Bill Bowerman

Ryan Johnston Geography Miss Latch The Netherlands Located in Northern Europe the Netherlands is standing right with the rest of the world. Making a difference in the world by making advancements in technology and producing athletes and other famous people and figures. Current event #1 The country of Netherlands donates over 12 million to Afghanistan to help with women's rights and economic development. The events that led up to this is people noticing that the country of Afghanistan is not

Date of Submission: 13 December 2009 Title of Assignment: Integrating Business Values: The Legality, Morality, and Social Responsibility of Nike’s Overseas Labor Practices and Misleading Statements to the Media. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP:I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased

Good morning/afternoon Year 9 Geography and Mrs. Fairfax. Today myself and Brooke are going to be talking to you about the popular brand of footwear, Nike shoes. Nike is a popular active and footwear brand that is owned by the CEO, Phillip Knight. Founded in 1964, the company has become extremely popular in creating exclusive footwear, clothing, and sporting equipment. We chose to research this topic as Nike is very well known brand and we were curious as to what happens behind the scenes. As Nike

A. Segmentation Criteria Demographic: The age range of Nike is from infant to elderly. Their primary range would be the primary active/buying years from 18-45. However they design products for babies as well as youth, and many senior citizens still wear nike sweat suits, so its really wide open. Nike certainly does not target one gender intentionally harder then another. They do a good job of reaching out to both sexes very effectively. The average income attracted to nike would be middle

JUST FOR FEET HISTORY Just for Feet, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was a retailing company operating numerous retail stores within the United States, specializing in brand name athletic and outdoor footwear. Harold Ruttenberg founded Just for Feet, opening his first superstore in 1988. Just for Feet was one of the first retailers to utilize a store within a store concept, offering vendors distinctive space to display their brand within the store. Harold Ruttenberg’s vision was to offer

LA Gear light up tennis shoes distinctively stole the hearts of many children in 90s. I owned a pink and white pair, which was the envy of all, until hide-and-seek was in play and I was easily sought out for obvious reasons. Although the infamous light up shoes were popular amongst playgrounds in the 90s, the company’s success came to an unprofitable halt. According to LA Times staff writer Stuart Silverstein, LA Gear was the no.3 tennis shoe company in the business following competitors Nike and

Who is Nike? Nike was a greek goddess that symbolized victory. She was known to be a very fast runner, swift flyer and charioteer. Nike was given a golden chariot to lead Zeus's troops into battle. She was also to be known as Victoria in symbolism as Victory. Nike was half-Titan by her father Pallas. During the time of war between the titans and olympians, she fought against the Titans on the side of the Olympians. A sculpture was created of Nike in 1863 (200-190 BC). The piece of art was named

Phil Knight is the chairman of the borard of director of Nike. Since 1968, Phil Knight was mastermind that helped transformed Nike into a global sporting good phenomenal. Knight was a successful accountant with Price Waterhouse and Coopers. Knight taught as a professor at Portland University in Business admisntration. Mark Parker is the CEO of Nike. He Joined nike in 1979 as the first shoe designer and currently he contributed to the innovative products of Nike. He creates innovative products and

Nike is a very popular shoe manufacturer. This organization, as with any manufacturing organization, is in the business of making products for minimal cost. Nike in particular manufactures sports shoes and equipment. This company has been in business since 1964 (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2015). Nike has been under scrutiny for allegations for such as employing under age workers and using toxic chemicals for production. The organization is also known to not use the American workforce but

Swoosh! Inside Nike," the top to the bottom narrative from CNBC on Nike, the world's biggest shoe and attire company. CNBC presents the significant figures in the realm of Nike-prime supporter Phil Knight, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Charles Barkley and others each giving their own perspectives of how Nike has moved to its transcendent position. During "Swoosh! Inside Nike," ball legend Michael Jordan depicts how Nike charmed him in 1984 and how his function with Nike's main shoe planner