Athletic Footwear Industry Analysis Group #1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE Table of Contents 2 Industry Analysis 3 Nike Firm Analysis – 9 Adidas Firm Analysis – 15 Asics Firm Analysis – 21 Puma Firm Analysis – 27 Mizuno Firm Analysis – 33 New Balance Firm Analysis – 39 Skechers Firm Analysis – 45 I. Industry Definition The athletic footwear industry includes all producers of shoes designed in an athletic style or for an athletic
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1. Market segmentation is the selection of groups of people who will be most receptive to a product. The most frequent methods of segmenting include: Demographic variables such as: age‚ sex‚ race‚ income‚ occupation‚ education and household status. Psychographic variables such as: lifestyle‚ activities‚ personality and social class. Behavioural variables such as: product benefits and product use patterns. Geographic variables such as: climate‚ country or region and the size of the area in terms
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI) is a privately held footwear company and is contemplating the possibility of acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear. West Coast Fashions Inc.‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel recently announced that it plans to shed its Mercury Athletic Footwear subsidiary. AGI’s head of business development‚ John Liedtke‚ believes acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear is a good option for the company. Although
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Collection Athletic Footwear: United States April 2012 Highlights Industry Overview Product Segmentation | Market Segmentation | Product Development Retail and Distribution | Trade Industry Trends and Forecasts Market Environment | Product Forecasts | Market Forecasts Industry Structure Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Major Companies Cited Resources www.freedoniafocus.com ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR: UNITED STATES ABOUT THIS REPORT Sources Athletic Footwear: United States
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Overview Active Gear‚ Inc. is a privately held footwear company with $470.3 million in revenue in 2006‚ making it relatively small compared to big players in the athletic and casual footwear industry. Eyeing an opportunity for growth via a bolt-on acquisition‚ John Liedtke‚ head of business development for the company‚ is looking into acquiring a subdivision of West Cost Fashions‚ Inc.‚ Mercury Athletic. With 2006 revenue of $431.1 million‚ Mercury Athletic represents
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Mercury Athletic Case Nicholas Thebeau‚ Student ID 50927830 Presented to: Professor Kevin Wall West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel recently announced plans for a strategic reorganization. Active Gear‚ Inc. (AG)‚ a privately held footwear company‚ was contemplating an acquisition opportunity. John Liedtke‚ the head of business development for AG‚ was interested in a WCF subsidiary. The subsidiary that Liedtke and AG intended to
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Active Gear is a relatively small athletic and casual footwear company $470.3 million of revenue and $60.4 million of EBIT compared to typical competitors that sold well over a $1.0 billion annually Company executives felt its small size was becoming more of a disadvantage due to consolidation among Chinese contract manufacturers. Specialty athletic footwear that evolved from high performance to athletic fashion wear with a “classic” appeal. Casual/recreational footwear for walking‚ hiking‚ boating
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Group 1 Bushra Javed Butt M. Sharjeel Shahid Mahnoor Malik Uzair Nasir MBA II – Section A Submitted To: Sir Nawazish Mirza Introduction West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s apparel decided to dispose of one of their divisions; Mercury Athletic. John Liedtke‚ head of the business development for Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI)‚ saw a possible opportunity for his company in acquiring Mercury. The footwear industry
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There are several reasons why AGI should consider Mercury Athletic as an appropriate target for acquisition. First‚ acquiring Mercury could improve both companies financially. Acquiring Mercury would double AGI’s revenue. Although Mercury’s financial performance has been disappointing‚ they experienced top line growth of 20% in 2006. Unfortunately‚ their profitability has been disappointing due to price concessions to big box retailers and an unsuccessful women’s line. Mercury’s (and ultimately
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Mercury athletic footwear Group 7 Contents Executive Summary & Overview of Problems 3 Analysis on Mercury acquisition 4 1. Reasons why Mercury is an appropriate target for AGI 4 2. Estimation the value of Mercury based on discounted cash flows and Liedtke’s base case projections. 4 a. Estimation of the weighted average cost of capital 5 b. Estimation of the free cash flows from 2007 to 2011 5 c. Estimation for long-term growth rate and estimate the terminal value 5 d. Estimation value of
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