Swatch Group Ltd. Have a minute? Course: International Marketing Lecturer: Dr. J.T. Bouma Case: Swatch Group Ltd. Date: March 16th‚ 2010 Group: 13.3 Students: Dennis Hesling‚ S1892444 Rikke Nielsen‚ S1939882 Jan Oestmann‚ S1956140 Arjen Hofman‚ S1873083 Table of contents 1. Introduction p. 1 1.1 Abstract p. 1 1.2 Introduction to the company p. 1 2. Analysis of the company and its market p
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of a dedicated marketing function within The Swatch Group (Swiss) when The Swatch Group (Swiss) exports Natural Sign Swatch Watch to Malaysia. This plan draws on the experience of marketing professionals in this industry as well as professionals in the advertising‚ marketing and community relations’ disciplines of the private sector. The target market is for youngsters aged between 18 years old to 25 years and the price is $50. The goals of The Swatch Group marketing organization are to: Provide
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iii. Growth: iv. Porters 5 Forces: v. External Forces: Demographic Segment: Economic segment: The credit crunch might decrease the purchasing power of consumers and though they will still buy the essentials they may be more cautious. They may also spend less on luxury items‚ something that has a greater profit margin for Swatch. Sociocultural Segment: High impact of fashion trends‚ Swatch repositioned itself into the fashion market.
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How did Timex succeed the Swiss as world volume leader in the 1950s and 1960s? Timex toppled the world dominance of the Swiss by streamlining the watch making process therefore also making the process very scaleable. The Swiss had dominated in an era where very little competition existed. This paved the way for the Swiss and their high cost watch producers to remain dominant as consumers really had no alternative to turn to. Timex introduced watches using a combination of automation‚ precision
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Switzerland‚ SMH became known as The Swatch Group Ltd. In 1998. The Swatch Group produces major’s brands of watches‚ from Luxury and private labels to basic watches. Each part of the group has its own organization‚ management‚ and own building sites thus making it decentralized. In the early 1970s‚ The Swatch Group was losing market shares to cheap Asian quartz watches in particular those made in Taiwan‚ China‚ and South Korea. The decline was due to the Swiss watch industry retaining its outdated or
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Introduction The swatch group was formed in Switzerland in the year 1983 under the leadership of Nicolas G. Hayek. Originally the company was founded by a merger of two Swiss watch manufacturing division’s which are ASUAG and SSIH which was named SMH (Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries Ltd). The group was renamed as Swatch group in the year 1998. Nicolas G. Hayek (CEO)‚ strongly constructed new opportunities and rooted a new culture. In the coming decade‚ SMG Group
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION INSTRUCTOR: Jose Lejarraga Case Report: Birth of the Swatch Prepared By: Sachin Agarwala 1. Why was Swatch successful? In what ways was Swatch different from any other watch the industry had ever seen? A number of factors attributed to Swatch’s success and differentiated it from any other watch the industry had seen. There were factors on the manufacturing‚ branding and marketing‚ and designing side. Manufacturing: Hayek wanted complete
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The Birth of Swatch The continuous decline in demand for the prestigious watches made in Switzerland in the 1970s and early 1980s made the time period devastating for the Swiss watch industry. Before the decline‚ it was master of the watch market‚ shining with its high-end image. However‚ with the evolution of technology in watch making‚ the market began changing rapidly where low-end watches were becoming more accessible and evasive. Nicholas Hayek became the CEO of Societe Suisse de
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Appendix 15 1.0 Executive Summary Swatch was one brand of Swatch Group Ltd. and the most successful wristwatch in the world. From 1983‚ it’s already 24 years of existence‚ and the fact that the company is still here‚ the Swatch watches are still in the collection items of the collectors and still in the wrist of other users‚ then Swatch will continue to grow and expand (Thinking made easy‚2008). There are two primary reason for the success of Swatch: one is the effective marketing strategy
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