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  • Nike & Reebok

    Nike & Reebok

    Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon, Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971, a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson, Blue Ribbon Sports’ first employee,

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    Essay Length: 4,038 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Max
  • Nike and Child Labor

    Nike and Child Labor

    Nike has been accused of using child labor in the production of its soccer balls and shoes for Nike in Pakistan. While Pakistan has laws against child labor, the government has taken very little action to terminate it. It is said that only a boycott by the United States and other nations will have any impact on child-based industries. In addition, the U.S constitution states that child labor is an illegal and inhumane practice

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    Essay Length: 375 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Globalization of Nike

    Globalization of Nike

    Nike, Inc. was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman through an investment of $500 by each individual. Nike, Inc. was then called Blue Ribbon Sports and has evolved from being an importer and distributor of Japanese specialty running shoes to becoming the world leader in the design, marketing, and distribution of athletic footwear. Nike’s business model was developed by Knight while attending Stanford Business School in the early 1960’s. Knight realized that

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    Essay Length: 517 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: David
  • Phil Knight Managing Nike's Trasformation

    Phil Knight Managing Nike's Trasformation

    In 1983 Phil Knight decided to leave the company in Woodell's hands. That was because Knight had to work on a manufacturing project in China. In 1893 NIKE was a successful firm; they had 34% of the market share and their sales were growing constantly, from $14.1 million in 1976 to $867.2 million in 1983 (Exhibit 1, Phil Knight: CEO at NIKE). Woodell had been worked for NIKE since 1967 as the World Wide Marketing

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    Essay Length: 1,227 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: regina
  • Nike - Case Analysis

    Nike - Case Analysis

    Case Report - Nike Introduction Many of us know Nike for the clever maketing campaigns, celebrity athelets, "swoosh" logo, and "Just Do It!" slogan. In 1963 the world's largest athletic shoe company was founded by Philip Kight and Bill Bowerman for $500 apiece and a handshake, and today has over $9 billion in revenues. After several years of record breaking performance Nike's global labor practices were brought to the attention of the public as early

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    Essay Length: 628 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    1. History of Nike Over 50 years ago, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight shared a vision of producing high quality footwear so they joined forces to start a small footwear company. The company was so small, that the first distribution center was located in the trunk of Knight’s car. Regardless of their inauspicious early years, the duo remained focused and developed innovative designs and creative marketing campaigns transformed their company into one of the world’s

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    Essay Length: 3,530 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Nike Vs Adidas, Market and Comprehensive Competition Analysis and Case Study

    Nike Vs Adidas, Market and Comprehensive Competition Analysis and Case Study

    Nike vs Adidas, market and comprehensive competition analysis and case study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the birth of the Internet in 1969 to its commercial adoption in the 1990s, the World Wide Web has enabled businesses and consumers to connect with one another to exchange and share information, anywhere and anytime. The web has provided consumers and businesses with enormous advantages by reducing the transaction time and increasing the level of convenience. As we leap into

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Victor
  • Nike Corp.

    Nike Corp.

    Nike, Inc. (IPA: /Л?naЙЄki/) (NYSE: NKE) is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon, near Beaverton. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes, apparel and sports equipment with revenue in excess of $16 billion USD in 2007. As of 2008, it employed over 30,000 people world-wide. Nike is the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in the

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    Essay Length: 813 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Compareand Contrast Nike and Reebok Ads

    Compareand Contrast Nike and Reebok Ads

    The Lower Marion Issue The Lower Marion school district has been caught giving unfair education to its students. In an article that was read a class observed a glimpse in the lower Marion school district. The school has only 9 percent of black students in the entire class. Articles state that one single class has a 90 percent amount of black students. People seem to think that something wrong is going on inside the district.

