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Individual Assignment

Name: Arthur Leong Meng Shann (TP025619)

Intake: UC2F1307AF {FI}

Module: Business Analysis (BM052-3.5-2-BAS)

Lecturer Name: GOH YANG HUAN

Due Date: 21 October 2012

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ANSWER 1,

A-General Environment Analysis:

In order for a firm to effectively compete in an industry, an analysis of its particular Industry

must be taken. This is prepared to give the company with an explanation of the elements in

society that effect the industry and the direction managers must take to implement appropriate

strategies to survive. General environment analysis consists of four primary factors (PEST),

which are political, economic, socio-cultural, technological,

1- Political Factors:

Adidas must be aware of the political condition in any country in which it wants to operate its

business; As if the situation is not stable in that country it will affect the operation of Adidas.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit the political situation in Malaysia is stable and this

makes it a good ground for any global company to operate its business (Ecoggins, 2011),

Also the Malaysian government offers a lot of incentives and advantages for the investors like;

the investments guarantee agreements with most major industrialized countries. These

agreements guarantee that except for public purposes, Malaysia will never expropriate or

nationalized property without prompt and adequate compensation. (Malaysia Manufacturers

Directory & Trade Portal, 2011)

2- Economic Factors:

As we know Malaysia was one of the countries which did not get much affect by the economical

crisis and that is because of the wise control from Bank Negara Malaysia, as the interest rate is

controlled and stable (Ministry of Finance Malaysia, 2011). Another economic factor to be

considered by Adidas in Malaysia is taxation as it provide a lot of incentives like; Investment

Tax Allowance, Reinvestment Allowance, Incentives for High Technology Industries and

Incentives for Strategic Projects and Incentives for the Setting-up of International/ Regional

Service-based Operations.

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3- Socio-cultural Factors:

In Malaysia there is a wide selection of people from different social backgrounds, Malaysian

society can be divided into three main cultures, as there is a Malay which are the major by 67.4%

of the whole population, a Chinese 24.6%, an Indian 7.3% and others 0.7% according to Mr. Tan

Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop the minister in the prime minister's department the population of

Malaysia is 28.3 million at the end of 2010 as 51.5% are males and 48.5 are females (The Star,

2011).

Adidas need to be careful of some important things like people’s religion, culture, education

levels, population, gender, age distribution, buying habits and lifestyle, so that their products

cater for all these different religions and cultures.

4-Technological Factors:

As Internet is becoming the biggest library of information for the buyers. Emerging as the most

powerful selling tool, internet business offers cost effective ways for any businesses to market

their products or services. It also offers free transactions and a measureless of information are

available which keeps the customers coming back for more and more.

In Malaysia 64.6% of the population in the year 2010 are internet users. (Internet Usage Stats,

2010) As the government works to improve it especially the speed as it has being ranked as one

of the top 50 countries that have the highest average connection (Royal Pingdom, 2010).

Example is UNIFI which is one of the internet providers in Malaysia offers a high speed

broadband which reach 20 Mbps and also a very easy & simple way for installation which makes

internet in Malaysia available for all.

B-Industry Analysis:

Understanding the industry environment as a part of the external influences is an important step

towards proper strategy formulation. The industry environment has more direct impact upon an

organization than the external environment as a result of the nature of competition. Competition

within an industry among a group of companies leads to Competitive actions and competitive

responses that affect the strategic position of a Particular organization and the profit potential for

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the industry as a whole, Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model would conduct the environmental

analysis.

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1-Threat of new entrants:

The threat of entry by new competitors in the sporting apparel products industry is considered to

be low, as new entrants must overcome the barriers before they can compete in the market. At

this time, there is no real threat of new entrants into the market and this is due to two factors;

The first is; Adidas is a global brand with strong brand equity, distribution channels and a very

long history in such products, which make it more trusted by customers according to their

experience in this field.

The second factor that slows the entry into this market is the fact that many of the larger firms

like Nike, Adidas, Reebok (owned by the Adidas group), Fila etc operate under the strategy of

acquiring new entrants in the market. This makes it very difficult for smaller entrants in the

market to effectively compete and grow within the market. There is always the fear that the

smaller firm will be overtaken by one of the larger competitors in the industry.

