Nike has one the most well known names and logos in the world. Nike engages in design, development, and global marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories. The company sells athletic shoes for just about every sport in existence, including baseball, volleyball, cheerleading, and wrestling. Nike operates in over 140 countries all over the world. For over 30 years Nike has been endorsed by some of the biggest names in sports. Grossing revenues in the billions yearly, Nike has maintained its place as the leader in athletic shoes and apparel since its start in the 1960's.
In 1961 Phil Knight, a graduate of the University of Oregon and a former competitive runner, made a deal with a Japanese shoe company called Tiger to import their shoes to the United States. When asked what company he represented, Knight, off the top of his head, replied "Blue Ribbon Sports".
(Becklund, 1994). At the time Germany was dominating the athletic footwear market. Knight had an idea to sale the high quality shoes at low prices in the United States in an attempt to end Germany's dominance. He began selling the shoes out of the trunk of his car. His first year's sales reached $8000. However, he only made a $250 profit (Becklund, 1994). He then decided to seek the advice of his college track coach, Bill Bowerman. Bowerman was a living legend at the University of Oregon. He was a very accomplished teacher and coach who was responsible for an exceptional track and field program at the university. All his athletes and colleagues loved him. He was even said to have "brought jogging to the United States"(Heritage/nike.com). His list of accomplishments grew even further when he joined Phil Knight as partner of Blue Ribbon Sports. Bowerman came up with an idea that changed the athletic footwear industry forever. He took a rubber compound and placed it in a waffle maker. He took the result and glued it to the bottom of some shoes.
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Nike, the number one sport-shoe producer, selling $9.2 billion worth of shoes per year claims that "there shall be no discrimination based on race, creed, gender, martial or maternity status, religious or political beliefs, age or sexual orientation." So why is an average wage for an Indonesian Nike factory worker $2.60 a day? Nike clothing retailers have enjoyed huge success since there debut opening in 19__. ... Over the past decade, tens of thousands of students, people of faith, activists, and consumers have demanded that retailers take responsibility to clean up sweatshops such as Nike...
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In contrast, 95 percent of that 120 dollars will essentially be turned over to the wealthiest American Nike corporate executives. ... Nike has been known to state that they do not know about the reprehensible conditions where their shoes and apparel are manufactured. ... Nike's sweatshops employ mostly young women and girls; in fact they are 90% of the work force. ... (Lormand, 2) Nike is doing little to help Chinese workers and their communities, to become self-sustaining, economically. ... Nike would feel the effect of lower sales, and begin to make the changes, that would uphold ...
One of these is the Nike Company's internal environment. ... It is these departments that impact Nike's marketing decisions. ... This increases the demand for the Nike products. ... Buyer behavior has affected the marketing activities of Nike. ... Nike's positioning strategy is by user. ...
