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| 17448. ATHLETIC SHOE INDUSTRY. This paper provides an overview and analysis of strategy in the athletic shoe industry. Following a brief introductory overview of the athletic shoe industry, the analysis considers variations and major trends in corporate, business and functional level strategies. The discussion of strategies draws on examples from major competitors such as Nike, Reebok, New Balance and Adidas, as well as smaller players such as Fila. Corporate strategies include efforts to define global vision. Differentiation and focus-differentiation strategies predominate at the business level. Functional level strategies concentrate on coordinating product development, advertising, and distribution. KEYWORDS: Footwear industry athletic shoes competition strategy differentiation. Written 2005. 12 pages, 29 footnotes, 13 bibliographic sources. 2760 words. |
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