2-Bargaining power of buyers:

The power of buyers in the sporting apparel industry is moderate to high due to huge number of

buyers, which means that Adidas must market products effectively. Competitors for Adidas

products come from rival manufacturers such as Nike, Puma. The price differential between

those manufacturers is not big thus buyers can simply change from one product to another. The

buyers are ready to spend more money with the belief that they can get a higher quality and more

durable shoe that can be used in different playing conditions. So, consumers are looking to buy

quality with a good price. In addition to large rivals competitors for Adidas’ products especially

in the apparel market come from smaller and more localized companies around the world just

like China but most of them are much less in quality .

The Power of buyers can be determined by supply vs. demand and number of buyers as the price

sensitivity affects the demand.

3-Bargaining power of suppliers:

Supplies required by the sports companies can be found simply and the bargaining power of

suppliers is low. Large number of the suppliers actually becomes dependent on big companies

like Adidas as they use their services continuously ,company like Adidas is consider as perfect

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customer for the suppliers therefore they wont bargain it and if they does Adidas will find a lot

of suppliers who wish to supply Adidas with their products.

4-Threat of substitutes:

Buyers' propensity to substitute is low. Substitutes for sporting apparel products are low because

there are little alternatives to switch, some substitutes for sporting apparel products could be

boots, sandals, dress shoes or bear feet. Consumers are not likely to substitute due to the

performance requirement of the product. For example, a football player would not wear sandals

to play soccer. Therefore, there is no real substitute for sporting apparel products.

5- Competitive Rivalry

The sporting apparel market is very high when it comes to competitive rivalry and that is because

the differentiation between the products sold between customers is little another reason is the

same size of the competitors e.g. Nike, as mostly they have similar strategies. They engage in

online selling which allow them to increase the sells with minimum cost of operation.

Figure (1) Porter’s Five Forces Model

Factor Description Impact

Threat of New

Entrants

Strong presence of the brand and distribution channels.

Customers already loyal to Adidas.

Huge resources required of new entrants.

LOW

Bargaining power of

buyers

Huge number of buyers

Buyers have access to more information

Buyers more conscious of their spending

HIGH

Bargaining power of

suppliers

Ease in switching suppliers if necessary

Suppliers are dependent on Adidas LOW

Threat of Substitute

Products

No alternatives to switch.

LOW

All competitors have global reach like internet and

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Competitive Rivalry E-commerce.

Competitors have similar strategies.

Competitors are approximately the same size of each

Other.

HIGH

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ANSWER, 2

Resources:

They can be divided into two types:

1-Tangible Resources:

Tangible resources are assets that can be seen and quantified. The four types of tangible

resources are financial, organizational, physical and technological. (Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane, 2010). 

1.1-Financial resources (STRONG):

The financials reports of Adidas shows a healthy performance in the present,

Financial Highlights (IFRS)

  2012 2011 Change

Operating Highlights (€ in millions)

Net sales 14,883 13,322 11.7%

EBITDA 1,445 1,199 20.6%

Operating profit 1,185 953 24.4%

Net income attributable to shareholders 791 613 29.0%

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Data (€ in millions)

Total assets 11,651 11,237 3.7%

Inventories 2,486 2,502 (0.6%)

Receivables and other current assets 2,444 2,431 0.5%

Working capital 2,504 1,990 25.8%

Net borrowings 448 90 397.7%

Shareholders' equity 5,304 5,137 3.3%

Capital expenditure 436 376 15.4%

Net cash generated from operating activities 942 809 16.7%

 

Per Share of Common Stock (€)

Basic earnings 3.78 2.93 29.0%

Diluted earnings 3.78 2.93 29.0%

Operating cash flow 4.50 3.86 16.7%

Dividend 1.35 1.00 35.0%

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Share price at year-end 67.33 50.26 34.0% Source: Adidas website Annual report 2012

Income Statement Evolution: BNA & Dividend:

Operating profit:

Income Statement Evolution:

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Source for all: http://www.4-traders.com

1.2-Organizational Resources (STRONG):

The merger of Adidas with Reebok is one of the organizational resources which improves the

performance of Adidas, As in the 3rd of Aug 2005 Adidas decided to buy Reebok for 3.1

billion euros( David Kiley 2005), Adidas got a lot of benefits from this merger :

