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Nike Mission Statement

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Nike which started out as Blue Ribbon Sports is today world’s largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparels as well as manufacturer of sports goods. So, what makes Nike successful than others. “Nike raced ahead of the pack by exploiting its brand power to move from sports footwear into athletics clothing, turning itself into a symbol of fitness and well-being. It then went several steps further, positioning itself as an athletic lifestyle company which, by using celebrities such as the basketball star Michael Jordan and the golfer Tiger Woods to endorse its goods, enabled customers to identify with the lives of their sporting heroes. Today, the company offers innovative and stylish products, backed by marketing that combines traditional advertising with imaginative schemes to build basketball courts in inner cities and donate free Nike gear to high schools” (Larson, 2011, pp.4).
Nike’s mission is to “bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.” while also stating that “if you have a body, you are an athlete”. (Nike, n.d.). Now if you will look at the strategy that Nike employs, it is totally in sync with its mission statement. It’s the new technology that they innovate and employ in their products that sets them apart from competition in addition to excellent understanding of how to keep customers engaged and change with needs of time. Nikes strategy based on readings of Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, & Strickland (2018) is “Outcompeting rivals on the

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