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INTRODUCTION Company Profile: Nike, Inc. or Nike as it is known worldwide is an American multinational corporation that was founded 52 years ago by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. The company was launched with the name of Blue Ribbon Sports and was renamed as Nike, Inc. in the year 1971. The name of the company was changed to opt for a name that was more powerful and appealing. The name Nike was chosen from the name of a Greek goddess of victory. The company has products under its own brand name…

The Kettlebell Swing The kettlebell has seen increased popularity in recent years. 108 A kettlebell is a cast-iron weight shaped like a ball with a handle which ranges from 4 kilograms (kg) and upwards to over 40kg. Clinically, the kettlebell is used for strength training, dynamic flexibility and power training. 109 The double handed KBS is one of the foundational and most utilised exercises and forms the technical foundation to most other kettlebell exercises. 110 The aim of the KBS is to…

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…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: What do you guys think; how many pairs of sneakers should be owned by a person? Perhaps only one, or two? Well, for me being a sneaker head, there is no limit in having enough pairs of sneakers. And everybody’s heard the saying money can’t buy happiness right? but money helps me buy a pair of sneakers which makes me pretty happy. B. Revealed Object: Here are the sneakers I brought with me today. They are Nike Air Jordan’s and mostly everyone has heard about…

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…