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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Title
INRODUCTION TO COMPANY
SWOT ANALYSIS
2
2.1 Strengths
2.2 Weaknesses
2.3 Opportunities
2.4 Threats
Brand Strategy
THE COMPETITORS
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1920: Rudolf Dassler and his brother Adolf start making sports
shoes.
1924: Foundation of GebrderDasslerSchuhfabrik,
Herzogenaurach, Germany.
1959: The company is transformed into a limited partnership
named PUMA-Sportschuhfabriken Rudolf Dassler KG.
1986: Transformation into a stock corporation.
1994: The first profit since the company's IPO in 1986 is
regeristered.
1998: Puma merges sports and fashion. The company starts a
cooperation with designer Jil Sander.
1999: Puma becomes an official on-field supplier of the INDIA
National Football League (NFL).
2007: Acquisition of the Scandinavian Tretorn Group.
2013: Voluntary public take-over by Pinault-PrintempsRedoute
(PPR); Prolongation of the contract with Jochen Zeitz by five
years.
Growth stage
Maturity stage
2.1 STRENGTHS
Puma is very competitive organization.
Financial growth is phenomenal
More diversified than its competition
Wide array of shoe- wear
Strategic acquisitions with reputable companies.
Brand stands for quality, latest technology and prestige.
Favorable brand recognition
Increase in demand is the expected market trend
Global brand
Pumas top management is highly marketing oriented, and most
of the key personnel come from marketing background. This is
strength in this business because industry is market driven
instead of product driven.
2.2 Weaknesses
Less of promotional activities done by the company and not
much of advertisement.
They have diversified range of spot products but income of the
business heavily depends upon its share of footwear market.
Retail sector is very price sensitive. However, most of its
income is derived from selling into retailers.
Profit margins tend to squeezed as retailer try to pass some of
the low price competition pressure onto Puma.
2.3 Opportunities
Open more stores !!!
Product development
Strong global recognition
Expand in markets which has more disposable income.
Participate in global marketing events like world cup. Olympics,
etc
Owners believes that Puma is not a fashion brand. However, like
it or not consumers that wear Puma product do not always buy it
to participate in sports. Being more focussed on youth, Puma is
certainly a fashion brand. This creates its own opportunity,
since the product could become unfashionable before it wears
out i.e, consumers need to replace shoes.
2.4 Threats
Harsh competition and to keep- up with the competitions
penetrating efforts will cost a lot of money and pressure on
marketing and R&D.
Short PLC play important role in the ROI in a particular product
line.
Weaking markets may be serious threat.
Puma exposed to international trade. Fluctuation in currency
affects costs and profits margin of the company.
3. Brand Strategy
Bringing distinctive designs and a global outlookby blending
influences of sport, lifestyle and fashion
Maintaining vigilant watch over distribution channels
Solid guidance and strict alertness for licensee
5.THE COMPETITORS
Nike
Number one sports brand in the world
US based: administrative activities & design and product
innovation
Sub brands like Tiger Woods or Michel Jordan
ADDIDAS
Focus on core sports like soccer, tennis, athletics and skiing
6 times the financial resources
Design and marketing department are located in France and
Germany
PRADA
Well known luxury brand
4 years ago Prada dared to step into the sport segment
Focus on fashion and trends but their price strategy is still too
high
Diesel
Major fashion brand including: sunglasses, footwear, watches,
fragrances and writing tools
Experienced an unexpected growth rate
Brand is still situated in Italy (jeans production)
7. MARKETING MIX:
7.1PRODUCT
It has wide range of footwear, sportswear, sports goods, fashion
accessories.
Black label include collaboration with reowned designers such
as Alexander Mcqueen, Yasuhiro Mihara and Rossi.
Puma group owns Puma, Tretorn, Hussein Chalayan.
7.2 PRICE
7.3 PRICE
Pumas pricing is designed to be competitive to the other
fashion shoe retailers. The pricing is based on the basis of
premium segment as target customers. Puma as a brand
commands high premium.
7.4 PROMOTION
Location, targeted advertising in the newspaper and strategic
alliances serves as the foundation of Puma advertising and
promotion effort. The athletes and other famous sports
personalities are always taken as brand ambassadors. They
form the prime building blocks of their portion strategy.
8. 4ps of PUMA
8.1INTRODUCTION:
PUMA Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment
supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered
near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan
area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel
and a major manufacturer of sports equipment with revenue in excess
of $18.6 billion USD in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of
2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. PUMA and
Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies
headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
The company was founded on January 25, 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports
by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight, and officially became PUMA, Inc.
in 1978. The company takes its name from PUMA (Greek
pronounced [n k ]), the Greek goddess of victory. PUMA markets its
products under its own brand as well as PUMA Golf, PUMA Pro,
PUMA+, Air Jordan, PUMA Skateboarding and subsidiaries including
Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro, and Converse. PUMA also
owned Bauer Hockey (later renamed PUMA Bauer) between 1995 and
2008.In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the
company operates retail stores under the PUMA town name. PUMA
sponsors many high profile athletes and sports teams around the
world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just do it" and the
Swoosh logo.