Increase in the production line,

Activity in market share

Share Reebok, Patents, technology & innovations

Reduction in costs

Decreased competition

Cross-over promotion by sponsored athletes

Enter to new markets

1.3-Technological Resources (GOOD):

Technological advances will have an affect on Adidas. Therefore Adidas need to be updated to

new technology, which may speed up the production line & save energy. Because if they weren’t

aware of new technology, they will lose a lot of customers due to other firms becoming more

efficient and gaining more of the market share that’s why Adidas entered to the e-commerce for

marketing its products and make it much easier for the customers as simply buyers can go

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through Adidas website and have look to the products, new designs, colors and all they need that

they would like to buy, this has helped to increased the sells of the products. (Adidas, 2011)

1-4 Physical Resources:

Adidas facilities are located throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East and South America with

thousand of stores. The locations are geographically dispersed which works well in its mission to

be a really a global company. The production facilities are located close to the raw materials

suppliers. In general, the industries are located further from most customers, resulting in higher

distribution costs. (Adidas, 2011)

2-Intangible Resources:

Intangible resources include assets that typically are rooted deeply in the firm’s history and have

accumulated over time. The three types of intangible resources are human, innovation, and

reputation. (Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane, 2010). 

2.1- Human Resources (STRONG):

Currently Adidas has 46,306 employees which have been chosen due to their high qualification

and experience. They have a core value of honesty, competitiveness, teamwork & high ethical

value.

Adidas has identified that in order to achieve the goal to be No.1 in the world in selling the sport

goods will depends on the talents, enthusiasm and dedication of the employees. Adidas uses

various methods like; continues training for the employees. Adidas has executive and

supervisory board. The executive board is composed of four members who reflect the diversity

and internationality of the Group. Supervisory board made by six members that representing the

shareholders and six members that representing the employees. (Adidas, 2011)

2.2-Innovation Resources (STRONG):

As Adidas has a team of professionals to come up with new innovations to improve the

performance of their products like The Smart shoes which was a great innovation as they add a

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microchip inside the shoes which stores the data and helps the users to analyze their personal

performance. As soon as the users of these shoes have finished playing, the boots will transmit

the data via wireless to their computer, phone or tablet. It records the speed; distance traveled

and top speeds as well as monitoring everything they do at one second intervals. (Mike Hanlon,

2005). 

2.3- Reputation Resources (STRONG):

Adidas is one of the leading producers of apparel products in world. It has been ranked as one of

the top 350 admired companies all over the world (CNNMoney, 2011). It has sponsored a lot of a

very important sport activities & events like World Cups, Olympics. This year also Adidas will

be one of sponsors in London Olympics 2012 & also Euro 2012 which will be hosted by Poland

and Ukraine. The company has also received a lot of awards from the entire world . (Adidas,

Awards & Recognations, 2011)

Capabilities:

Capabilities are the firm’s capacity to deal with resources that have been purposely integrated to

achieve the preferred end state. They appear over time through complex interactions among

tangible and intangible resources,

Income before taxes € in millions (Adidas report)

Adidas focused on the customer

satisfaction, it invests a lot in the

products developments and

researches in order to provide the customers with the best and modern apparels. Furthermore,

Adidas gain a great benefit over the competitors because of the Innovative nature of the product

which makes Adidas appear to be the leader in athletic footwear. As many athletes demand a

product that can give both monitoring and performance improvement capabilities, they believed

that Adidas is the best brand in providing a product that can do both. This brings a positive

feedback as when more athletes find they perform better with Adidas smart shoes, it will make

others to buy Adidas products, In the end all of this can provide much higher revenue and

market share in sports that Adidas already leads and in sports where Adidas get less revenue and

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market share. They have good financial resources which in my opinion will allow them to

increase their place more in the market share if this money has been right invested.

Distinctive Competencies:

Adidas quality, great brand reputation and the customer loyalties are the main distinctive

competencies; Adidas created a special line which is focused on satisfying the functional needs

of the athlete and uses the best materials which helped in rejuvenating the Adidas brand in

Malaysia. It offered moisture management, thermal insulation, weather protection, ease of

movement, and safety, helping the athlete gives the best performance.

