Tensile and flexural behaviour of graphite filler particles and pineapple leaf fiber (palf) reinforced polymer composites

New composites materials are developed to meet the demand for medical devices, vehicles, protective equipment, sporting goods, etc. In present investigations, the effects of graphite filler particles in the epoxy were studied separately by preparing epoxy with 5 and 10 vol.% of graphite filler particles composites by hand layup technique. Further, the combined effect of graphite filler particles and pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) on the mechanical behaviour of epoxy composites was studied by preparing epoxy with 5 vol.% of graphite -30 vol.% of PALF and epoxy with 10 vol.% of graphite -30 vol.% of PALF composites. Prepared composites were subjected to evaluating various mechanical properties like tensile strength, elongation, and flexural strength as per ASTM standards. By adding graphite filler particles and PALF fibers tensile, and flexural strength were improved with a slight reduction in the percentage elongation. Further, these conventional results were validated by FEM analysis using MSC Patran and Nastran Student Version.

Optimization of Sports Goods Industry Development Mode Based on Internet of Things Technology

Objectives: In order to effectively improve the information level of sports goods traceability, to achieve its safety and quality of the whole supervision and information sharing. In view of the current sports supplies supply chain management, there are many problems in operation efficiency, information level, management level. Methods: The application of Internet of Things (IOT) technology to supply chain management of sports goods is proposed, and the system model is constructed and designed. This paper analyzes the connotation of sporting goods traceability and the necessity and feasibility of implementing sporting goods traceability, and proposes the design of sporting goods traceability system based on Internet of Things technology. Results: Firstly, the tracing model of sporting goods based on RFID and EPC Internet of Things was constructed. Then the system was designed from the aspects of system requirements analysis, overall design and detailed design. Conclusion:This completes the real-time tracking and traceability of sporting goods, and promotes the informationization and visual management of the sporting goods supply chain.

Retail quality, market environment and business survival in the retail Apocalypse: an investigation of the sporting goods retail industry

PurposeIn the era of the retail Apocalypse, the surge of e-commerce has transmuted the competitive landscape for many traditional retailers that heavily rely on brick-and-mortar stores. This study examines the relationship among retail quality, market environment and businesses' survival in the context of the sporting goods retail industry.Design/methodology/approachBased on a data set from yelp.com, the authors examine the survival of 1,360 stores within 306 zip codes in the United States using mixed effects logistic modeling.Findings(1) Retail quality is positively related to survival, but the relationship is nonlinear; (2) the author find a null relationship between market competition and survival, which is subject to several competing interpretations; (3) 10% of the individual variation in survival is due to systematic differences between zip codes and (4) chain stores and stores with more heterogenous reviews have a higher closure rate.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by offering an empirical testing of the relationship between retail quality and business survival and examining the impact of trading area in the modern marketing milieu. The findings have practical implications for site selection and designing a service quality program.

Market basket analysis with association rules in the retail sector using Orange. Case Study: Appliances Sales Company

This research is conducted to analyze the shopping basket by using association rules in the retail area, more specifically in a home goods sales company such as appliances, computer items, furniture, and sporting goods, among others. With the rise of globalization and the advancement of technology, retail companies are constantly struggling to maintain and raise their profits, as well ordering the products and services that the customer wants to obtain. In this sense, they need a new approach to identify different objectives in order to be more competitive and successful, looking for new decision-making strategies. To achieve this goal, and to obtain clear and efficient strategies, by providing large amounts of data collected in business transactions, the need arises to intelligently analyze such data in order to extract useful knowledge that will support decision-making and, an understanding of the association patterns that occur in sales-customer behavior. Predicting which product will make the most profit, products that are sold together, this type of information is of great value for storing products in inventory. Knowing when a product is out of fashion can support inventory management effectively. In this sense, this work presents the rules of association of products obtained by analyzing the data with the FPGrowth algorithm using the Orange tool.

The Construction of National Value Chain and the Upgrading of China's Sporting Goods Manufacturing Industry Cluster under the Background of Globalization

By using methods of literature, comparative analysis and logic analysis, this paper studies the obstacles and constraints faced by the value chain leaders in the process of functional upgrading of China's sporting goods manufacturing industry cluster under the global value chain environment. The upgrading practice of foreign industrial clusters shows that domestic enterprises can rely on the familiar local market and cultural background to form a strong national value chain (NVC), occupy the high-end links of the value chain, have domestic well-known brands, sales channels and other high-end links in the value chain, and then develop and spread gradually, occupy foreign markets with similar demand, establish a national value chain dominated by local companies as the "chain master", and finally, enter the European and American markets to establish a balanced value chain parallel to the dominance of international giants such as ADIDAS and NIKE, break through the status of being "captured" and "squeezed", and realize product functional upgrades.

Research on the Problems and Countermeasures of China's Sporting Goods Manufacturing Industry in Olympic Marketing

“Sports marketing” is a very popular marketing method today. With the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, "Olympic marketing" has become a new way for sporting goods manufacturing industry to enhance brand value and realize brand leap. Using the method of literature review, this paper summarizes the existing problems of domestic sporting goods manufacturing industry in the process of Olympic marketing, and puts forward the corresponding marketing strategies for everyone to discuss.

Research on the Formation, Breakthrough and Countermeasures of the Captive Governance Mode of China’s Sporting Goods Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Companies

The integration of China’s sporting goods industry into the global value chain (GVC) has brought opportunities for the development of the industry. However, the both-ends-abroad OEM production mode is "locked" in the low value-added processing and production link in the GVC, which is located at the lowest end of the GVC. When international financial crisis breaks out, the orders of domestic OEM companies decrease significantly, which directly affects the development of the companies. Thus, it indicates that China's sporting goods OEM companies should not rely too much on international processing and export trade, but to rely on the local market to build a national value chain (NVC), integrate domestic and foreign sellers and suppliers and form an orderly product competition and certain market share ability through corporate mergers and acquisitions, product outsourcing, etc. Through the leverage of NVC, leading companies can achieve the expansion of the competitive advantages. Cultivate domestic multinational companies that can compete with international multinational companies in NVC, so that they can focus on the governance and control of the core links of the value chain, realize independent product research and development, brand and sales channel construction, support and help small and medium-sized domestic enterprises take the path of professional development in NVC, actively guide and encourage cooperation with the core to create value chain advantages, and achieve win-win cooperation and products’ functional upgrade.