国际市场营销战略分析adidas

介绍

Adidas is a German sporting equipment company founded by Mr Adolf Adi Dassler in 1920. in fact adidas is founded by 2 persons , Brother Dassler， but Adolf’s brother Rudolf left and built an other brand -—puma。

At present Adidas ranked second in the market share of sporting products。

Its AD —-“impossible is nothing” is one of the most famous and successful slogan in business field 。and in 2013， it begins to use a new slogan “ all is all in”

If you think adidas just a producer of sporting， you'll be wrong . Adidas has a rich product line including sporting clothes , shoes， bags watches even perfume ! Over the past century, it Aims at provide richer and better quality products for its customers from all over the world

The products of adidas are always famous for their high quality and technology . that is intimately linked with its Germen background . as we all know German are famous for their rigorous and high efficiency. Maybe adidas only in Germany can be called adidas ， because of their culture have many similarities .

产品

Adidas is good at producing sports products. Its products are welcomed by

consumers all over the world, including China. But the positioning in China is different to other countries. Adidas is shopping products in foreign countries but specially products in China. If adidas is a brand in maturity ， there no doubt that it belongs to growth stage in China.

If you think adidas just have the logo of “three line ”， you are wrong . In fact as an expert in sports, there are also many fashionable factors in adidasi . for example

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“adi-performance” 。 relative to traditional brand “adi—performance” the other brands focus fashional clothing . And it also has a famouse co—branding by combining with —— Yohji Yamamoto—- a Japanese designer

In terms of product localization ， adidas can hire Chinese designers and let them take part in the designing 。 At the same time , it need a market survey to learn which kind of product consumers need. You know， as a country with long history , China has various culture factors , such as Beijing Opera , embroidery， panda ， and so on 。 All of these things are very suitable factors for designing adidas’ products aiming at Chinese。Only in this way can it close the distance between consumers。

设计元素

Price

In western countries ， especially its home -—Germany， adidas is a normal

shopping product. Because of some other factors like tariffs， the price of adidas is lower. People can buy goods according to own hobby instead of considering the price. In fact Germen don't think adidas is luxury. But But the opposite in China, more and more young people even are crazy for every kind of products from adidas .

As we all know demand is an important factor which drives price。 The craze to fashion of yong Chinese people stimulated the demand of the Chinese market and raise the foreign commodity’s price, including adidas 。

In fact , although adding the fees to import licenses , adidas still can reap the huge profits rely on the high popularity. In addition to low cost and high pricing, there are other factors rise the price of adidas ， such as the inflation in China or interest rate. And we mustn’t ignore the large amount of resellers ， they get the profits by selling products to next consumer in a higher price。

But we must know , most of products of adidas are made in China, so their cost even lower than in German。 So adidas prefers choose market skimming pricing to get biggest profits they can .

And the opposite of what it thinks , with the addition of rational consumers， the pricing strategy isn’t a secret 。People do not want to buy the same products with a higher price than other countries. More and more consumers begin to suspect there are price discrimination in the process of sales。 They also think manufacturers’ profit margin is too large and it has doing something illegal

which includes deceptive pricing and price-fixing.

Although have to face the huge pressure from consumers ， I don’t think it will cut the price and be in price war with others。 Because it will damage the image and makes Adidas become a normal company and stay in the same level with Anta or Lining

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Promotion 促销

Because of adidas is a famous brand and enjoy a high reputation in China , it's unnecessary to promote every minute like other local brands。 The promotional tools it uses most frequently in China is advertising。

The frequency of the adidas’ television advertisement is not very high, because it doesn’t need pay too much money but also receive the best effect. Every advertisements are very creative， and the same time , there are many famous star from sports and entertainment circles， such as Eason Chen and David Beckham. ../cur_work/http：/dict.youdao.com/search？q=%E4％B8％8E%E5%85％B6％E8％AF％B4%E4％B8％8D%E5%A6%82%E8％AF％B4＆keyfrom=fanyi。smartResultIt’s

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that is why many young persons like these ad. The reasons for the success of adidas is it has clear mission, sufficient fund , rich messages , good relationship with media and suitable measurement.

Of course , there are many other kinds of promotions， but adidas apply it rarely， such as public relations， personal selling and sales promotion. Maybe the head of adidas think using these promotions will damage the imagine of company . That is because the local companies can’t bring good shopping experience through these promotions. In China， more promotions means more rebates，that is the local factors which adidas can’t adapt.

Therefore ， the gaining of promotions means the decrease of profits, so advertisement is the main way of adidas to promote。

Of course, Adidas can make some change in the specific content details， as inventing publics or kids to be a part of advertisement。 It also can donate a part of profits to the athletes need help. In this way , adidas can close the distance with consumers ， establish a better image and cultivate potential consumer groups， occupy “future market”

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Place of distribution 分销

No mater what kind of product, they will be given to customers in the end， so the developing distribution is very important.

Adidas has unique system of distribution ， a large amount of intermediaries， various distribution channels。

Developing distribution is the demand of large amount consumers and huge needing in Chinese marketing . As a producer ， adidas limites the supply of some special edition， so the Requirements of consumers aren't met 。 that is hungry marketing.

