Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon‚ Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971‚ a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson‚ Blue Ribbon Sports ’ first employee‚ made his most durable contribution to the
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CONCLUSION 16 8 RECOMMENDATION 16 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 18 INTRODUCTION Nike is an incorporated company that primarily carries footwear products. The Company designs‚ develops and markets athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessory products. Former CEO and Pres. Philip Knight co-founded Blue Ribbon Sports with Mr. Bill Bowerman in 1962 which officially became Nike in 1978. At first‚ Nike was known to distribute inexpensive‚ superior-quality Japanese athletic shoes to American
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Nike and Addidas have reinvented the sportswear brands. They both attract consumers and created a vision that embedded top quality of products within the consumer’s mind. Nike is still known as one of the best providers in the sportswear market but Addidas is slowly reaching up its potential. Addidas is expanding rapidly and give Nike stiff completion on the market shares in the sportswear industry. Nike acquired Umbro‚ hurley‚ Converse and Cole Haan. Addidas extended its brand acquisition to Reebok
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Advertising and Public Relations | | Executive Summary Best known for their “Just do it” branding‚ Nike was founded in 1955 by an athlete named Phil Knight who ran track for Bill Bowerman. Originally starting as a footwear distributor for a company known today as “ASICS”‚ the founders of the company decided to take a different approach to their business. When they launched their Nike line‚ they realized that having an athlete endorse their shoes would be a great way to reach out to the world
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Nike Inc. International Strategic Marketing 8 Prepared for: 22-03-2009 Prepared by: Table of contents Case summary 3 Analysis Growth strategy 4 Competitor Analysis 6 SWOT analysis 8 Five forces model 9 Nike Case Summary Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. It is the world ’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel‚ and a major manufacturer of sports equipment
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When you go to the mall are you looking for Nike or Under Armour? There are many similarities and differences between these two brands. Nike and Under Armour both have a wide selection of all kinds of different things that you can find at any sportswear stores including Finishline‚ Footaction‚ Footlocker‚ and Champs. Both Nike and Under Armour are similar in many ways. To begin‚ both are very reputable brands. Nike and Under Armour are both supported by people all around the world. Worn by nearly
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Case 2: Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Nike is a prolific international company with humble origins that has come to be known as a premium provider of athletic apparel and other assorted items. The Nike “swoosh” is one of a host of logos/symbols that can be recognized the world over. However‚ the beginnings of Nike are far more pedestrian than their global organization today. Nike is a company that was founded in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight. Though it may have had
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Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Brief Historical of NIKE 3 Financial Statement 5 Total Revenue 6 Operating Income 6 Net Income 6 Recent News of Nike 7 PESTLE analysis 8 Political 8 Economic 8 Social 9 Technology 9 Marketing Strategies 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction In this assignment‚ we are going to study about the Nike in its home country‚ United State (U.S.). We choose Nike as our study due to; firstly‚ most of our team members like sporting
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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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p.30 Strategic Plan……………………………………………………………………………………..p.33 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...p.38 LIST OF EXHIBITS 1. Sales Trends Graph……………………………………………………………………………p.5 2. Net Income Trends Graph…………………………………………………………………….p.5 3. Nike Board of Directors Table………………………………………………………………...p.11 4. Table of Key Financial Ratios………………………………………………………………...p.22 5. Net Income Trend Graph………………………………………………………………….…..p.24 6. Primary Strategic Match Position Chart…………………………………………………….
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