[Writer Name] [Supervisor Name] [Subject] [Date] Nike Company’s Background History Nike in 1962‚ started as Blue Ribbon Sports‚ as its Founder member‚ Phil Knight thought there was a market for athletic shoes designed by athletes for athletes. In the year 1964‚ Bill Bowerman‚ Knight’s track coach & Phil Knight joined hands together & NIKE Inc. was co-founded with headquarters in Beaverton‚ Oregon. Nike’s grassroots strategy was born of low capital and necessity‚ but became one of the
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success factors for Nike? Ans. The key success factors for Nike are their exciting marketing strategy‚ product innovation and staying to the mission which is “To bring‚ inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.” These are as follows: * Nike established a strong brand name through designing innovative footwear for serious athletes. * Nike’s management has found most significant celebrity support: the right collaboration between celebrity and product. * Nike stayed focused on
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Marketing Excellence / Nike Question 1: What are the pros‚ cons and risks associated with Nike’s core marketing strategy ? We can evaluate Nike’s core marketing strategy as related them to the relevant marketing theories. First of them is distribution theory. Nike distributes its products on different level basis. The high quality products are given to a certain distributers while the low price to be sold at highly discounted price at the retail stores such as Wal-Mart. Nike has also become the leader
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The Line The "line" that the film’s title refers to is the poverty line‚ or the line between "the haves and have-nots‚" as one person in the film put it. The documentary highlights the stories of four people who have found themselves on both sides of the line: a former bank vice president who lost his job‚ a Louisiana fisherman whose livelihood is threatened by environmental degradation and hurricanes‚ a former homeless man‚ and a woman that grew up in a high crime neighborhood‚ lifted herself
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NIKE: How they make their employees "Just Do It" Nike was established by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1972 and is considered to be one of the leading global athletic shoes and apparel marketers. They had started by shoes that Tiger Shoes sent them and improving them to make them better for runners in their shop Blue Ribbon Sports. Jeff Johnson was the first employee of Blue Ribbon Sports who marketed "The Swoosh"
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Nike Sweatshops Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. The company is primarily engaged in the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ the Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. (Datamonitor‚ 2006‚ p 4) By shifting manufacturing to developing countries‚ Nike is able to achieve significant cost savings owing to the lower
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts ’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike ’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings
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Globalisation a11d Nike GLOBALISATION Globalisation is the growing relations of international markets and it involves the economic activity in the production of goods and services among countries. It involves aspects such as growth and productivity‚ employment and skills wages and unequal distribution in wages both internationally as within a country. Hence‚ the belief that globalisation leads to growth is present all over both the works of Friedman and Norberg‚ but can be illustrated by a quote
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Introduction Nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 20. As of 2012‚ it employed more than
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Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear‚ footwear and equipment supplier based in the US which was founded in 1962 originally know as Blue Ribbon Sports. Nike is the world leader in the manufacturing of sportswear and gear with more than 47 market shares across the global (Nike.com‚ 2011). Nike produces a wide range of sports equipments such as running shoes‚ sportswear‚ football‚ basketball‚ tennis‚ golf‚ etc. Now Nike follows the global fashion trends and is well known and popular in the
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