Virgin background Virgin is an international investment group that operates in over 34 countries and that employs around 50‚000 people in about 400 companies worldwide. Its product ranges from mobile services to travel‚ finance services‚ music and many many more. It was funded in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson who started the company by selling cut price records by post through his Virgin Mail Order business. The company expended really quickly and is now a well-recognized and trusted brand all around
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VIRGIN’S GROUP CORPORATE STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION 1. Introduction The Virgin Group is one of Britain’s biggest and successful empires in the 21st century. The company has successfully incorporated a great number of diverse industries under the Virgin brand. This includes travel‚ mobile‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ cosmetics‚ retail‚ and music businesses. Virgin has been able to dominate the British market and has therefore continued to rapidly expand into other regions such as the United
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Maggi’s Brand Extension: Spreading in Indian Kitchen from Fast Food to Healthy Food "Maggi noodles has managed to enter Indian homes to change the traditional food habits of Indian children on their promise of convenience. This brand has understood the psychology of Indian mothers and positioned itself for mother-child indulgence." - The Business Magazine‚ 2008 “What Xerox is to photocopier and Colgate to toothpaste‚ Maggi is to noodles in India.”- the Times of India‚ 2009 In December
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1) Do you agree with Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds) selection? What are the risks associated with targeting this segment? Why have the major carriers been slow to target this segment? - As a group‚ we all agreed to this TM. We find this strategy suit extremely well with virgins advertising budget‚ as niche market will mean that advertising can be specifically targeted towards the target market rather than as a whole. Specific media vehicles can be used such as interactive
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in depth analysis of the Factors causing the Commercial Collapse of Atlantic Cod Somayeh Rasouli Student Number: 103548472 University of Windsor‚ Dr. Heffner Abstraction The commercial collapse of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in 1992 had major ecological and socioeconomic implications that prompted the government to invest in research into management models of fisheries in order to prevent other collapses and recover the lucrative cod stocks. The factors that contributed to the cod collapsed
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gratefully and lovingly remembered. Summary Virgin Atlantic is the second largest long haul airline in the UK and the third largest European carrier over the North Atlantic (Virgin Atlantic‚ 2011) founded by Richard Branson in 1984. Lot of lessons can be learnt by studying the management and leadership skills of Virgin Atlantic. The specific business model of the organisation with uncommon practices of traditional business doctrine had made Virgin Atlantic to soar within a short time. The transformational
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due to poor management and due to adoption of unprofitable business models. Multi Brand Strategy refers to a marketing strategy under which two or more than two similar products of a firm are marketed under Different Brand names. In most of the cases‚ these products are competing ones and are marketed under the Brand Names which are completely unrelated. Several companies take up this Multi Brand Strategy‚ as the strategy offers some advantages. First of all‚ by adopting Multi Brand Strategy
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Demonstrate which value adding activities the Virgin HQ is performing and give examples of each of these. According to Goold et al (1994) there are four main types of activity by which a corporate parent can add value. Envisioning – The corporate parent can provide a clear overall vision or strategic intent for its business units. Coaching & Facilitating – The corporate parent can help business unit managers develop strategic capabilities. Providing Central services – A provider of capital
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Case 19 Georgia Atlantic Company Dividend Policy CASE INFORMATION Purpose The purpose of this case is to have students examine dividend policy--cash dividends‚ stock splits‚ and stock dividends--from the viewpoint of its effect on corporate share prices. Time Required About one and a half hours of student preparation. If the case is to be written up and handed in‚ double the time required. Complexity A--relatively simple. Flexibility This case can be used in
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in subsequent steps through safety and security‚ love and belongingness‚ self-esteem and finally self-actualization. Maslow postulated that as man meets the needs at the first level‚ he moves toward the next‚ then the next and so on. More recent studies have added levels to the needs hierarchy and refined the categories‚ but marketing classes throughout the country continue to use Maslow’s needs hierarchy as a reasonable focus for modern marketing efforts. Potential Marketing Implications of Maslow’s
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