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    Essay Length: 1,053 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

     Nike is recognized as “the” brand for promoting superior athletic performance and is worn and endorsed by the world’s best athletes and teams. Nike has endorsed such athletes as Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Michael Vick, Serena and Venus Williams, Lance Armstrong, Terrell Owens, and Michael Johnson. It is widely know that the “swoosh” signifies greatness and athletic domination. I will attempt to inform the reader of the financial situation of one of the

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    Essay Length: 1,195 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • New Balance Takes Down Nike

    New Balance Takes Down Nike

    In the ever-changing athletic shoe market a recent change in leading categories has begun to shake up the norm. Not until recently has the casual, low performance or leisure athletic shoes category been such a successful business. Before recent times, you wouldn't dare sport a pair of any kind of sneakers with dress pants, a blazer or tie. Now issues of GQ recommend a stylish pair of sneakers to go with just about anything. Justin

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    Essay Length: 505 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    Nike. The Positioning statement of Nike is “For serious athletes, Nike gives confidence that provides the perfect shoe for every sport”. In today’s competitive environment, Nike, one of the global leaders in sporting goods industry, has established a strong position for enhancing athletic life style. It’s the number one sports manufacturer in the world design by Nolan Breitbarth in the 1970s with Phil knight founder of Nike Inc. It is the leading sporting goods Company

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    Essay Length: 854 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Nike's New Supply Chain Project

    Nike's New Supply Chain Project

    Nike’s New Supply Chain Project Introduction: Nike’s Value Chain and Competitive Forces In 1984, Nike owned just 16% of the athletic-shoe market, and for much of the 1980s it was running neck-and-neck with Reebok (Wilson 1). Now, with somewhere between 43-47% of that market, Nike is the undisputed leader. However, things are not perfect with the company. In the late 1990’s, Nike began to see the results of many unresolved issues concerning competitive forces exterior

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    Essay Length: 1,194 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Nike Branding

    Nike Branding

    1.0 Introduction Nike’s philosophy has been to encourage sports and athletics all over the world. Nike Corporation is named after the Greek winged goddess of victory. The company produces the best and the most Innovative athletic footwear and equipment. The company prides itself in claiming that Nike represents athletes all over the world. Nike has created many strong and powerful sub brands like the Jordan brand. The company has always been associated with top sportsmen

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    Essay Length: 2,013 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Nike Vs. Reebok

    Nike Vs. Reebok

    Nike vs. Reebok Questions 1. “The success of Nike was strictly fortuitous and had little to do with great decision making.” Evaluate this statement. The important part of the success was due to the far-sight of Nike’s management team. Nike’s CEO, who was a marathoner and knew what runners wanted for their shoes, had made a very basic strategy work; “make the products that fit their consumers’ needs”. Examples of great decision making are: •

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    Essay Length: 1,277 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Nike

    Nike

    Nike Welche strategischen Entscheidungen sind typisch fьr die verschiedenen Phasen des Marketings? Was unterscheidet Nike von seinen Konkurrenten? Wo sehen Sie in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart die Stдrken und Schwдchen bei Nike-Marketing? Als Student an der University of Oregon stand Phil Knight 1958 im Leichtathletikteam der Universitдt. Genauso wie sein Trainer Bill Bowerman war er unzufrieden mit den klobigen amerikanischen Laufschuhen. 1962 grьndetet Knight „Blue Ribbon Sports“ mit dem Ziel, leichtere und komfortablere Sportschuhe herzustellen. Zwei

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    Essay Length: 868 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Nike, Inc Vs. Toys R Us

    Nike, Inc Vs. Toys R Us

    NIKE, INC VS TOYS R US April 17, 2005 CONTENTS Page LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS…………………………………………………………….2 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….4 Procedures………………………………………………………………………..4 COMPANIES.........……………………………………………………………………...4 COMAPARISONS………………………………………………………………………7 GROWTH………………………………………………………………………………..9 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………………………………..11 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………..12 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Comparisons Chart- "The Company" …………………………………………... 8 2. Growth Chart- NIKE, INC………………………………………………………. 9 3. Growth Chart- TOYS R US, INC………………………………………………10 4. Revenue Chart…………………………………………………………………...11 Investigation 4 INTRODUCTION EC=2 Consultants was contracted to locate and research two companies for purchase or takeover by the XYZ Investment Syndicate. EC=2 has

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    Essay Length: 1,863 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    Nike Although our portfolio only has a one percent allocation to Nike, this stock has proved to be the most profitable thus far out of the stocks that were required to be in the portfolio. Nike has surpassed analysts’ expectations for fiscal third quarter, reporting a 32% jump in earnings according to TheStreet.com. Earnings were 92 cents a share compared to 68 cents a share just a year earlier. The Nike shares were first purchased