The older generation of Adidas brand purchasers has the power to influence their children - part

of the new generation of Adidas loyalists. In addition, by marketing different and new modern

types of shoes to this market, these existing customers continued to be loyal to Adidas brand.

Being part of the most famous sport participation gives them also good reputation because

professional players only use the good quality product in order to win the game example:

Messi the most famous football player and the winner of the best player in the world prize use to

wear Adidas shoe.

Competitive Advantage

“Competitive advantage is the ability of one organization to outperform other organizations

because it produces desired goods or services more efficiently and effectively than its

competitors” Jones, G. (2010).From the analysis above shows that Adidas have competitive

advantage on resources. With this advantages Adidas will be allowed to run more project and

invented new product which delighted by customer.

ANSWER, 3

Competitive Position:

The Adidas Group is the market leader in numerous countries and the second market share in the

world. This strong competitive position provide the company with many advantages in terms of

worldwide brand visibility, market power and the ability to effectively expand its position in

emerging markets. As a result of Adidas strong partnership range and marketing hard work,

clients around the world are highly aware of its brands. This makes the demand for its products

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more stable when compared to smaller competitors. Hence, many retailers consider Adidas

products as core to their offering. The Adidas Group can therefore compete more successfully

for shelf space.

Source: http://www.wikinvest.com/image/Footwear_market_shares.PNG

2010 net sales by region(Adidas report performance)

Slow Market Growth :

The market is experiencing a slowdown in sales growth because the products has achieved

acceptance by most of the prospective buyers, In my opinion even Adidas is growing but we cant

say that its market growth is rapid especially when we consider in our opinion their huge

resources & when we compare it with their competitors who have similar or maybe less in some

resources but they growing rapidly. We can notice from the figures provided in the previous

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question that the growth is moving slow that is less than 10% except for the year 2010 and this

due to the World Cup in South Africa as people tends to buy more sport products then the other

years. Thus I put Adidas Company in the 4th quadrant of Grand Strategy Matrix:

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1-Related Diversifications Strategy:

The start of using this strategy was on 1997 when Adidas acquired the Salomon Group for $1.4

billion; Salomon group is sports equipment manufacturing company that originated in France.

The second merger and the most important was with Reebok on 2005 for $3.8 billion this merger

did a shaking in the sport apparels market as the share prices of both the companies recorded an

increase on the day they announced the deal, the share price of Adidas increased by 7.4% from

€147.52 on August 02, 2005 to €158.45 on August 03, 2005 on the Frankfurt stock exchange

while Reebok's share price at the New York Stock Exchange rose to $57.14 on August 03, 2005,

an increase of 30% over the August 02, 2005 share price of $43.95(AdidasHistory,2011).

Adidas found that its goals will accomplished by joining with Reebok as a replacement for

competing each other, as Nike was the common strong competitor for both of them.

This merging is considered as related diversifications strategy were the companies are alike in

many ways. Both had a reputation of using cutting-edge technologies to produce innovative

products. But the merger helps in spreading and selling the products in places where they had not

made a mark as individual brands. And will return a lot of benefits to Adidas in improving its

product and the position of the market share because Reebok got some core competencies like;

Designing women shoe.

http://www.casestudyinc.com/case-study-adidas-reebok-merger

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2-Unrelated Diversifications Strategy:

Adidas has entered through a new market by making a strategic partnership with Coty in 1985to

produce a line of fragrances. The products are for men and women and often featuring a sporty

name and bottle design. Coty was created in Paris in 1904 by François Coty who is qualified

with founding the modern fragrance industry. Today, Coty Inc. is a recognized leader in

worldwide beauty with annual net sales of $4 billion. Because of this strategic partnership

Adidas has also become a leader in the male fragrance market, and a key player in the personal

care arena especially for males. Adidas fragrances and body care products brand have achieved a

great success and are marketed under in more

than 82 countries. (Coty, 2011)

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http://www.giftstoindia24x7.com/diwali_gifts.aspx?proid=GTI3687&CatId=849

3-Joint ventures

Going up against Nike and the Apple iPod partnership, In 2008 Adidas and Samsung announce

their strategic partnership; the two companies announces producing mobile phone that works

with the Adidas shoes and apparel to plan, track and motivate users in training This partnership

creates complements for Adidas apparel and footwear as miCoach - a real-time training system

included in a mobile phone, designed to motivate, inspire and enable athletes at all levels to

reach their training goals. It is the most advanced interactive training system by collecting and

turning personal data into individual training statistics based on one’s fitness level and detailed

goals. (Stuart Miles, 2008). 

