Nikkei appeared in 1978 in the USA and Aids started to lose market shares. By 1990, the brand was sold to a French Investor won uses ten colorless’ endorsement communication strategy. In the aim of surpassing the American brand, one of the other main strategies of Aids was acquisitions such as the French ski equipment company: Salomon AS. The brand increased its revenues and was […]

Adidas and Reebok, two of the most respectable and recognized sporting goods brands worldwide merged in the year 2006 in order to compete with the giant of the industry Nike. This merger took place in order to give Adidas better bargaining power, better positioning, promotion, wider range of products and a stronger presence in the market. However the two brands needed to complement each other […]

Porter’s five forces for Adidas 1. Analysis framework and market structure * High barrier to enter this field. The sports shoes industry of the USA are made by those brand company, these brand company will have advantage with advertisement, import, sales network and product development. But most importantly, they set up an obstruct for other companies with their product character and loyalty of the customer. […]