DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR DR. PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP _1. HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE ENERGY BEVERAGE CATEGORY‚ COMPETITORS‚ CHANNELS‚ AND DPSG’S CATEGORY PARTICIPATION IN LATE 2007?_ In late 2007 the energy beverage category was reaching market maturity and projected to have a slower annual growth rate from 2007 to 2011 (10.5%) than it had between 2001 and 2006 (42.5%). Rising prices‚ packaging competition‚ and the introduction of hybrid energy beverages also added to the slower projected growth
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UVA-F-1188 DELTA BEVERAGE GROUP‚ INC. It was July 1994‚ and John Bierbaum‚ chief financial officer (CFO) of Delta Beverage Group‚ Inc.‚ sat at his desk at the company’s headquarters in Memphis‚ Tennessee. As he considered the company’s promising future‚ he reflected on how close Delta had come to bankruptcy a couple of years earlier. In the last six years‚ the group had managed to turn around operations‚ and recently it had been on a buying spree and had acquired significant new franchises
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A Case study on strategy implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs
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Princessa Beauty Products is a retailer of beauty products catered to the black community that has been around for more than 20 years. Princessa is one of the oldest beauty stores serving the black community in Montreal and is located on the western side of the island. George Richards managed Princessa for two years and purchased the store from the original owners using his life savings. Between the years of 2002 and 2006 the store showed growth in sales from $453‚156 to $605‚249‚ but between 2005
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* This research studies reference groups as a source of brand associations‚ linked to peoples’ mental representation of self needs. This is conceptualized at an aggregate level in terms of self-brand connections. Reference Groups: Social groups that are important to a consumer and against which he/she compares himself/herself. * Member group: a reference group to which an individual belongs * Aspiration Group: A reference group to which an individual wishes to belong * Consumers use
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Nowadays‚ there are many clubs where students can come and study‚ discuss‚ practice and make friends. But‚ many other students like studying alone in a silent place. In my opinion‚ I think self-studying is better way because you are never annoyed by anyone else‚ you can study more and you can improve your self-studying skills. First of all‚ when you join a club where many students come and discuss‚ you can’t focus on what you really want to do. Some ideas come‚ and accidentally‚ there is nothing
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Issue #1 The issue is whether the UCC applies to the offer made by Fountain Products. Rule The UCC governs transactions in goods‚ which are all things that are tangible and movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale‚ and the common law governs transactions involving services provided by professionals. When there is a mixed contract involving both goods and services‚ most courts use the predominate factor test to determine if the contract is predominately for a good or a
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Ferre Media Group Case Study Antonio L. Ferre is the CEO of The Ferre Media Group. This company has been family owned and kept within the family since 1968. Antonio wants to keep is company running long after he has been there. There are a lot of changes in the Ferre family and business. The three things I will be focusing are Antonio L. Ferre retiring‚ which children he will be passing certain roles to‚ and adding in his grandchildren to the family business. All these things come with complexities
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Summary: Due to demographical changes and competition growth Hausser Food Products Company (a leading infant food producer and marketer with a 60% market share) is currently facing a decrease in sales growth and profit together with unused capacities of its plant and warehouse. Hired by HFP researcher finds out from their Regional Sales Manager‚ Brenda Cooper‚ about the difficulties of motivating her team to come up with new ideas of selling to increase the sales. Reasons 1. HFP target planning
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B OSTON C ONSULTING G ROUP (BCG) G ROWTH -S HARE M ATRIX MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide In the early 1970’s the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) developed a model for managing a portfolio of different strategic business units (SBUs) or major product lines. The BCG Growth-Share Matrix is a four-cell (2 by 2) matrix used to perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. . www.business-tools-templates.com 11/1/2009 © Copyright Business Tools & Templates
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