribbon Sports” was founded by University of Oregon track and field coach Bill Bowerman and student athlete Philip Knight in January of 1964. Blue Ribbon Sports was operated out of Knight’s automobile trunk‚ as a distributor for Japanese shoe make Onitsuka Tiger. Three years later in 1967‚ Blue Ribbon Sports opened up its first retail store
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Daniel Stone 11/18/13 Baker Online College Before there was the Swoosh‚ before there was Nike‚ there were two visionary men who pioneered a revolution in athletic footwear that redefined the industry. Bill Bowerman was a nationally respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon‚ who was constantly seeking ways to give his athletes a competitive advantage. He experimented with different track surfaces‚ re-hydration drinks and – most importantly – innovations
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SWEATSHOPS: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF POVERTY Introduction How should Global Corporations behave in a period of Globalisation filled with International competitors and cheap imitators? It has been argued that such competitive pressure is likely to create new lows in global labour standards. In an attempt to remain competitive‚ Corporations cut costs by paying lower wages‚ hiring child labour‚ and imposing unsanitary working conditions on their workers. From this perspective‚ globalization is
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MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT NIKE: Strategic Analysis SUBMITTED TO: AMIT SINHA SUBMITTED BY: Varun Bhatia 191181 FMG 19C Nike’s Global Business Strategy When first founded in 1962 under the name of Blue Ribbon Sports‚ the strategy was “to distribute low-cost‚ high-quality Japanese athletic shoes to American consumers in an attempt to break Germany’s domination of the domestic industry.” Today Nike offers athletic shoes at every marketable price point to a global market. Nike sustains its leading
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Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike Inc. as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1962. The partners began their relationship at the University of Oregon where Bowerman was Knight’s track and field coach. While attending Stanford University‚ Knight wrote a paper about breaking the German dominance of the U.S. athletic shoe industry with low-priced Japanese shoes. In an attempt to realize his theory‚ Knight visited Japan and engineered an agreement with the Onitsuka Tiger company‚ a manufacturer of quality
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“On January 25‚ 1964 Nike‚ formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports was founded by Bill Bowerman and Phillip Knight. It officially became Nike Incorporated on May 30‚ 1978”(Nike Business). During the late 70s to early 80s Nike’s initial focus was Track and Field but later expanded into various sports such as : soccer‚ golf‚ hockey and basketball just to name a few.” In 1980‚ Nike entered the decade on the success of its Nike Air technology‚ and at the end of that year Nike completed its initial public
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Nike vs Puma Easily the biggest grudge match in Germany this month will not be between two of the countries competing‚ but between homegrown Adidas and‚ of course‚ American arch-rivals Nike. The business media is already hot on the Stripes versus the Swoosh‚ with the German brand reportedly splashing out double Nike’s estimated £60m World Cup marketing spend. But what about the shirts themselves? Which ones would you want to play in‚ and which should be left on the backs of the die-hards down the
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