Business Description And Growth Strategies

The concept of market structures and competitive strategies are important when attempting to compete in any market. Understanding what market structure your product falls under can help companies develop better competitive strategies and identify potential for loss and gains. The athletic footwear industry in the United States is highly profitable and continuously growing. In this paper I will identify market structure of the athletic footwear industry, the major retailers, and competitive strategies that can be used to maximize profits.

Porters Five Forces model evaluated Actual competition, Threat of new entrants, Threat of Substitute Products, Bargaining Power of Suppliers, and Bargaining Power of Customers. Actual Competition in the Luxury Recreational Vehicle industry is mixed due to low switching costs, constant growth, and high differentiation among products in the industry. Threat of New entrants in

Even though Dicks is a premier retailer on the market, there are three suggestions that I would give a marketing manager to improve the company’s overall status would be to research newer products and improve existing ones, start a sports nutrition section in their store, and focus on improving employee knowledge on store products and different types of sports training. I believe the company could try and focus more on developing a Dicks’ value brand of sports equipment. This could help athletes training from lower income houses because they would be able to afford all or multiple sets of equipment to enhance their training experience. Expanding or developing a sports nutrition section would help Dicks to break into a market which has been previously untouched by the company. Offering nutritional products would add to the overall superstore concept where a customer can get all their shopping done in one location. And finally to improve customer service Dick 's could start a company program whose priority is to hire retired athletes who have better knowledge of sports and extreme physical training. In general an employee with previous sports training experience is going to have a better feel for what type of equipment is applicable for different training situations. With these improvements I think that Dicks Sporting Goods could enhance their customer satisfaction tremendously and propel the company even higher in its revenue

Innovation is probably the most important driver of change in most industries, especially ones that are saturated. Dick’s continuous innovation has helped them be one of the leaders in the sporting goods industry for over a decade.

An athletes dream or even a sports lover’s store of preference, Dick’s Sporting Goods located at its new location is a spectacle to see. It’s extremely big and you can find yourself spending countless of hours there just strolling the aisles which is why I found myself observing much more than just the products they had to offer. I found myself observing the customer satisfaction, the employees’ willingness to help and be there if someone looked as if they were struggling trying to find something in this maze of new renovated store. Throughout my time spent at the new location I found some interesting things and

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer that offers a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear.

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. is a prevalent retailer of many kinds of sporting equipment. According to the company’s 10-K form, the company first started in 1948 and since then has had the vision to, “build leading brands that serve and inspire athletes and outdoor enthusiasts around the world to achieve their personal best; create value for our stockholders through the relentless improvement of everything we do; and make a lasting impact in our communities through sport,” (2016). The company has strived to accomplish this by offering a wide variety of sporting equipment, offering more than one way to shop with them, and by offering not only name brand equipment but many. In the past couple of years, offering more ways to shop with them has been a large objective accomplished by investing and building a website and increasing eCommerce. They also manage several different stores in different specialties including Dick’s Sporting Goods carrying sporting equipment, Golf Galaxy who carry golf equipment, and Field and Stream stores which specialize in fishing equipment totaling 741 stores in all across the country. The company is meeting several different types of customers’ needs by offering a broader line

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Key Facts: DICK’S Sporting Goods’ is a Fortune 500 American corporation in the sporting goods and retail industries headquartered in Findlay Township. Dick’s has 610 stores in 47 states as of March 16, 2015 primarily in the eastern half of the United States. Founded in 1948 by Richard “Dick” Stack, the chain has expanded to become one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world. As of January 30, 2016, the company operated more than 640 DICK’S Sporting Goods locations, serving and inspiring athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to achieve their personal best. DICK’S also owns and operates Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream, True Runner and Chelsea Collective specialty stores.

Analyzing the industry using Porter’s Five Forces, it can be seen that the Outdoor Apparel industry is very competitive. The threat of entry is very high, with several large conglomerates making acquisitions in the industry and established apparel companies such as Polo Ralph Lauren making expansions into sports apparel. With several brands such as North Face in the high end of the industry, as well as Columbia and several private labels dominating the middle and lower ends, a large number of substitutes are available. Buyers have large bargaining power, as end consumers could easily switch to another brand, while at the same time wholesalers are

The athletic apparel industry is also defined by a moderate threat of new entrants. As mentioned earlier, the industry is extremely concentrated, with large companies (Nike, Adidas, Under Armour) at the top and several smaller companies following. While the costs for starting a local company is low, as the company grows, it will become harder to compete and be profitable in this industry. The incumbent firms in this industry have the advantage of existing production, distribution, and supply chain processes. New companies would consider the large upfront costs of these processes while incumbent firms take advantage of economies of scale due to having the benefit of already securing a large market share. These large costs in turn cause the company to have low profits, which discourages new entrants. Additionally, the threat of new entrants is low because of the brand preferences of consumers in the economy. This industry

Power of the Buyers - There is a high power because of the other low-price furniture. Consumers have other alternative choices among its competitors.

The economies of scale in the retail industry are huge. All of the companies in this industry have first mover advantage. Many of the competitors in this industry already have immense and diverse relationships with many of the suppliers they obtain and any new competitor will have a tough time trying to squeeze into the dealer network in order to establish themselves as any type of threat to another retailer.

This year will be my first year here at Newton North. Last year, I attended a private school in Brookline. As a freshman there, I took a western civilization history class which started off with the Roman Empire. I enjoy studying history, particularly because of how it can give us perspective about how our modern society came to be. As a result of this, I very much enjoyed this past year’s history class and managed to learn a ton of history. Last year my teacher, Mr. Dore, assigned the class a five-page historiographical analysis of the fall of Rome. This assignment was particularly challenging and allowed me to develop my analytical writing skills. This year in history, I am looking forward to further developing my writing and critical thinking skills as well as, gaining more knowledge of the history of the world.

Porter five forces analysis is strategic analyses tool to understand the level of competition within an industry. The attractiveness of the industry is found by analysing five forces. In this context, the attractiveness of the industry is how profitable the industry is for the business and unattractive industry is the one where there is "pure competition". firms are driven to normal profit. The five forces include threat of new entrants, threat of substitute products or services, bargaining power of customers, bargaining power of suppliers and intensity of competitive rivalry (Porter & Heppelmann, 2014; Porter, 1983). Here, we will use porter five forces to see how it applies to bicycle Industry.