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ANSWER, 4

1-Risks from losing the brand Image:

As one of Adidas’s distinctive competencies is the that its products has good image in

customer’s eyes but being in the top doesn’t mean that you won’t drop ,as success is not only

being in the top but how to maintain this good image & position, For example one of issues that

might distort Adidas brand image is the news and reports which says that; Adidas is using the

Kangaroo leather in shoe production and the reason behind that is because it is thin and strong,

(PAUL PREIBISIUS , 2011) such news distorts the image of Adidas in the society & lead to

problems with the environmental campaigners, as a result this will effect the sales of Adidas

products.

Recommendation: Adidas must do the required researches to find different materials and

alternatives which can replace animals’ material, for example artificial materials. Also to develop

a system to provide credible assurances that leather used in Adidas Group products is free from

kangaroo’s leather and any other animals that are threatened by extinction.

2- Limitation of E-commerce:

Adidas has entered through this type of commerce as I mentioned in the technological resources

but it didn’t improve this important service especially people are looking for the easy and simple

way to buy products nowadays. Customer can go through Adidas website to look for the

products bit they have to collect the product and pay it though Adidas branch, this is one of the

weakness’ that Adidas has compared to Nike the first competitor to Adidas, As Nike provide

customers with more e-commerce services.

Recommendation: Adidas should work on this point and to improve it, for example Adidas can

invent a website which customer can customize the design of the product and can pay it online

and have delivery services. An example that has succeeded in this area is Dell as its no.1 in

Malaysia because of its superior service not only quality. In return, Adidas may have feedback

on this because it could help them to reduce operating cost and have more customers.

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3-Less attention on women products & market:

Adidas is focusing on men products more than women, in my opinion this is a strategic issue

which causes Adidas reduces their profit benefits. As in Malaysia women represent 48.5% of the

population (The Star, 2011) therefore they can’t be ignored by a company like Adidas, In

addition women are getting a bigger influence in all buying decisions and shows more interest

for sports.

Recommendation: Adidas should make women an obvious target by their advertisements, As it’s

the best tool to create relations with a brand and to make Adidas products more interesting to

them because they are more vulnerable to advertising than men, But to reach out to women and

to achieve success, Adidas needs to follow the market development so that their advertisement

can be adapted to the "modern" woman, like to develop new product that are stylish with

attractive designs , I recommend to look for a partnership from one of the big fashion companies

that already has a good experiences in the new women fashion designs just same like what they

did with Coty to produce the Adidas fragrances.

4-Price of the products:

Adidas efforts have been focused on high level society as still its product are quite expensive

especially when we talk about the majority in Malaysia that have a limited income and cannot

buy Adidas products because of its price and they prefer to buy other brands as the market is full

of cheaper products such like those products which are imported from countries like China, even

though they are low quality but still people will prefer to buy it rather than Adidas shoe. This in

my opinion causes the company to lose a lot because price is an important point that influences

customer decision.

Recommendation:

As cost is still important issue to many consumers in markets such as country like Malaysia,

Adidas should first develop a low-price shoe meant for the middle consumer. For example it can

market the Reebok brand as a high-quality but low-priced product. As its better to sell so many

stocks with fewer prices than selling few stocks with high price. Therefore; Adidas must see

much potential in the lower price points and plan to meet the needs of those markets.

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S.W.O.T Analysis:

Strength Weaknesses

Brand recognition and reputation

Strong control over its own

distribution channel

In many invents is the biggest

sponsor

Strong management team

High prices in some products

E-commerce is limited

Low concentration in Female products

Opportunities Threats

Increase in female gender in

athletics and sport.

web development and improving

e-commerce

Negative image created because of

different reasons.

Increase in the Price of Raw materials

Global economic crisis

Nike market share is growing more than

Adidas

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