Directors FROM: GGSB Consultancy DATE: 29th of February 2012 SUBJECT: BMW Business Strategy 1.0 Introduction In this report we will analyse BMW Group and the business strategies they used in order to gain competitive advantage and powerful presence in the market. We will discuss the impact of key factors that affected the company’s automobile industry by using appropriate strategy frameworks and SFA analysis. BMW Group is one of the leading car manufacturers worldwide‚ including other
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for the lowest possible price. They saw that if they cut out certain unnecessary benefits they could lower their ticket price to a level far below that of the competition. They do not have in flight movies‚ meals‚ or first class sections. This strategy has been very cost effective and Southwest passes the savings on to the customer. They chose to focus on pleasure travelers and low-income travelers opposed to business travelers. This allowed them to take advantage of a market‚ which was often
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BMW Latin America BMW Supports Model Launch‚ Develops Prospects with Cloud-Based Social Marketing When BMW Latin America had to promote the launch of two new model lines‚ it wanted to kick off an interactive marketing campaign through the Facebook social network that would support the launch and collect audience data. BMW used Windows Azure to support a solution that integrated the Facebook promotion with its internal Microsoft Dynamics CRM environment‚ engaged 90‚000 consumers‚ and converted 900
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Jim McDowell:BMW Case study 1 BMW Case study Principle of marketing November 27/2011 Abstract
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Kuoni’s Venture in India - A Success “With such an attractive country and such strong growth potential we are determined to ensure that Kuoni retains its leading position in the Indian market. We intend to put a special focus here on outbound travel‚ where we will be promoting vacation travel products for individuals and special-interest tourist in particular. In concrete terms‚ we want to see the turnover of Kuoni Travel India increase by about 15% a year in the next few years.’’ Andrea Hemmi
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Along with the world debut of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan (earlier post) at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show‚ BMW is also presenting the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid—its first combination of a BMW straight-six with electric drive. Integration of BMW ActiveHybrid technology in the new 5 Series model reduces both fuel consumption and emissions by more than 10%. The drive system featured in the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid consists of a straight-six gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo technology
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and recalls the company’s start as an aircraft engine manufacturer. It symbolizes a pilot’s view through a propeller as alternating white and blue segments. • Most successful multi-brand premium car manufacturer-BMW has three brands‚ BMW‚ MINI‚ and Rolls-Royce. They delivered 141‚952 BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce automobiles in 2007 and sales increased by 7.4% from the previous year. • Super luxury Rolls Royce car-The Rolls-Royce phantom holds the number one position in the super-luxury car segment
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McDonald’s as a Global Franchise Everyone knows McDonald’s‚ every kid’s and adult’s favorite fast food restaurants. McDonald’s has successfully infiltrated different market economies around the world. McDonald’s first established in 1948 in San Bernardino in California‚ over 50 years‚ this cooperation has able to expand itself into 119 countries throughout the world. How did it become so successful? It took the smart approach and researched the taste and need in each country before
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military during World War II‚ exposing thousands of servicemen to the Harley Davidson brand. Through clever marketing and positioning‚ Harley Davidson has shed the bearded biker image‚ and now appeals to people from varying backgrounds all over the globe. The following report will provide a situational analysis of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company and discuss some of the marketing strategies that have enabled Harley Davidson to adapt to its market place and create customer loyalty rarely seen in
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Threats and recommendations of BMW: In this part‚ this report will focus on the discussion of BMW’ threats of brand equity‚ and contrapose the threats give some recommendations. Additionally‚ there are some considerations in brand equity that is a series of capital and liabilities related to a brand’s name and logo that plus or minus the value provided by a product or service to a group or that group’s customers (David A. Aaker‚ 1996) of BMW and is includes the BMW’ awareness‚ BMW’s recall‚ BMW’s
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