Type
Founded
24 January 1968
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Philip H. Knight(Chairman)
Mark Parker(CEO) & (President)
Industry
Designing and Manufacturing: Sportswear
Sports equipment
Products
shoes, Apparel, equipment, Accessories
Employees
30,200 (2008)
8.2 PRODUCTS:
PUMA produces a wide range of sports equipment. Their first products
were track running shoes. They currently also make shoes, jerseys,
shorts, baselayers etc. for a wide range of sports including track &
field, baseball, ice hockey, tennis, Association football, lacrosse,
basketball and cricket. PUMA Air Max is a line of shoes first released
by PUMA, Inc. in 1987. The most recent additions to their line are the
PUMA 6.0, PUMA NYX, and PUMA SB shoes, designed for
skateboarding. PUMA has recently introduced cricket shoes, called Air
Zoom Yorker, designed to be 30% lighter than their competitors. In
2008, PUMA introduced the Air Jordan XX3, a high performance
basketball shoe designed with the environment in mind.
PUMA sells an assortment of products, including shoes and apparel for
sports activities like association football, basketball, running, combat
sports, tennis, American football, athletics, golf and cross training for
men, women, and children. PUMA also sells shoes for outdoor
activities such as tennis, golf, skateboarding, association football,
baseball, American football, cycling, volleyball, wrestling,
cheerleading, aquatic activities, auto racing, and other athletic and
recreational uses. PUMA is well known and popular in youth culture,
chav culture and hip hop culture as they supply urban fashion
clothing. PUMA recently teamed up with Apple Inc. to produce the
PUMA+ product which monitors a runner's performance via a radio
device in the shoe which links to the iPod nano. While the product
generates useful statistics, it has been criticized by researchers who
were able to identify users' RFID devices from 60 feet (18 m) away
8.3 PRICE:
The type of good that will be marketed is going to affect the price of a
product. PUMA uses vertical integration in pricing wherein they own
participants at differing channel levels or engage in more than one
channel level operations. This is also an attempt to control costs and
influence pricing practices. PUMAs pricing is designed to be
competitive to the other fashion shoe retailers. The pricing is based
on the basis of premium segment as target customers. PUMA as a
brand commands high premiums. PUMAs pricing strategy makes use
of vertical integration in pricing wherein they own participants at
differing channel levels or take part in more than one channel level
operations. This can control costs and influence product pricing.
8.4 PLACE:
PROMOTION:
Promotion is largely dependent on finding accessible store locations.
It also avails of targeted advertising in the newspaper and creating
strategic alliances. PUMA has been one of the top retail industries for
quite a long time. This is because they sell quality products, customer
loyalty, but most of all, its great marketing techniques. PUMA has a
number of famous athletes to create a great deal of attention to their
products. PUMA has signed the top athletes in many different sports
such as the Brazilian Soccer Team (especially Ronaldino, Renaldo,
and Roberto Carlos), Lebron James, and Jermane O'Neal for
basketball, Lance Armstrong for cycling, and Tiger Woods for Golf.
Sponsoring of events is another great promotional technique for
PUMA. It brings attention PUMA's products. Web sites are a great
promotional tool as they cover these events. Such events include
Hoop it up and The Golden West Invitational. PUMA also personalizes
websites. They make the websites exclusively for a sport such as
PUMAbasketball.com, PUMAfootball.com, and PUMAgolf.com.
PUMA is positioned as a premium-brand, selling well-designed and
expensive products. PUMA lures customers with a marketing strategy
centering on a brand image which is attained by distinctive logo and
the advertising slogan: "Just do it.
PUMA promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with
celebrity athletes, professional teams, and college athletic teams.
However, PUMA's marketing mix contains many elements besides
promotion. These are summarized below:
Advertising:
From 1972 to 1982, PUMA relied almost exclusively on print
advertising in highly vertical publications including
Track and Field News:
Most of the early advertising was focused on a new shoe release,
essentially outlining the benefits of the running, basketball, or tennis
shoe. In 1976, the company hired its first outside ad agency, John
Brown and Partners, who created what many consider PUMA's first
'brand advertising' in 1977. A print ad with the tagline "There is no
finish line" featured a lone runner on a rural road and became an
instant classic. The success of this simple ad inspired PUMA to create
a poster version that launched the company's poster business. In
1982, PUMA aired its first national television ads, created by newly
formed ad agency Wieden+Kennedy, during the New York Marathon.
The Cannes Advertising Festival has named PUMA its 'advertiser of
the year' on two separate occasions, the first and only company to
receive that honor twice (1994, 2003).PUMA also has earned the
Emmy Award for best commercial twice since the award was first
created in the 1990s.
In addition to garnering awards, PUMA advertising has generated its
fair share of controversy
E-commerce is an opportunity for every company, if they do it
correctly. Consumers are using the Internet more and more to
purchase their goods and service. The marketing mix, mission
statements, marketing strategies, and stickiness are extremely
important is having a successful Internet marketing strategy. Mark
Millman, president of Millman Search Group Inc. a national retailing
Promotion of Brand
Who and What Sports:
Who: fans of niche sports who are fashion conscious
What: buy the puma products for the sports they like and express their
love for the sports through wearing them
Lifestyle:
Who: young, hip, trendy, urban
What: buy, wear and talk about their PUMA gear as a personal
statement
Business Objectives
Sales growth of 10% while maintaining strong margins
Continue to invest in product innovation across categories and
markets
Expand retail operations Provide unique brand experience
Speed to market
Gain product development and marketing expertise by being closer to
consumer
Marketing Objectives
Raise profile of PUMA brand Continue designer collaboration approach
Communicate through all touch points
Drive traffic to PUMA stores
Increase loyalty and repeat purchase
Buzz Marketing
The Adventures of PUMA Consumer-generated content:
Travel/lifestyle focus.