Nike‚ a company headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ is a major force in the sports footwear and fashion industry‚ with annual sales exceeding $ 12 billion‚ more than half of which now come from outside the United States. The company was co-founded in 1964 by Phil Knight‚ a CPA at Price Waterhouse‚ and Bill Bowerman‚ college track coach‚ each investing $ 500 to start. The company‚ initially called Blue Ribbon Sports‚ changed its name to Nike in 1971 and adopted the “Swoosh” logo recognizable
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Introduction Nike is in many ways the quintessential global corporation. Established in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight‚ Nike is now one of the leading marketers of athletic shoes and apparel on the planet. In 2006‚ the company has $15 billion in annual revenues and sold its products in some 140 countries. Nike does not do any manufacturing. Rather‚ it designs and markets its products‚ while contracting for their manufacture from a global network of 600 factories scattered
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NIKE Social Responsibilities in Southeast Asia Contents Introduction 1 Thesis 1 Key Topics 2 Topic 1 2 Topic 2 4 Topic 3 6 Conclusion 8 Reference Page 9 Figure 1: From NIKE’s FY1999 through FY2013 their Gross Profit has more than tripled‚ from $3.51B to $11.55B. 2 Figure 2: The original prototype Nike running shoe with the waffle tread pattern. This was the first of many innovations for the company. 3 Figure 3: Nike manufacturing facility in Vietnam. The employees work 10 hrs a day 6 days a
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Brand Inventory Report – Nike Footwear MAR6816 – Advanced Marketing Management Summer 2015 2-Year Internet MBA University of Florida Team 8 Members: Jordan Ariche Stephanie Gomillion Lauren Lupo Ken Oliveri NIKE BRAND HERITAGE Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and originally operated as a distributor for the Japanese shoemaker Onitsuka Tiger (known today as Asics). Bill Bowerman‚ a track and field coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ middle-distance runner‚ from University of Oregon‚ created
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Forces and Government model analysis 8 2.1.3 Turbulence Model 9 2.2 Internal Analysis 9 3. Strategic directions and strategic objectives 10 3.1 Mission 10 3.2 Strategic objective 11 3.2.1 The financial objective of Nike 11 3.2.2 The non-financial objective of Nike 11 4. Key broad business-level and international strategies 12 4.1 Ansoff’s product and market business level strategies 12 4.2 Miles and Snow’s adaptive strategies 13 4.3 Porter’s competitive business level strategies
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Nike Goes Green. Very Quietly By Reena Jana Its eco-friendly products save the company money‚ but the brand’s buyers want looks‚ not sustainability. Nike‚ Inc. is the world’s leading supplier of a major manufacturer of sportswear and equipment. It is very famous on the Air Jordan‚ Nike+‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike Golf and Nike skateboarding. Nike goes green Most of the companies are trying to make it supply chain and products greener‚ which bring observable environmental benefit and financial gain
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Nike has been able to outperform any competitor and exert a total domination over their industry: the sports footwear and apparel industry. Nike had a return on Capital Investment of 17% in Fiscal year 2005 that ended in May. To make sense of this performance‚ strategy class has taught me to apply these figures within an industry. By applying the 5 force analysis template‚ I have come to a better grasp of Nike’s fortune in the sports footwear and apparel industry in the US market‚ and why it is
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Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management strategy that puts awareness of quality at the heart of all organizational processes. This is combined with a strong philosophy of lowering costs by eliminating waste and defects. So TQM can be described as a management system that aims at a continual increase in customer satisfaction while continually lowering real costs. The father of TQM was William Deming‚ an American college professor‚ author‚ and consultant. Deming played a major role in improving
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Executive summary: Nike is a giant multinational company that is engaged in the development‚ design‚ distribution related to professional footwear‚ sport accessories‚ equipment and services. In 1979‚ Nike officially introduce its Air Cushioning Technology which many Nike Air including Air Max (1987)‚ Zoom Air (1995)‚ Tuned Air (1998) and Air-Sole shoes use nowadays. Nike Air shoes came out very successfully thanks to their realistic characteristics such as lightweight‚ cushioning‚ versatile and
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11). According to Nike code of conduct‚ the organization uses both internal alignment and external competitiveness. This is because it pays minimum wage to its employees or the popular industrial wage. The organization compares the two rates and pays it employees the higher rate. The same applies to Adidas‚ which comes second to Nike in competition. Adidas has to use the same strategies as Nike so as to maintain its employees and attract others (Nike). Nike Inc. uses the flat organization
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