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    Essay Length: 658 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • Nike Strategic Analysis

    Nike Strategic Analysis

    Introduction Every box of Nike shoes states, “engineered and built to the exact specifications for championship athletes around the world.” Nike has become the measuring stick in the world of merchandising and endorsing. Top athletes around the world are often seen with a famous Nike swoosh on their shoes. It is not uncommon to see some form of Nike product everywhere you look. It all begins with Phil Knight, a competitive runner, who incorporated Blue

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    Essay Length: 3,825 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: July
  • Nike Marketing Stragety

    Nike Marketing Stragety

    Abstract: Different forms of strategy are used in different corporations. Nike has achieved greatness due to their forms of strategy. Nike is known as the top seller of sports shoes and apparel. In such a competitive field, this is close to excellence. To do well in this field requires many inventive and resourceful advertisements and marketing skills. Nike has accomplished this through their great commercials, and other forms of marketing. In this paper, I will

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    Essay Length: 1,273 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Janna
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    CASE 39 Nike, Inc. 1. Evaluate the competitive position of Nike. According to Nike, Inc. Case; the market is dominated by Nike especially in athletic footwear and apparel in the world. Key competitors of Nike are Adidas, New Balance and Reebok respectively in the worldwide market. Nike holds the market leader position on hand in the world market and Adidas is the challenger of Nike. Also New Balance and Reebok are the followers which are

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    Essay Length: 780 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Yan
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    Former University of Oregon track coach and co-founder of Nike Bill Bowerman once said: “If you have a body, you are an athlete!” (NikeBiz) This way of thinking is how Nike conducts every aspect of their business. Every person is a potential athlete or “consumer”. This is a common term when used in the realm of athletics but when Bill Bowerman said this it was in direct reference to the shoe industry. From their marketing

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    Essay Length: 2,431 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    Nike transform into a market-oriented company after 1998. Prior to 1998 Nike gained market share based off of Nike name branding. Nike was not a company that looked towards the future, they failed recognized the wants and needs of their customer base and was totally insentive to the ethical issues of exploiting oversea workers. Nike created a new management team to in reinvent Nike. The company now uses its capabilities and matches them to their

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    Essay Length: 367 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Nike Sweat Shops

    Nike Sweat Shops

    The athletic apparel industry in which Nike is involved is a major money maker in the United States, but the fact that none of the factories are located in North America has brought some heat to the company. Nike controls more than 40 percent of the U.S. Market for sports related goods, but doesn’t have a single sneaker factory in this country (Miller 1). Nike continues to make millions of dollars yet exploits workers overseas

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    Essay Length: 1,748 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Yan
  • Strategic Analysis of Nike Inc

    Strategic Analysis of Nike Inc

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………….…………p.4 History…………………………..…………………………………………………………………..p.6 Profile of CEO………………….…………………………………………………………………..p.7 Competitor’s Profile………….…………………………………………………………………….p.7 Industry Profile……………………………………………………………………………………..p.8 Company Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………p.9 Industry Analysis………………………………………………………………………………......p.24 Top Competitor Analysis………………………………………………………………………….p.25 Other External Forces…………………………………………………………………………….p.26 Key Opportunity……………………………………………………………………………..….…p.27 Key Threat…………………………………………………………………………………………p.27 Major and Subordinate Problems………………………………………………………….……p.28 Strategic Match…………………………………………………………………………………...p.29 Primary Strategic Match Position……………………………………………………………….p.30 Strategic Plan……………………………………………………………………………………..p.33 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...p.38 LIST OF EXHIBITS Sales Trends Graph……………………………………………………………………………p.5 Net Income Trends Graph…………………………………………………………………….p.5 Nike Board of Directors Table………………………………………………………………...p.11 Table of Key Financial Ratios………………………………………………………………...p.22 Net Income Trend Graph………………………………………………………………….…..p.24 Primary Strategic Match Position Chart……………………………………………………..p.30 Industry Attractiveness Matrix………………………………………………………………..p.31 Business Strength/Competitive Position

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    Essay Length: 2,572 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Top

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