The key issues concerning Callaway Golf Company are: * Relationship with its retail partners * New product development * Marketing strategy Problem: Callaway has experienced its first loss of $ 27 million after 10 years of growth. Competitors had finally caught up to Callaway’s superior R & D capabilities and are flooding the market with new products and promotions‚ raising the bar for consumers on when to replace their equipment. Callaway’s strategic success in 1988 to 1997 is highly
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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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Callaway Golf Pear (Chanappiya) Choomjai‚ Darrell Thompson‚ Kent (Zhengyuan) Chan History of Callaway Golf • • • • • • • • • 1981 Ely Callaway sells a wine vineyard for $14 million dollars 1983 Ely renames the company Callaway Hickory Stick USA 1985 Company moves to Carlsbad‚ CA. 1986 Callaway becomes the first company to use computer controlled machines to insure flatness of the clubs‚ along with new and innovative designs. 1988 Company renames its self Callaway Golf 1989 Introduces traditional
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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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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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When it comes to the factors contributed to Callaway Golf Company’s success‚ the tremendous effort it made on updating technology was one thing. With Senior Executive Vice President like Richard Helmstetter‚ who is the Chief of New Products as well‚ Research and Development has always been the lifeblood of Callaway Golf Company (CGC). Helmstetter believes that “If you can make something sufficiently good‚ what it costs doesn’t matter.” CGC was consistently be on the leading position of technology
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Answers to Case 6: Callaway Golf Company-Manufacturing Inventory. a. The costs expected to be in the raw materials inventory are: costs of materials such as wood‚ iron‚ plastic and/or optic fiber that have yet to be placed in production. The costs expected to be in the work in process inventory are the cost of materials placed in production plus the labor and allocated overhead utilized so far. The costs expected to be in the finish goods inventory are the materials‚ labor and allocated
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| Callaway Golf Canada: The Mobile Performance Team | Case Study | | | | Jamie Merrimen 100117777 October 12‚ 2012 Business 1703 D1 Dr. Conor Vibert | Problem Statement Wayne Mallette is the director of performance management for Callaway Golf Canada‚ the world`s largest golf club manufacturer. In 2004‚ Mallette launched the Mobile Performance Team (MPT)‚ a team of 20 consultants who demonstrate the Callaway equipment line as well as measuring customers for custom equipment
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Callaway Golf (ELY)‚ Finish Line (FINL)‚ and Under Armour (UA) went up over the past few weeks. Even though‚ we finished 9th in the class ranking that is where we were at the beginning of the semester. Callaway Golf (ELY) price went from $11.89 to $12.09 because the golf company’s stock increased by nearly 14% in the third quarter. Finish Line (FINL) price went from $21.92 to $22.97 because the stock nearly increased by 2%. Under Armour (UA) price went from $31.66 to $32.21 because it went up
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