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Are you an addict for sneakers? Sneakers are popular in today’s society because famous people make, buy, or wear them, they became cheaper, and there are conventions for people to go to. Sneakers are so popular because famous people make them. To lead off, sneakers are popular because celebrities make, buy, or wear them. Michael Jordan made sneakers called “Jordans.” In Text 1, the author wrote, “Track legend Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics, wore Dassler’s sneakers.”…

People have changed to a great extent over the course of history, and as we change, the items we use change with us. The things that have changed the most are the things we use on a daily basis. One of these commodities that has changed a lot, is shoes. We have come a long way from sandals, being that now we have sneakers that lace by themselves by applying just a little pressure to the heel. Since shoes were first introduced to the world, they have evolved at an incredibly fast pace. An iconic…

Austin is famous around the world for its barbecue. Places like Salt Lick and Franklin and notorious for its lip-smacking barbecues. 5. Get a Car2Go It is a mess with so much traffic and no good roads. But, you can rely on Austin's transport. You are ought to get a car. If nothing else then you get a chance to drive the tiny cars named Cars2Go to your destination. The best thing you never have to return it – just leave them on the city roads…

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is awarded to those U.S. organizations for performance excellence in education, business, health care, and non-profits. The award goes to those organizations who have demonstrated effective and efficient operations, and continuous improvement in the delivery of products or services. Congress named this award after Malcolm Baldrige, who was Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until 1987. The award was due to Mr. Baldrige implementing the quality improvement…

still continue to make the original Chuck Taylor sneakers, for those who want the classic look. Their mission statement is “Our MISSION is to deliver personal service to our customers knowing that soon we will become friends”. They also want you to feel the history of what converse has become, by wearing their old school shoes making it the new school style. Their goal is to provide the same shoe that your great-grandpa wore as well as your grandpa and father wore. Converse keeps the tradition…

The company Nike created one of the most known ads ever created in history. The slogan Just do it was issued in 1988 which was seen everywhere. Today it’s shown from billboards, television to social media like Facebook, Twitter, and so on. The background information about the three famous words was surprisingly inspired by a murderer named Gary Gilmore. Gilmore was charged for robbery and the murders of two men. He was executed by a firing squad before his death, “They asked him if he had any…

Nike released this Air Jordan advertisement in 1988 along with their third line of Michael Jordan’s signature shoe, the Air Jordan III. This is during Jordan’s 4th season in the NBA, which some consider to be his breakout year, and Nike and Jordan’s brand awareness would’ve been very high at this time. Along with the superstar Jordan, Nike paired him with another celebrity, Spike Lee. His character in his movie “She’s Gotta Have It”, Mars Blackmon, is an eccentric resident of Brooklyn with an…

Efficiency - enhancing practices that Nike is pursuing are as following: a) Economies of scale – defined as “reduction in unit costs attributed to a large output” (Hill, Jones & Schilling 2015, p.119). Nike is the single largest producer of athletic footwear and apparel. This allows Nike, through the large scale of outputs, to achieve a large cost advantages over its competition. b) Learning effects – defined as “cost saving that come from learning by doing” (Hill, Jones & Schilling 2015,…

000. The slogan “Just Do It” was inspired by a serial killer named Gary Gilmore, who right before he was executed said, “lets do it” (businessinsider.com). Nike was initially operated for Asics; the Japanese shoemaker however officially became Nike Inc. in 1971 and opened its fist store in Santa Monica, California in the year of 1966. The company introduced its brand of shoes in 1972 and by 1980 the brand reached a 50% market share in the United States shoe market while officially becoming a…

suppliers for producing Nike footwear. Out of 115 factories, China has 29 factories, controlling 25 % of total Nike factories. Second, Vietnam with 23 factories, making up 20 % of total factories in Nike. Lastly, Indonesia with 16 factories (Nike, Inc., 2016). Further, the design of the basketball sneaker requires the use of specific raw materials. According to Cole (2015), all Nike footwear regardless of athletic footwear or casual footwear is made up of six essential components. The…