The Nike Sweatshop DebateShould Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own‚ but where subcontractors make products for Nike?Nike is definitely not only responsible but also accountable for the working conditions of foreign factories that it does not own which it subcontracts with. Nike should have taken the initiative to be responsible of the contractors/employees working in other countries on a global scale. For example: Recently‚ Pepsi Cola was in
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1. Visit minimum 5 retailers of NIKE/ADIDAS and prepare a brief summary report of: a) Typical customer profile/demographic profile of the products of NIKE/ADIDAS shoes. b) Acceptance levels of the 2 brands in the consumers of your city. c) Consumer feedback for improvement‚ if any‚ of NIKE/ADIDAS. Ans: The Finally report After visit of Six Outlets of Nike & Adidas: Introduction: As we know that both the brands NIKE and ADIDAS are having a very good reputed brands
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Department: Marketing Intern/Research | | Date: October 21st/2011 | S | Ext: - Perry Broome - Fanshawe College | | here Dear: Morgan Feltz‚ I am an intern here at Nike HQ in Los Angeles and I have decided to write to you today a consumer brief that identifies our strong points within the Nike Brand‚ a strong sports brand that has expanded to high-end sports appeal reaching many demographics and psychographics as well. It is understood that psychographics identify personality
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controlling‚ designing‚ operating‚ and scheduling business operations in the production of Nike foot ware. Its excellent management that has been developed and ameliorated during the long term operation has enabled that business operations to be efficient and at the same time using as few resources as required. It is also effective in terms of satisfying customer demands‚ and thus it has become one of the key issue that Nike develop prosperously despite the fierce competitions with other foot ware giants such
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Nike transform into a market-oriented company after 1998. Prior to 1998 Nike gained market share based off of Nike name branding. Nike was not a company that looked towards the future‚ they failed recognized the wants and needs of their customer base and was totally insentive to the ethical issues of exploiting oversea workers. Nike created a new management team to in reinvent Nike. The company now uses its capabilities and matches them to their customer’s value. It appears the customers are the
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California and though up the name "NIKE" in 1971. It was around this time that Blue Ribbon Sports and Onitsuka parted ways and Bowerman and Knight set up their own brand which we know as Nike today. Nike created one of the most recognisable symbols in the world today with the Nike "Swoosh". It can be seen on all their advertising campaigns and more importantly all over the clothes of the sportsmen and women endorsing the Nike brand. The first man Nike endorsed was a track runner name Steve
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get a grasp of Nike and how its changing the world today with its innovative products‚ we must first take a glance at the history of the company and how it all began. Bill Bowerman was a nationally respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon and the founding father of Nike. Bill was always seeking to find ways in order to give his athletes a competitive advantage experiencing with track surfaces‚ energy drinks but most importantly- innovative running shoes. Nikes business strategy
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Organisational Appraisal of Nike with its competitiors Ratios (Summary) -NIKE Nike Inc.‚ liquidity ratios | May 31‚ 2012 | May 31‚ 2011 | May 31‚ 2010 | May 31‚ 2009 | May 31‚ 2008 | May 31‚ 2007 | Current ratio | 2.98 | 2.85 | 3.26 | 2.97 | 2.66 | 3.13 | Quick ratio | 1.82 | 1.94 | 2.32 | 1.93 | 1.68 | 2.07 | Cash ratio | 0.97 | 1.15 | 1.53 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 1.10 | Source: Based on data from Nike Inc. Annual Reports http://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Nike-Inc/Ratios/Liquidity#Ratios-Summary
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life-blood of Dutch prosperity is foreign trade. Because of its internally-oriented characteristics‚ Netherlands has the embedded culture that welcomes diversified products or services from the world‚ while in some other countries in the EU‚ for instance‚ France or Italy‚ have ultimate pride for their own culture‚ especially for the product that I am planning to introduce—coffee. Being an everyday coffee-drinker‚ it is particularly interesting for me to analyze whether the coffee company that represents
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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