Suppose Nike's managers were considering expanding into producing sports beverages. Why might the company decide to do this under the Nike brand name? The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is less than the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name. The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is greater than the cost of producing sports beverages separately under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name.

Te correct answer is the first option: The cost of producing sports beverages along with its current products under the Nike brand name is less than the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand name plus the cost of producing Nike's current products under the Nike brand name

Explanation:

To begin with, the fact that the managers are looking forward to expand the business and to aggregate sports beverages indicates that the company is doing good in the sales and therefore they have margin to invest in a plan like that. Secondly, the fact that they do it under Nike's name will cost them less than doing it otherwise due the fact that they will not have to pay for a new name and all the registrations and patents that the strategy involves. They will only need to register the new product and even more they would have all the marketing campaign focus on the same audience and will find strength in using the brand and name of Nike for that, in terms of publicity.