Articles & Case Studies: Blockbuster Video case study: I. Issue: The central issue or issues of the Blockbuster Video case that the company faced‚ can be broken down and represented as three major areas of focus: • Financial ? Prevent the continual decline in cash flow and profits. Lower inventory costs. • Strategic ? How to react to an ever decreasing video rental market. Promote global marketing to reach and service the international home entertainment market. • Technology ? Implement Best
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Blockbuster Video Kyle C. Cooper MGT450: Strategic Planning for Organizations Instructor Sandra Watts 22 October 2012 Blockbuster Video The always changing world of technology creates a challenge for many older businesses that once thrived years ago. Americans along with many other countries are becoming centered around immediate gratification and in a way‚ lazy. Fast is better and right now wins. When Netflix came into the homes of millions‚ it almost seemed like the end of all other
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MGT 201 CASE ANALYSIS A New Blockbuster Image POINT OF VIEW The group will take the point of view of the Chairman of Blockbuster‚ H. Wayne Huizenga. As Chairman‚ he is director‚ decision maker‚ leader‚ manager and executor of the company and thus‚ in the position to solve and decide upon the dilemmas faced by Blockbuster regarding the issues on the diversification of the company. MAJOR PROBLEM From 1985 to 1992‚ Blockbuster has managed to become a video-rental giant. But by 1993‚ Blockbuster
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The video rental industry is an ever evolving industry that changes with the economy‚ evolution of culture‚ and technology. Due to the changes in general environment surrounding the video rental industry‚ it can be said that this once lucrative brick and mortar industry has gone through a death and rebirth. New concepts of distribution such as Netflix‚ Redbox‚ and cable rentals have hastened the extinction of the weekend drive to the video rental store. Various forces influence the video rental industry
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The video rental industry was one of the more growing services retailers in the mid-1990s. However‚ due to Blockbuster‚ many rental video companies have failed to compete against this category killer. West Coast Video‚ Video City‚ and Hollywood Video‚ which are among the few and only large competitor ’s of Blockbuster in the tri-state area. Many family-owned video rental stores could not compete against Blockbuster ’s assortment of videos. Blockbuster opened its first store in 1985 and has
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current position‚ it is evident that it faces issues in all five areas. Barriers to entry In the brick and mortar movie rental industry‚ Blockbuster is clearly the leader. With the merger of Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery‚ that leaves on two major players in the brick and mortar movie rental industry. Essentially‚ this has created many barriers for traditional mom-and-pop video stores to maintain consistent revenues or expand and open new stores‚ ultimately driving many out of business. In the
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the most expansive selection of DVDs; an easy way to choose movies; and fast‚ free delivery. Blockbuster vision statement "Our corporate mission is to provide our customers with the most convenient access to media entertainment‚ including movie and game entertainment delivered through multiple distribution channels such as our stores‚ by-mail‚ vending and kiosks‚ online and at home. We believe Blockbuster offers customers value-prices entertainment experience‚ combining the broad product depth of
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Video Rental System Camille D. Hernandez Kevin L. Paule Submitted By: ACT 2B-1 Course year§ion: Mr. Joseph Ross Cortel Submitted to: X.Y.Z. COMPANY 1. INTRODUCTION This days our life is modernize by the computers and some high-technology. Particularly in other video rental shop is done it manually. We all know that computerizing the daily transaction
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account‚ Blockbuster would be performing worse than that with late fees. However‚ the trend was a continuous increase in cash flows‚ even if it is negative among all years. By taking tax effects into account‚ the free cash flow without EVF would be much lower than the ones shown in analysis. 2. 2005 2005(projected) Original OCF (70.5) 593 Adj Rental Liability Purchases Already added RLP (798.4) Adj OCF (70.5) (205.4) Original ICF (114.2) (1112.3) Adj Rental Liability
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