I can not help but to get drawn to products with catchy advertising. In relation‚ when referring to company names and slogans‚ Bill Bryson claims‚ “First. It is short. Second. It is not capable of mispronunciation.” (398). Companies such as Nike‚ Adidas‚ and Reebok continually verify that Bryson is stating the truth. Through having this knowledge‚ sporting goods companies gain loyal‚ lifelong‚ customers by having simple slogans and memorable endorsers. I know from my personal shopping experience
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more recently‚ adidas and Nike‚ have been moving into the cricket market. Reebok was the official technical sponsor of the 2011 ICC World Cup and adidas clothes the Proteas‚ English and Australian teams. Nike featured prominently on the sleeves of the Indian team shirts. Some of the top players who had been in action at the World Cup use bats from brands more associated with athletic tracks or soccer fields than cricket pitches. These include the likes of Sachin Tendulkar using an adidas bat‚ and World
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and NFL • Celebrity relationships Maintenance o Reebok’s ability to maintain its competitive advantage is mainly through the strategic merge with Adidas o Since the merge‚ reebok/ Adidas group will maintain their position in the market by providing a larger variety of products that will suit a larger number of customers. o The CEO of the Adidas group has purposely tried to keep the two brands separate because each brand has its different competencies. Thus reebok is keeping its existing customers
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is not a lot to quibble with here. But at the same time‚ the company has a long way to go in establishing itself in the ranks of the industry leaders. It has a small market share and its brand image still suffers in comparison to those of Nike and Adidas. In the U.S. market‚ Puma is an also ran; it is stronger and has considerably more visibility in Europe. 2. What is competition like in the international sport apparel industry? What do we learn about competition in this industry from a five-forces
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BRAND PORTFOLIO METAPHORS BASED ON AAKER’S BRAND PORTFOLIO STRATEGY Kent Dahl kentd@kth.se Different Relevancein Different Contexts Proffesional World Indek/IPD‚ Guest Lecturer Master Thesis‚ Endorsed by Uggla Educational World Educational Music World Professional Music World Music World Internal& ExternalPerspectives What a weak sub‐ brand! Portfolio Roles No‚ it’s a Linchpin brand! Product Defining Roles ProductDefiningRoles
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is a seller of athletic footwear and apparel with retail stores and distributors in over 160 countries around the world. Nike creates goods for a wide range of sports‚ and so they have competition from every sports brand there is‚ like Reebok and Adidas. With revenue of $15 billion in 2006 and the largest market share in the footwear industry‚ Nike‚ Inc. (Nike) is the leading company in the sports and fitness industry. Our Product (Nike+iPod) Nike and Apple formed branding alliances‚ hoping
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obvious that Li-Ning has been hugely successful in maintaining its brand image and sales growth in China‚ I believe that Li-Ning can further improve its market share by positioning themselves differently from the top 2 player in the industry: Nike and Adidas‚ by exploiting its comparative advantage over these multinational companies. The primary target customers for Li-Ning are students in both high schools and universities. Obviously‚ students are often on a limited budget and are price sensitive
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stock exchange[iv]. However‚ Li Ning has a problem. It is being out sold by its two big international competitors‚ Nike and Adidas in China and popularity among young Chinese consumers in the big cities is if anything in decline. Chinese students studying in the UK‚ (a great source of information when discussing this case) would much prefer to be seen wearing Nike‚ Adidas or Puma the top three international sports goods brands
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They are priced about the same as other major name brands such as Nike‚ and Adidas. It seems that many people are now going with Under Armour because I see people wearing the gear all the time. I also see people wearing Nike and Adidas also but it seems that more and more people are going to Under Armour. I have to say you get your money’s worth when you buy Under Armour. Their clothes are well made and
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Li Ning’s market is focused on China. Li Ning has to start gaining more brand awareness because the Chinese consumers continues to move into larger cities‚ develop urban lifestyles‚ and trade up old products for new ones. The competitors are Nike‚ Adidas‚ Reebok and Anta. Li Ning is better than the competition because Li Ning is fitted with the knowledge about the Chinese market‚ this knowledge contains consumer needs‚ marketing and supplies. Li Ning mainly focuses on sportive people in the second-
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