...Professional Sports Growth of Professional Sports Major Leagues Minor Leagues State of Women’s Professional Sports Leagues Other Successful Sports Properties The Economic Reality of Professional Sports Team Financial Statements Controlling Player Costs National Football League National Basketball Association Major League Baseball National Hockey League European Soccer’s Path to Financial Health: UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Creative Accounting Roster Depreciation Allowance Franchise Appreciation Summary The Financial Status of Professional Sports Growth of Professional Sports Major Leagues The 1990s and early 2000s was a period of substantial growth for professional sports at all levels. The number of teams in the Big 4 major leagues grew from 103 franchises in 1989 to 122 franchises by 2001. During that time, the National Hockey League (NHL) added eight expansion teams, Major League Baseball (MLB) added four, the National Football League (NFL) added three, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) added five teams. In addition, several new leagues were launched in the 1990s with aspirations of becoming prominent national properties, most notably Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). By 2001, each of the Big 4 leagues had reached a saturation point, having established franchises in nearly every market capable of sustaining a major sports property. A few markets remain available for certain leagues...
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...INTRODUCTION Lady Footlocker is part of the athletic shoe and Apparel Empire owned by Footlocker. This includes other stores owned by the Footlocker chain such as Foot Action, Champs, and East Bay. Lady Footlocker was founded in 1982 in Joliet, Illinois. Lady Footlocker originates from the Woolworth family, as does Footlocker, and its other chain stores. Over the last quarter century, Lady Footlocker has risen to become the largest retailer of women’s athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. Lady Footlocker has over 600 retail locations throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. Most Lady Footlocker locations boast an average retail space of 2200 square feet. Lady Footlocker prided itself on providing the best in woman-to-woman service and product selection. BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Lady Footlocker is brand of Foot Locker, Inc. to meet women’s consumer’s needs in athletic footwear and apparel. Foot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company. Foot Locker, Inc. operates the eponymous “Foot Locker” chain of athletic footwear retail outlets (along with “Kids Foot Locker” and “Lady Foot Locker” stores), Champs Sports, Footaction USA, and Eastbay/Footlocker.com Eastbay/Footlocker.com own the rights to Final Score,...
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...BCO 321 Strategic Management School of Business Vincent Chee, 110144 Ricky Liew, 100517 Walter Chin, 100936 Table of Content Case Abstraction 3 Vision Statement (Actual) 4 Mission Statement (Actual) 4 Mission Statement (Proposed) 4 Vision Statement (Proposed) 5 Slogan (Proposed) 5 The CPM Matrix of P&G Company 6 External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix for Procter and Gamble (P&G) 9 The I/E matrix for Procter and Gamble (P&G) 14 Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Procter and Gamble (P&G) 16 A SWOT Matrix of P&G Company 21 Strengths 23 Weaknesses 23 Opportunities 24 Threats 24 The FOUR strategies 25 The SPACE Matrix 26 Calculation 27 The SPACE Matrix chart 28 The BCG Matrix 29 The BCG Matrix chart 29 The Recommended Long-Term Planning 30 Income Statement and Balance Sheet for Procter and Gamble (P&G) 32 The Recommended Annual Objectives & Policies 35 The Recommended procedures for strategy review and evaluations 35 References: 37 Case Abstraction The Procter & Gamble Co., also known as P&G, is based in the United State of America. Mr. William Procter and Mr. James Gamble are the founders of the company in 1837, and this tell the story behind the company’s name. The P&G company is born when Mr. William, a candle maker from England and Mr. James, a soup maker from Ireland in Ohio. They are met eventually when they married sisters. The company is headquartered in downtown...
