MM1 CASE STUDY SUMMARY THE FASHION CHANNEL-Introduction 1. The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a cable TV network 2. It was founded in the year 1996. 3. Jared Thomas is the CEO. 4. Experienced constant revenue and profit growth above the industry average. 5. Almost 80mn U.S. households subscribed to cable and satellite TV. 6. In the beginning of 2006‚ the company started facing stiff competition from other networks. 7. In July 2006‚ Dana Wheeler was appointed as VP of TFC. PROBLEMS: TFC was facing
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Assignment 1: The Fashion Channel 1) If TFC were on a BCG matrix they would fall into the category of a star. They have high market share and high business growth rate. They are the leaders in the fashion niche and should generate large amounts of revenue but need to continue to invest in their channel to ensure it stays profitable. 2) TFC is currently facing 4 critical challenges: Who to market to? Should TFC segment their target market into the four clusters of Fashionistas‚ Planners and
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Course: Marketing Management MBA 752 Case: The Fashion Channel The Fashion Channel should choose scenario 3 as the strategy of market segmentation with the goal of increasing its industry standing. They should do this for the following reasons: 1) to make maximal profit in expected advertising revenues and return on investment‚ 2) to capture significant piece of market share in the chosen target market‚ and 3) to increase their Cost Per Thousand Impressions (CPM) on advertising revenue.
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types of channel conflit: Vertical channel conflict‚ Horizontal channel conflict‚ and Multichannel conflict. Vertical refers to conflict between two different types of members within a channel (i.e. manufacturer‚ wholesaler‚ or retailier). An example of this can occur with BarnesandNoble.com and its sister store chain Barnes and Nobel Booksellers. A vertical conflict can occur when the entities offer different prices for the same product or different return policies. Horizontal channel conflict
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is Fashionistas and market data is a research study on customer satisfaction with cable networks if I were Dana Wheeler. The goal is building on the momentum TFC had created to date and stave off any competitors trying to make inroads. For the channel that needs to obtain competitiveness advantage‚ it is important to attract Fashionistas including highly valued demographic groups and increase customer satisfaction of the segment. 2. Consider 3 primary options presented. Discuss the pros and
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provider‚ a channel that is focused only on delivering high quality and do not intends to satisfies all. A positive by product of this approach would be higher customer retention which has higher monetary value than the casual viewer (acquiring a new costumer is estimated to cost about 5 time more than retaining one). Note that although scenario-2 as well delivers these values it incurs higher risk due to its aggressive and narrow market segmentation. Finally‚ although the channel is still
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CHANNEL STRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC CHOICE IN DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS This article mainly talks about the importance of marketing channel of marketing channel strategy decisions‚ they are highlighted by: 1) term consequences and 2) the constraints andopportunities that they represent..The present paper incorporates strategic management theory into marketingchannels literatures to examine the impact of different channel structures onthe choice of a generic channels strategy. Specifically‚ the contingent
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Channel conflict when adding the Internet as a complementary marketing channel to an existing marketing channel system. A case study of a Greek mobile telecom retailer. by GEORGIA EFROSSINIDOU carried out in conjunction with WIND Hellas Telecommunications‚ Leicester October 2009 Project submitted to Leicester University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. CONTENTS Page Acknowledgments Executive Summary Introduction Internet
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1. Interpretation of consumer and market data. From its inception in 1996 until recently‚ The Fashion Channel (TFC) enjoyed great success by appealing to as a broad an audience as possible. Overall viewer numbers were the main focus‚ and so long as TFC had no significant competition in terms of the fashion-specific content it offered‚ this “something for everyone” approach was a winner. But competitors such as CNN and Lifetime made note of TFC’s success. They began to offer fashion-specific programming
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THE FASHION CHANNEL A TIME FOR CHANGE Implementing Sustainability through Targeted Marketing THE DATA – STRATEGIC MARKETING RESEARCH The Fashion Channel Ad Revenue Calculator Multi Segments One Segment Two Segments Current 2007 Base Strategy Strategy Strategy TV House Holds 110‚000‚000 110‚000‚000 110‚000‚000 110‚000‚000 110‚000‚000 Average Rating 1.00% 1.00% 1.20% 80.00% 1.20% Average Viewers (thousands) 1‚100 1‚100 1‚320 880 1‚320 Average
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