Essays Tagged: "running shoes"

Nike's beginning history and success.

cheduled an interview with the managers of the Onitsuka Company (now Tiger-Asics), the producers of running shoes under the name of Tiger (Katz 59). Introducing himself as a representative of an Ameri ... d their first endorsement. Prefontaine's fame caused word of Nike products to spread throughout the running world like wildfire, greatly expanding its empire and the demand for Nike products. Bowerman ...

(5 pages) 388 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Shin Splints- an explanation of the kinds of shin splints, causes, effects, symptoms, short/long-term treatments, and influence on our society today. Includes Bibliography (only a list of resources).

Shin splints, or in other words Medial Tibial Pain Syndrome, are one of the most misdiagnosed running conditions. To sum up the definition of Shin Splints, it is an overworking of the tibia and ... of the tibia and its muscles. Many times, this condition is a result from improper conditioning or running on very hard surfaces, such as concrete, and bad running shoes. This movement causes the sol ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

New Balance Athletic Shoes - A case study for operation management

Balance garnered a reputation for quality specialty footwear when in the 1950's it began producing running shoes for men. It is the beginning of 1978 and Mr. Davis has a number of important decision ... nt decisions to make regarding the future of his growing company.In recent years the demand for running shoes has experienced explosive growth. The increasing popularity of the sport of running r ...

(7 pages) 386 0 2.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Marketing plan for shoes company -New Balance

and orthopedic shoes. During the fifties and sixties, athletes turned to the company for customized running shoes due to New Balance's unique expertise in handcrafting specialized footwear. Paul Kidd ... Kidd bought the company in 1956 and increased the shoe-making sector as demand grew. Production of running shoes soon became the company's primary source of business. The New Balance "Trackster", one ...

(31 pages) 873 0 3.5 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Branded by Nike.

they all were Nike. I looked down at my feet and not only did I not have spikes, I didn't even have running shoes. I was really embarrassed. That afternoon when my mom came to pick me up from practice ... r the whole ride home to take me out to get new clothes. That afternoon she took me out to buy Nike running shorts and Nike t-shirts. I made my mom buy a different t-shirt and pair of shorts for every ...

(4 pages) 56 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A & N.

to find that unlike one might think, the conversations were hardly the usual "Where do I find your running shoes?" types of questions. Rather, the conversations were full-fledged meaningful discussi ...

(4 pages) 16 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Modern Canterbury Tale- The follower

blonde hair in the same, boring shoulder length fashion, and they all wore exactly the same striped running shoes. Individuality was not an option. Lisa stood there for a few moments, looking in disgu ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Nike Advertising Campaign

r is going to use an example of "Unleash Your Potential" advert that is meant to advertise NIKE new running shoes that it has manufactured. The paper is going to examine the reasons behind the idea, a ... ic growth, it has some social costs.Creating the campaign advertBefore the coming up with this Nike running shoes campaign advert, I had to carry out thorough research, which was based on; creating th ...

(11 pages) 90 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

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ivate whenever he heard thebell. Things like this happened all thetime, for example; when I put on running shoes and running clothes my dog willbecome extremely hyper because she knows we are going o ...

(4 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Shoeless Joe

es. Shoeless Joe became a symbol of the powerful over the powerless. Shoeless Joe did not play with running shoes because he could not find a small shoe size to fit him. That is why he wears the name ...

(2 pages) 1316 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Cardiovascular Endurance

hand if you do high intensity exercises like aerobic dance, the duration is only 20 minutes.(1) (2) Running Shoes: Choosing the Right Pair Choosing the right pair of running shoes depends on m ... f physical activity you do, and most importantly what type of foot you have. When buying new running shoes it is important to be aware of what type of foot you have. Feet have either a high, me ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Nike Finish Line Shoes

Nike is trying to sell a new design of running shoes to teenage girls. Nike uses different tactics to accomplish this goal. Some tactics us ... public?s trust of them. The Nike Company is one of America?s big corporations. Nike made the first running shoe and now is selling name brand items. A name brand company is a company that has won the ... teenagers. The facts about the shoe give specific reasons why Nike?s new shoe is better than other running shoes. Another tactic that Nike uses is not putting the price on the ad so that people are n ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Asics Brand and Products

y themselves.Asics has been traditionally associated with Athletics and with producing high quality running shoes, which is still considered as its primary target Market but due to high demand, Asics ... tter what the activity or sport they are associated with.The Strengths and favorability of an Asics running shoe: In order to meet its objectives Asics undergoes a lot of research and development to e ...

(2 pages) 16 1 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Organizational Impact

lented track star who competed for Bowerman. Upon completion of his degree, Knight designed quality running shoes and approached a manufacturer in Japan to make his shoes. His first sale was to his co ...

(4 pages) 13 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management