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...Gatorade | Marketing and Channel Distribution: Dr. Sean D. JassoJorge Serafio 861080548 | TA Connie Kuo | Discussion 21June 11, 2013 | Abstract: Gatorade is the single most popular sports drink in the world. This paper will examine Gatorade’s current marketing strategy and discuss the channels of distribution exploring the company’s production, supply chain management, vendor purchasing and sales. It is my goal that after reading this paper you will have an in depth understanding of how the Gatorade company operates and is continually working to expand their market share while maintaining their brand image and building their brand equity. Gatorade, is it in you? | | Table of Contents FINANCIAL COMPANY OVERVIEW 2 FINANCIAL SUMMARY 2 CURRENT MARKETING SITUATION 2 MARKET DESCRIPTION 3 PRODUCT REVIEW 3 COMPETITIVE REVIEW 4 CHANNELS AND LOGISTICS REVIEW 5 SWOT ANALYSIS 6 OBJECTIVES AND ISSUES 9 MARKETING STRATEGY 10 ACTION PROGRAMS 13 BUDGETS 14 WORKS CITED 16 FINANCIAL COMPANY OVERVIEW (End) Year | Revenue | Profit | Profit Margin | Growth Rate | Stock Price | EPS | Dec ‘12 | $65.49B | $6.17B | .94% | -1.52% | $68.43 | $3.92 | Dec ‘11 | $66.5B | $6.44B | .97% | 14.98% | $66.35 | $4.03 | Dec ‘10 | $57.84B | $6.32B | 1.09% | 33.79% | $65.33 | $3.91 | Dec ‘09 | $43.23B | $5.95B | 1.38% | -.04% | $60.80 | $3.77 | Dec ‘08 | $43.25B | $5.14B | 1.18% | - | $54.77 | $3.21 | FINANCIAL SUMMARY Over the course of the last five...
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...College hoops' black coaching issue Myron Medcalf [ARCHIVE] ESPN.com | July 18, 2013 When a national sportswriter calls to talk about minority hiring in college basketball, folks of all races seem to get nervous. As I sought feedback following last week's release of the "2012 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport" by Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport -- the report excludes historically black colleges and universities -- which states that the current pool of Division I African-American head coaches (18.6 percent through the 2011-12 season) is at its lowest mark since the 1995-96 season, people weren't sure what, if anything, they should say. Multiple administrators passed on the opportunity. The NCAA wanted to see my questions, and then it wanted a pre-interview phone conversation before it ultimately emailed its responses. The coaches who talked on the record always ended our chats with the same concern: "I didn't say anything that will make me look bad, right?" Shaka Smart Andy Lyons/Getty Images To reach Shaka Smart's level, black coaches often have to overcome certain labels. I don't blame them. It's an incendiary issue, because we're uncomfortable with race as dialogue. It's still a subject that makes athletic directors -- 89 percent of whom are white at the Division I level, per the report -- squirm. Minority coaches speak cautiously, because they don't want to be labeled as rebels or militants. That hesitancy...
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...Strategic Analysis Marcel Campbell University of the Incarnate Word Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………… 3 Company Overview…………………………………………………………………. 4 Mission, vision, Values……………………………………………………………… 5 History……………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Key Executives………………………………………………………………………. 7 Logo………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Awards……………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Internal Analysis……………………………………………………………………. 10-22 External Analysis…………………………………………………………………….23-36 Strategies…………………………………………………………………………… 36-53 References………………………………………………………………………….. 54-58 Executive Summary Groupon Humans are living in the digital age and technology has become crucial to the development of the world. Technology helps people in many positive ways, such as faster communication, easy access of vast quantities of information, and efficient, fast transportation. Therefore, businesses also benefit from technology. Technology helps companies to reach consumers fast and help to study the behavior of consumers when buying a product or service to create profit. Groupon uses technology to provide coupons to savvy consumers. Groupon is a company in the daily deals industry. The company provides daily deals online, usually provides coupons with a half price discount from local restaurants, bars, movie theaters, luxury hotels; helping other companies to attract customers by offering savings on things to eat...
