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The idea for Under Armour was born on the football field, and it has become one of the leading companies in the industry. The man behind this industry changing idea was Kevin Plank, a 23-year-old former University of Maryland special teams captain. A simple idea changed the way athletes dress forever. Being on the football team meant you were sweating continuously and Plank became tired of changing his old cotton shirts over and over again. Knowing that there simply had to be something better,…

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Nike is a sportswear company that stands alongside many other famous brands as one of the top manufacturers of sports related equipment in the world. Nike is unquestionably the number one manufacturer of sports shoes in the world. Nike has as much as 20% of the athletic shoe market. The company’s lineup includes shoes for basketball, baseball, golf, hiking, tennis, and football among others. Under Armour seems to be more focused on the athletic apparel market and it is one of the major dominant…

For me, being a sneaker head started in my childhood. When I was younger I was kind of a shy person, so I didn’t really like to talk much. For me, sneakers were a way for me to express myself since I wasn’t good at expressing myself through words. And because I am a sneaker head, I was able to meet and develop relationships with people and that continue till now. 2. The sneaker head culture to me means more than just collecting shoes. Each pair of shoes I…

My greatest passion is collecting and selling shoes. As a younger boy my brother came home from school one day talking very highly of a pair of Air Jordan basketball shoes. I decided to do some research of my own because which little brother doesn’t want to be just like their big bro? In the course of looking up and researching these shoes, I fell in love. My brother ignited a fire in my heart that could not be contained, thus I’d say that I have a burning passion for collecting and selling…

The emergence of sneaker culture had been influence by sports world where the sneaker companies had produced sneakers for the athletes to wear. (Chan, 2013). It is a stepping stone for the sneaker companies to create such revolutionary sneakers which had made it a global phenomenon nowadays. The sneaker culture had been unknowingly created by the sneaker enthusiasts or sneaker fanatics where it began as a subculture and later emerged as a global culture. (Cunningham, 2008: 1). The word ‘culture’…

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Of the five competitive forces the strongest is “firms in other industries offering substitute products is the strongest”, because Under Armour through their innovation developed a shirt that would regulate body temperature and now both Nike and Adidas have their own shirts that do the same thing. Under Armour compared to the competitors is relatively new. Established in 1995 the founder sold his invention to colleges and NFL football teams. Their competitors have already done this so this…