The distribution of adidas have many different kinds, such as direct marketing channel ， indirect distribution, distribution marketing channel , business marketing channel ，and customer marketing channel. It choose most suitable distribution channel according to the condition of local market。

As I mentioned above , a part of reason of adidas is very expensive in China is there are too many retailers, agents and wholesaler 。 these agents take a part of profits and increase the cost.

With the development of the electronic commerce, adidas build its flagship store in T-mall JD, and other famous net. But it must solve many other problems such as orders ,processing ，warehousing ,inventory ,transportation, and many other questions。

We must know many kinds of limited editions only can be brought in other countries, and the products in China almost are designed in few years ago。 It’s unfair obviously to the consumers who buy adidas for fashion . In my opinion ， adidas can learn Apple , regards China as a platform for issuing new products。 Only in this way can adidas give unforgettable consumption experience。

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S elegant European aristocrat

As an established sporting brand, Adidas has 93 years history， it’s one of the oldest brands in sport market. In the recent hundred of years， it always be engaged in improvement and innovation. In my opinion, it is most be proud of its history and culture， especially to their biggest competitor -—NIKE!

Adidas is the earliest supplier of sporting products， and they are good at improving brand imagine with the help of large sports events such as Olympic Game。 Since 1972， it became the The sponsor of the Olympic Games. In the Olympic Games——the biggest concern sport game， it promotes their products and brand image very well. That means， when every athlete who makes the podium wears the cloth with the logo of Adidas. In this moment ， its logo shines like gold medal。

As the same time , it also builds up a good image

In every consumer’s mind , Adidas is winner who represents the culture of victory . This is the biggest advantage of adidas I think 。Adidas is the aristocrat of sproting

Of course， its technolge is very advanced , including CLIMACOOL， Clima Warm， A3， TRAXION and so on 。

You’ll be wrong, if you think these technology just have a cool name 。 In fact ， every technology are created by combining with high technology and feedback from athletes 。 they really can Bring you a better experience. Such as “climacool” can dry the wet shirt very quickly 。 climawarm help you defense low temperature even you just wear two thin shirts。 Again for instance， TRAXION can Improve grip through design a kind of The sole with special grain.

W劣势 lifeless older

“Official ”as the most obvious characteristic of adidas restricting its development on some level. I mean that covers its individuality. That is the reason some young consumers don’t choose Adidas 。 Consumers now， especially young consumers ， have higher request of products' individuality and they are more dependent than any time before. That is bad for a company stresses team spirits 。

Young always represents a rebellion, young like unique style products, and they are not Interested in team sprits ——the essence of sport.。 but opinion of some young people ： Rely on the team is a sign of incompetence makes adidas whose advertisement explaining team sprits in trouble.

In some Chinese young persons'eyes： if NIKE is a adult adidas is an oldman 。 As the gap between uncle McDonald's and grandpa of kfc

Opportunity a fleeting opportunity

With the development of Chinese economy ， chinese are richer than any time before, and they pay more money on consuming . When they realize the importance of health， the Chinese are willing to invest in sports equipment. In the school ， the amount of students wearing nike or adidas is larger and larger 。 they have beyond sports， represents the fashion and altitude of life

Not only did these sporting brands appeared on the sports field, but on the party .

If you concern about news , you’ll find that most local sports brands in china Face with difficulties. so many goods waiting be sold in their warehouse .

These native products had brought great threat, but now ， they have to face many troubles such as sales drop， Inventory increase.

Many companies have to sacrifice brand image and give up some of their profits with the cost of maintaining operation， they have no time compare with adidas 。 This phenomenon reduces the barriers for adidas’ development in China。

because of The existence of Nike The disappear of native competitor doesn’t means competition of sports product decreases,

T the opponent from America

If adidas can be Liken to an axe , nike is a sharp knife . over the years， nike is the most powerful opponent of adidas In the competition for global markets。 half—jokingly say ，if you buy a shoes made by adidas ，nike must be sold in next door. That because of nike has the similar production line. The product made by nike is as good as nike’s, wether style or quantity. So adidas must devote much attention on NIKE and provide a cause to persuade consumers buy their product.

When we go to the shopping mall , we always find the price of adidas is more expensive than local brand。 So many consumers especially many students must choose lower price brand as Lining Anta。 Obviously , they loose many customers。 I think a part of reason of this problem is as a foreign company , it must face some trade barriers ， mainly tariffs.

建议

Although the sales and profits of adidas in China are increasing quickly ， there are many problems 。

As we all know ， China’s manufacturing industry is very developed, but the related law isn’t very sound。 These condition makes many fakes are sold to consumers especially poors. Many illegal vendors sale addidas which just value few dozens of yuan 。 these fakes has huge gape between bargains from adidas， no matter price or quality。 So I suggest adidas cooperates with our government to threaten the merchants which sale and make fakes。

I believe that only in the case of fake goods are banned, adidas can get the Chinese trust and recognition by the changing itself 。 China is entirely possible to be the biggest sporting market by large amount of fans and consumers' high level of integrity 。 结束语