ARMOUR GARMENTS COMPANY
Statement of the problem
On year 60’s, armour garments company’s competitors started to produce a bad effect on agc. their products, which are same on the agc product lines beat the standard cost of undershirts of agc by lowering their product price. since middlemen were nto layal to brands, they preferred to take the chance on buying undershirts which have lower price than agc’s.
Then after ten years, compertition got worsen for more and more margial factories opened and willing to compromised on price and payment terms with the middlemen though those days, undershirts was no longer fashionable to wear.
Because of that, agc produced new product line. Aside from their traditional product line, which is marca troca and armour, they introduced blossom. This agc’s new product line sold more than their traditional product lines. Having failed to improve the market ability of its traditional product they introduced polo shirt, jeans, and printed shirts but The market response was not favorable . because of this, financial condition of agc continued to worsen.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strength - Despite their situation, the firm still has their fair share of advantages. Agc as a stron barand is fully recognized and respected in the market all over the country. Ultimately, they are the pioneers of the production of these undershirts. No only are they pioneers, they also produce it of high quality. Because of the positive response from customers, they earned high profit as they start their operation on 1954 up to the 60’s. Aside from that, the firm also has a vast amount of manpower, which grew from 25 to 250 workers since the start of their operation and production. One good advantage of the firm compared to other competitors is that they designed their products according to that of Hong Kong undershirts, which gives it an edge among the others in the country.