Competition in the Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster Battle for Market Leadership June 15‚ 2012 Contents Introduction 2 Netflix 3 Inside Netflix 3 Current issues at Netflix 5 Netflix strategies 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Netflix Strengths 6 Netflix Weaknesses 6 Opportunities for Netflix 7 Threats facing Netflix 7 Application of Techniques of Strategic Analysis 8 The Five-Force
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V. Case Studies A New Blockbuster Image In the fall of 1993‚ Chairman H. Wayne Huizenga of Blockbuster faced a host of difficult decisions concerning the future of the company. Should he slow down the diversification of the company? Was his approach too scattered? A year earlier‚ in 1992‚ Blockbuster was merely a video-rental giant. Steps taken in the past months‚ however‚ had set Blockbuster on a course toward becoming a full-fledged entertainment company. But the steps taken were not without
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power of suppliers‚ and the bargaining power of buyers. In analyzing Blockbuster’s business model and current position‚ it is evident that it faces issues in all five areas. Barriers to entry In the brick and mortar movie rental industry‚ Blockbuster is clearly the leader. With the merger of Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery‚ that leaves on two major players in the brick and mortar movie rental industry. Essentially‚ this has created many barriers for traditional mom-and-pop video stores to
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downfall of many “brick and mortar” office buildings and stores. Many companies have found new innovative ways to bring in the same amount of profit and at the same time cut costs drastically. This is ever present in the movie rental industry. Blockbuster‚ a giant in the industry‚ has been forced to shut down nearly 1000 stores across the nation due to the high competition from NetFlix and RedBox. Both of these competitors are technology based companies that aren’t found in traditional brick and
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Point of View The group decided to view this case as potential investor of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation Case Context Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation reported posted earnings in 1998 of $15‚498‚000 on revenues of $136‚893‚000. This resulted into a net income per common and common share equivalent of $.58 earnings per share. (Exhibit 2) A closer look at figures posted for the periods ending 1997 end 1996 would show a dramatic increase in revenues and its equivalent earnings
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Life Cycle of Blockbuster Not a day goes by where some new technological breakthrough is born‚ offering bigger and better advantages to consumers. Unfortunately‚ this new technology does come with a price tag for companies that don’t have a clear understanding of the current stage of their business’s life cycle. Without understanding the four stage business life cycle plan‚ and where they currently sit‚ they have no way of knowing what lies ahead without being prepared. I have chosen Block
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Subject: Fast-forwarding Blockuster Case Summary : Fast-Forwarding Blockbuster Blockbuster is the the world’s largest video rental company. The past few years have not been good ones for Blockbuster‚ because they have posted losses in 9 of the past 11 years‚ closed many stores and lost many customers to Netflix. One of the most important changes that Blockbuster did in order to remain competitive was to hire a new CEO‚ James W. Keyes who faced a similar situation as the former CEO of 7-eleven
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SOWT Analysis for the marketing environment of Blockbuster Entertainment ----------------------- Strength: • Ability to keep up the change. For an example when VCR (Video tape Record) were going out of style‚ they quickly move in to DVD rental. • Brand Familiarity. • Blockbuster have global network of stores. • High quality products and Up to date Movies. • Game CDs for all brand‚ such as Nintendo DS‚ PS2‚ PS3‚ PSP‚ Wii‚ Xbox‚Xbox 360 • Offer movie Rentals and Video game rental
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controllable and uncontrollable changes to affecting the target market (4). Blockbuster video store is a primary example of a retailer that has struggled with finding the target market that will make the company profitable. In the past‚ Blockbuster has seemed to focus its target market on the tweens‚ teens‚ and generation Y populations when marketing their products. As
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going to buy the block buster movie which is expensive and probably not worth the amount that you are buying it for or the pirated version which is $10 and possibly all kinds of mix ups far as the quality in the movie. Alternative “A” is going to blockbuster and spending $25.95 on a newly released DVD movie either enjoying it or not getting your money worth because it was not what you expected it to be. Alternative “B” is buying the Illegal version of the movie for a cheaper price but not a good Quality
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