Nike’s Inimitability throughout the Internet Advertising Field

With the increased use of the World Wide Web in the last ten years, marketing became a non-excludable factor for every kind of business. Since the consumer remains the main focus of every successful marketing strategy, the internet opened up endless opportunities for efficient advertising because potential customers would expose themselves towards the Internet constantly. Especially, the technology-savvy generation nowadays emphasized the movement of everyday life actions towards the Internet. Companies realized the development and took advantage of the shift by paying more attention towards e-commerce. This automatically indicated the evolution of online marketing throughout the last five years. Since marketers solved the problem about where to market efficiently, another controversial question emerged: “How to reach the consumer most efficiently?” Recent statistics record an already expected, radical growth in this section, which drastically changes the online advertising environment. Although this change opens up various opportunities for advertisers, they still remain skeptic since no concrete formula for the measurement of various types of online advertising exists. However, a high percentage of marketers believe that effective marketing consists out of building up brand awareness which indicates sales. The Internet offers the capability to enforce those two factors. So, companies that are willing to adapt their marketing plans, to invest into online marketing and take the risk, caused by the lack of direct proof of the efficiency of certain ads, will come out ahead. Nike Inc., as a model example, presents a unique way of using Internet advertisement, which makes its competitor Adidas drag behind.
Nike Incorporations realized the enormous potential in this category of advertising. Companies