Adidas: Strengths -Strong success in Europe -High-performance products -Recent selling of subsidiary “dog” Salomon -In many invents is the biggest sponsor -Strong management team. -Strong control over its own distribution channel. -In the soccer industry‚ it has a stronghold. -No bad reputation like child labour or environment pollution. -Diversity and variety in products offered. -Strong financial position with minimal long term debts -Innovative designs in footwear enabling consumers
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NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis 2/6/2013 NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Overview and History 4 Organizational Strategies and Innovation 5 Organizational Design and Effectiveness 6 Competitors 7 Organizational Structure 7 Board of Directors: 8 External Environment 9 Opportunities 9 Threats 9 Internal Environment 10 Strengths 10 Weaknesses 11 Competitors 11 Nike Products and Services 12 Information Technology
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adidas Strengths -Strong success in Europe -High-performance products -Recent selling of subsidiary “dog” Salomon Weaknesses -American athletes endorsed by adidas are not as popular as Nike’s -Nike gaining ground on European soccer market -Public dissent over use of sweatshops Opportunities -Acquisition of Reebok -Growing strength in golf industry through TaylorMade and recent acquisition of Maxfli -Growing revenue from opening of own retail stores Threats -Foreign exchange
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1.0 Introduction Adidas is the second largest sportswear and apparels manufacturer (Dogiamis & Vijayashanker‚ 2009). By far‚ Adidas holds a market share of 22% (Dogiamis & Vijayashanker‚ 2009). Adidas had also registered the infamous ‘3 stripes’ as its trademark (Berntson‚ Jarnemo & Philipson‚ 2006). The founders of Adidas‚ Adolf and Rudolf Dassler had the vision of providing athletes with the best suited pair of shoes for their respective sports (Dogiamis & Vijayashanker‚ 2009)
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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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RESERACH AND ANALYSIS PROJECT Topic 8 The business and financial performance of over a three year period By : ACCA Number: November 2014 Table of Contents Part 1 Introduction................................................................................... 1.1. Reasons for choosing this topic.......................................................... 1.2. Reasons for choosing the organization
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development plan? • Integration of seven license markets into the PUMA Group – Japan‚ Taiwan‚ China‚ Hong Kong‚ Argentina‚ Mexico‚ and Canada • Worldwide brand sales climbed by over 16% to € 2.8 billion in financial year 2006. • Consolidated sales jumped over the 2 billion hurdle for the first time‚ growing by 34% to just under € 2.4 billion • Operating profit reached € 366 million and significantly exceeded original expectations. • The PUMA share closed the year at € 295.67‚ posting another value increase
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The establishment of puma took place in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler and it became a published company in 1986. Puma’s head-quarters are in Germany. They distribute their products in more than 120 countries‚ employs more than 9000 people and generates revenue of 2.5 million dollars. The present CEO and Chairman of PUMA is Jochen Zertz. Puma has build a strong‚ global endorsement porofolio‚ one that has become the hottest team and star ensembles in the industry. In 1999‚ Puma demonstrated its uncanny
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Company Adidas Adidas is a German Multinational Corporation that designs and manufactures sports clothing or accessories based in Herzogenaurach‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group‚ which consists of Reebok sportswear company‚ TalyorMade- Adidas golf company including Ashworth‚ Rockport and 9.1% of FC Bayern Munich. Besides sports footwear‚ Adidas also produces other products such as bags‚ shirts‚ watches‚ eyewears and other sports- and clothing related goods. Adidas is
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Strategy PUMA’s goal is to be “The Most Desirable Sportlifestyle Company”. Along its charted course PUMA makes use of the opportunities offered by the sportlifestyle market to strengthen its position in all categories and regions as one of the few multi-category brands. Selected categories and divisions are being developed with a view to achieving permanent value increases through unique brand positioning. PUMA is a sportlifestyle brand where product categories originate in Sport before being continued
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