ADIDAS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES: To identify the main strategic issues facing Adidas in maintaining their current global competitive position. To evaluate potential strategic options that Adidas should consider in order to sustain and develop their global competitive positioning. To discuss the implications of these options for the strategic management decisions of the company. To make appropriate recommendations for the future. Summary: This report sets out the different aspects
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NIKE HISTORY Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike Inc. as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1962 with a handshake. The two man team began the company with a combined investment of $500 each. They reached an agreement with a Japanese manufacturer of athletic shoes‚ forming BRS/Tiger shoes. Phil Knight started this company selling shoes from the trunk of his car. As the empire grew‚ the two man team developed the idea to cut overheard. In 1972‚ BRS and Onitsuka Tiger went different ways and thus Nike
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FASHION MARKETING MARKETING PRINCIPLES FINAL ASSIGNMENT Adidas Originals Lecturer: Francoise Tellier‚ Student Name: Rita Zheng ID: 005FM711 Level 1.1.1‚ Date: 9/5/2011 TABLE OF CONTENT I. Part 1 Introduction of the Brand ----------------------------------------------------------------------4 II. Part 2 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS ---------------------------------------------5-17 a. Macro Marketing Environment Analysis ------------
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Founded in 1994‚ Nike Football has grown immensely to become one of the two market leaders in football apparel and footwear. Recognizing the vast opportunities the 2010 World Cup offers for their growth and differentiation from the competitors‚ they are considering a shift in their marketing strategy. Nike’s brand image is of an innovative company‚ focusing on the high performance of their products‚ while simultaneously offering extraordinary designs by partnering with many top-level footballers
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– this means that Adidas has already built up a good reputation and it has a large market share within its industry. 2. Good retail links – Adidas has established good links with shops and outlets‚ which sell Adidas’s products. 3. Established worldwide distribution network – this means that Adidas’s products are shipped to a large number of countries. 4. Famous sports stars advertising products – Adidas has a series of football superstars who wear and advertise their products‚ including David Beckham
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Nike Inc. by Mohammad Musaib Effectiveness of Structure: Nike Inc. Has a divisional (M-Form) design as Nike is an organization involved in multiple businesses in related areas and all of them operate in Nike’s framework; based on the product approach to departmentalization. Chain of Command Nike Inc. has a flat organizational hierarchy. There are three levels of management and three levels of subordinates. Span of Control: As this is an international brand the middle managers and the lower
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Adidas Mr. Hamzah • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • University of South Alabama /3/7h’ ce/7 îrš F or more than a decade‚ adidas AG’s corporate strategy had been focused on making acquisitions that would allow it to surpass Nike as the leader of the global sporting goods industry. The company’s 1998 acquisition of French sporting goods manufacturer and mar keter Salomon SA diversified it beyond footwear and apparel and into ski equipment‚ golf clubs‚ bicycle components‚
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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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DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY In this paper work we will talk about Differentiation Strategy. In contrast to the cost leadership strategy‚ implementation of a differentiation strategy means that value is provided to customers through the unique features and characteristics of a company’s products rather than by the lowest price. Because differentiated products satisfy customers’ unique needs or preferences‚ companies can charge premium prices for differentiated products. For the company to be able
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ADIDAS 1.S.W.O.T. Analysis Strengths • In many invents is the biggest sponsor • Strong management team • Brand recognition and reputation • Diversity and variety in products offered on the web (footwear‚ apparel‚ sporting equipment‚ etc.) • Strong control over its own distribution channel • No bad reputation like child labor or environment pollution • In the Soccer industry‚ Adidas has a stronghold Weaknesses • High prices in some products • E-commerce is limited
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