current distribution network and infrastructure that Nike had in place for its high-end footwear‚ the World Shoes‚ distributed through the same channels‚ didn’t reach the proper target market. The Series 100 and Series 400 were simply placed on a shelf next to the expensive Air Max in an urban retail store. The consumers in the intended market segment‚ who lived primarily in rural areas‚ didn’t necessarily shop at these places. However‚ Nike had no system to distribute the shoes outside of its three
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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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I propose that the smoking age should be raised to 21 for the following reasons. Many teens start smoking before they are 18. Most start in their mid to late teens. I believe this law should be reconsidered for our well being. The age to buy any form of cigarettes‚ cigars‚ and electronic cigarettes as well as chewing tobacco should be 21. Currently it is at 18 and giving teens a longer period of time to consider the choice of whether to smoke or not‚ at such a young age is crucial. Raising the
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The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities‚ kids need to take on responsibilities‚ and they will still be inexperienced drivers by raising the driving age. The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities. An article from Tribune Business News shows that‚ “After years of carting kids to school and back and taking them wherever they need to go‚ it’s a relief to let them
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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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Name: Joseph Iferi Topic: Editorial Critic Teacher: Tony Fabiano Class: Phil 1116 Critical Thinking Date Due: 22/11/2012 Strict anti-bullying Laws could actually make matters worse 1. Summary: The articles begins with a sentence “school yard bullies have been around for as long as there’ve been school yards”‚ meaning that no matter the laws the rules set up bullying would occur in a gathering. The article simply talks about bullying and how the laws set up to eradicate and
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The appropriate age for a teenager to obtain a driving permit is 16 years old‚ however I believe it should be raised to 17 since there is a high rate of teenagers causing accidents. There might be some exceptions why they should keep it at 16 but due to the high rate of teen crashes they should raise the age to 17. Statistics have shown that teenagers have a higher chance of accidents. Teenagers from the ages of 15 to 17 are more likely to cause a car crash for many reasons. While teenagers go out
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(takings one’s mind away from the driving task). Factors causing these distractions are cell phones‚ passengers‚ and adolescent’s poor cognitive skills. Due to the adolescents being pre-mature and accident prone‚ the legal age to obtain a license should be 21 in order to improve young driving skills and create a safer environment on the road. In present day society‚ teenagers are known for making bad decisions and not taking serious matters‚ seriously! Whether it’s that they’re simply immature or
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OSHA Lawsuit The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana against a Helena-based company named Kbec Inc. in January 2013. Kbec Inc. is a Dairy Queen franchisee that‚ “illegally terminated an employee for making complaints regarding workplace violence at the company ’s facility.” (Todd & Rodriguez‚ 2013). In this article‚ there are no details given on what was the nature of the complaints filed by the employee originally‚ however‚ searching
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Nike 1. Family‚ Household and reference groups 1.1. Reference groups Reference groups are the most important groups to marketers since they affect behavior and purchasing (Rice‚ 1997).Value-expressive influence is one form of reference group influence (Solomon ‚ Bamossy ‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006) in which “The individual sometimes feels that it would be nice to be like the type of person that advertisements show using a particular brand”.(Solomon‚ Bamossy‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006 p.351).Following
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