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...Case 29 Starbucks’ Global Quest in 2006: Is the Best Yet to Come? Arthur A. Thompson The University of Alabama Amit J. Shah Frostburg State University Thomas F. Hawk Frostburg State University n early 2006, Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ founder, chairman of the board, and global strategist, could look with satisfaction on the company’s phenomenal growth and market success. Since 1987, Starbucks had transformed itself from a modest nine-store operation in the Pacific Northwest into a powerhouse multinational enterprise with 10,241 store locations, including some 2,900 stores in 30 foreign countries (see Exhibit 1). During Starbucks’ early years when coffee was a 50-cent morning habit at local diners and fast-food establishments, skeptics had ridiculed the notion of $3 coffee as a yuppie fad. But the popularity of Starbucks’ Italianstyle coffees, espresso beverages, teas, pastries, and confections had made Starbucks one of the great retailing stories of recent history and the world’s biggest specialty coffee chain. In 2003, Starbucks made the Fortune 500, prompting Schultz to remark, “It would be arrogant to sit here and say that 10 years ago we thought we would be on the Fortune 500. But we dreamed from day one and we dreamed big.”1 Having positioned Starbucks as the dominant retailer, roaster, and brand of specialty coffees and coffee drinks in North America and spawned the creation of the specialty coffee industry, management’s long-term objective was now to establish...
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...CONNECT FEATURES Interactive Applications Interactive Applications offer a variety of automatically graded exercises that require students to apply key concepts. Whether the assignment includes a click and drag, video case, or decision generator, these applications provide instant feedback and progress tracking for students and detailed results for the instructor. Case Exercises The Connect platform also includes author-developed case exercises for all 12 cases in this edition that require students to work through answers to assignment questions for each case. These exercises have multiple components and can include: calculating assorted financial ratios to assess a company’s financial performance and balance sheet strength, identifying a company’s strategy, doing five-forces and driving-forces analysis, doing a SWOT analysis, and recommending actions to improve company performance. The content of these case exercises is tailored to match the circumstances presented in each case, calling upon students to do whatever strategic thinking and strategic analysis is called for to arrive at a pragmatic, analysis-based action recommendation for improving company performance. eBook Connect Plus includes a media-rich eBook that allows you to share your notes with your students. Your students can insert and review their own notes, highlight the text, search for specific information, and interact with media resources. Using an eBook with Connect Plus gives your...
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...Contents Preface Prologue: We have it Made Part I: The Mission Chapter 1: A Consumer Goes Global Chapter 2: Tattoo’s Tropical Paradise Chapter 3: Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears Part II: My Underwear: Made in Bangladesh Chapter 4: Jingle these Chapter 5: Undercover in the Underwear Biz Chapter 6: Bangladesh Amusement Park Chapter 7: Inside My First Sweatshop Chapter 8: Child Labor in Action Chapter 9: Arifa, the Garment Worker Chapter 10: Hope Chapter 11: No Black and White, Only Green Update for Revised Edition: Hungry for Choices Part III: My Pants: Made in Cambodia Chapter 12: Labor Day Chapter 13: Year Zero Chapter 14: Those Who Wear Levi’s Chapter 15: Those Who Make Levi’s Chapter 16: Blue Jean Machine Chapter 17: Progress Chapter 18: Treasure and Trash Update for Revised Edition: The Faces of Crisis Part IV: My Flip-Flops: Made in China Chapter 19: PO’ed VP Chapter 20: Life at the Bottom Chapter 21: Growing Pains Chapter 22: The Real China Chapter 23: On a Budget Chapter 24: An All-American Chinese Walmart Chapter 25: The Chinese Fantasy Update for Revised Edition: Migration Part V: Made in America Chapter 26: For Richer, for Poorer Update for Revised Edition: Restarting, Again Chapter 27: Return to Fantasy Island Chapter 28: Amilcar’s Journey Chapter 29: An American Dream Chapter 30: Touron Goes Glocal Appendix A: Discussion Questions Appendix B: Note to Freshman Me Appendix C: Where Are You Teaching? Acknowledgments Copyright © 2012 by Kelsey Timmerman...
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