Nestlé-Danone and the bottled water sector M34 Table of contents |Introduction 3 | |I. Presentation of the structural features of the bottled water industry 4 | |I.1. Strategic segmentation (market segmentation) 4
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Environmental Effects of the Bottled Water Industry Environmental Science Environmental Effects of the Bottled Water Industry I myself am a firm believer in drinking only bottled water under the belief that it is safer‚ cleaner‚ and better tasting. I also believed that the bottled water industry couldn’t be polluting the environment. After all how could something so natural be bad for the environment? In the research that follows I will explain just how wrong I really was in my beliefs
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The Australian bottled water industry has been growing rapidly over the past decade. Many Australians drink bottled water on a regular basis‚ and on average consumed 21.2 litres per person (Australian Bureau of Statistics) in 2001. The boom in consumption of bottled water has moved the product beyond the niche market and into the mainstream as it has become a staple to many Australians. Many people drink bottled water today simply because they prefer the taste to that of tap water or perceive it
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But while water itself may be simple‚ the business of bottled water is not. It is big‚ complicated and competitive‚ having grown into an almost $ 9 billion a year business in the United States. The business has been built in large part on savvy marketing‚ aimed at convincing consumers that not all water is created equal. The pitch seems to have worked. In the last 30 years‚ bottled water has emerged from virtually nothing to become the No. 2 beverage in the United States‚ behind soft drinks
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CHAPTER 1 Background and Historical Account of the Industry 1.1 When and how did it start in the Philippine Setting? The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) was created in 1974 as the authoritative national organization to coordinate and integrate all activities in water resources development and management. Its main objective is to achieve scientific and orderly development and management of all the water resources of the Philippines consistent with the principles of optimum usage‚ conservation
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What is the defining business and economic characteristics of the video game console industry? ① Intensity of competition: the competition in the video game industry is dramatically fierce.There are three largest companies in this industry‚ which are Nintendo‚ Sony and Microsoft. Additionally‚ lots of companies have relatively high level of strength‚ for example:high technology and meet the social trend‚ which are able to compete in the market place. ②Market size; the target market for the products
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Strategic Group Map Of Bottled Water Market / Industry Stakeholders Natural Environment Society / Local Community Government organizations Local guilds Employees Water Bottling Plant / Manufacturer of bottled water Suppliers Clients Consumers The power - interest matrix Level of Impact Low • Government org. • Professional org. • Associations • Employees • Society • Local Community • Natural Environment • Local guilds • Consumers • Suppliers • Clients High Low
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largest 4 firms in an industry. Formula: CR4= Σ4i=1 si Calculation: (11‚834‚883 + 3‚845‚900 + 3‚696‚800 + 3‚650‚647) / 44‚582‚621 = 0.5165292996 = 0.516 (3dp) =51% Analysis: As the four firm concentration ratio is >50% this insinuates that this market structure is that of an oligopoly. Calculating the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Definition: The HHI is a concentration measure based on the sum of the squared market shares of all the firms in the industry. Formula:
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The Bottled Water Industry Threat of entry of new competitors is low. Firstly‚ the competitors that currently exist are large‚ dominating companies who already own a huge market share of the industry. New entrants attempting to enter the market will have compete with established brands such as Coca-Cola‚ PepsiCo‚ and Nestle. These brands have decades of experience in the food & beverage industry‚ have developed brand recognition & loyalty and have achieved low-cost production and distribution
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two years ago I came across an undercover video of the standard slaughterhouse practices. My heart broke. How was I supposed to go back to the way things were? Acting like I didn’t know that what I was eating came from such an immoral source. As I started researching and discovering more about the animal industry‚ I made the choice to try a quite different than the average eating habit. I went vegan. The whole process of the switch to an alternative eating style
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