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    History of Nike Nike‚ who currently ranks as 136 in the fortune 500 for America’s largest corporations‚ has come a long way since its humble beginning of in the 1960’s. Founded by visionaries Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight who at the time had no clue how much of an impact this footwear would make in the marketing world. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at the University of Oregon with enormous amount of knowledge on athletics and was always looking to help his players maintain the advantage

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    Nike (NKE) In the 1950’s‚ Bill Bowerman‚ a track and field coach at the University of Oregon‚ began cobbling shoes for his runners. Bowerman and one of his runners Phil Knight formed Blue Ribbon Sports and sold shoes for Tiger shoes in 1964. While Knight was selling the shoes‚ Bowerman was ripping them apart to see how he could make them lighter and made his runners test his improved shoes. Their first full-time employee‚ Jeff Johnson‚ was an early designer of shoes and came up with the name Nike

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    man and Phil Knight‚] and officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1971. The company takes its name from Nike (Greek Νίκη‚ pronounced the Greek goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand‚ as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan‚ Nike Blazers‚ Air Force 1‚ Nike Dunk‚ Air Max‚ Foamposite‚ Nike Skateboarding‚ and subsidiaries including Brand Jordan‚ Hurley International and Converse. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey (later renamed Nike Bauer) between 1995 and 2008‚ and previously

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    Nike Case Analysis Prepared for Consumer Behavior Introduction Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world with subsidiaries in over 200 countries across the world. It is a company that was founded by Phil Knight in the 1960’s‚ who was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland. He approached the Onitsuka Co. in Kobe‚ Japan‚ and persuaded the manufacturer of Tiger shoes to make

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    Executive Summary The company strategy that Nike uses is an ingenious one. A strategy that founder Phil Knight thought of while still in school at Stanford. Instead of paying Americans to put together Nike’s shoes‚ Knight thought that it would be a better idea to take manufacturing plants overseas to places where labor is much cheaper than in the U.S.‚ places like Taiwan and South Korea. With 86% of its products being produced in one of those two countries and Nike employing a large number of people who

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    Nike Air Nike Air was the first technology Nike put into their shoes. It was a different way to have cushioning in a shoe. It has been put into a lot of the Nike shoes since. It was said it would make you jump higher and run faster. Its been over 20 years since its creation and its still going strong. (Sneakerhead) Nike Max Air/ Air Max Nike Air Max or Max Air provedes maximum cushion. The air pocket in the heel was now used for the mid and front of the foot. The air max 360s have air

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    and requirements • manufacturing maturity and capacity • information and communications • consumer buying mechanisms/technology • innovation potential • technology access‚ licencing‚ patents Porter’s Five Forces in the Indian Shoe industry Reebok or Nike operates in the ‘upscale’ segment of the Indian footwear industry. This segment was analyzed using the Porter’s Five Forces model. For this‚ the five forces in the industry were identified: - Buyers – The buyers are

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    Management” NIKE Introduction- The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1978. Nike markets its products under its own brand‚ as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan‚etc. Nike is the leading maker of athletic shoes‚ equipment and apparel. Nike products cover a broad range of sports including basketball‚ football‚ running and soccer. Sneakers made by Nike are sold for $40-$200

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    Charcoal as a Shoe Polisher Chapter I Introduction Nowadays‚ people are very concern when it comes to their appearance especially the students. They want to look nice every time they are going to their school they wear their proper uniform with their black shoes and one problem that we encounter is how to keep our shoes looking  good‚ but as a student we experience problems especially in financial. So we decide to make an alternative shoe shiner or shoe polisher. Shoe polish is a waxy

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    Ethics of Globalization 4/12/2012 Adriano The Perils of Globalization & Learning Social Responsibility: Nike‚ Inc. As time has gone on‚ the world has begun to transform due to a phenomenon that affects just about everyone‚ the phenomenon is referred to many as globalization. In the past‚ it was somewhat accepted that the people of one country owed no obligation to the people of another nation. Each nation kept to themselves and worried predominantly about themselves and no one else. But

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