Chapter Callaway Golf Company Rajiv lal Edith D. Prescott . Ely Callaway‚ Callaway Golf Company ’s (CGC) 80-year:old founder‚ chairman‚ and chief executive officer‚ sat in the conference room one sunny day in fall 1999 contemplating his company ’s remarkable story. He wondered how that story might continue in light of some recent internal and external challenges. In the span of a decade‚ Callaway had built CGC into the dominant player in the golf equipment business‚ despite charging premium
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Analysis - SWOT Strengths • Innovation – Callaway delivers cutting edge technologies to its customers with new products and improvements to existing products. • Cash position and lack of debt – Callaway has no debt‚ and this enables Callaway to go after different acquisitions and investment opportunities that its weaker competitors are not able to pursue. • Size – Callaway is the #1 golf manufacturing company in the world. With Callaway’s size‚ it gives Callaway power and advantages over competitors
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realistically presented? What are the Book Values‚ and what are the present Ratios of the stock Prices to Book Value. Between Nike and Callaway golf‚ there is a significant difference in the amounts shown. From the start‚ it is easy to see that both balance sheets are approximately 6 months apart from one another. While the Nike information is several months old‚ the Callaway Golf is nearly a year old‚ and is less likely to reflect the current state of affairs within the company. Regardless of this fact‚
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Callaway Case Paper Position Statement Callaway Golf Company should change their focus and perception of marketing because their premium priced golf clubs do not match today’s hard economic struggles that average golfers are in as well as the changing golf culture that is threatening their sales. Callaway needs to focus on securing the customers that are loyal and who are true friends to their company. They can offer deals such as having discounts to customers that are repeatedly buying their products
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Callaway Golf Company LaToya Owens‚ Chris McMullin‚ Robb Spears and Crystal Shumpert Indiana Wesleyan University Key Success Factors Callaway Golf Company’s (CGC) had seven key success factors to include: the founder’s vision; product design; pricing; product development; sales; marketing and the media. The founder‚ Ely Callaway’s vision is: “If we make a truly more satisfying product for the average golfer‚ not the professionals‚ and make it pleasingly different form the competition
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Callaway Case: Golf Equipment Industry 1. What are the industry’s dominant economic characteristics? According to a recent market study "Opportunities in the Global Golf Club Market 2004-2009" published by E-Composites‚ Inc ‚within the last 5 years‚ the golf industry has seen a significant growth of 5-15% annually at various regions of the world. The market size for the worldwide golf club manufacturing industry is estimated at US $3.9 billion. An increasing number of golfers in the world
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of advanced technology through its own research and design. CGC has developed golf clubs and merchandise for every kind of golfer at beginners’ level of golf to pro. The golf industry is extremely competitive and demands that golf companies develop the best technologies that will appeal to the masses of golfers. Golfers tend to try any brand if it will make them play better. CGC is the #1 golf manufacturing company in the world. With its size‚ this gives them power and advantage over competitors
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1. Callaway ’s strategy from 1988-1997 with respect to: A. Research and Development From its initial existence R&D and innovative products had been the lifeline of CGC. When Callaway bought into the company his first initiative was to develop original products. Innovation and superior performing products are important in golf because equipment is thought to have a significant impact on player performance. Moreover‚ innovation was important because CGC had to be the technological leader
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your company will accomplish what it needs to accomplish to remain as successful as it can be. Ely Callaway‚ the founder of Callaway Golf‚ wanted to make sure that his business was more then just any other golf company but rather one that stood out among the rest. He wanted it to be “a world class organization that designs‚ develops‚ makes and delivers demonstrably superior and pleasingly different golf products that incorporate breakthrough technologies‚ and backs those products with noticeably superior
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Questions for Callaway Case 1) From the facts in the case‚ what were the trends and changes taking place in the market and environment that the Callaway Golf Company operates in? In undertaking this analysis‚ consider trends and changes in the areas of competition‚ market demand and product life cycle‚ consumer behaviour‚ and distribution channels. 2) Given these changes‚ does the Callaway Golf Company need a new strategy? If your answer is YES‚ then make recommendations for its overall strategy
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