2008 MGMT 401 Gucci Business-Level and Corporate Strategy During the late 1990’s‚ Gucci portrayed the characteristics of a firm with a differentiated business-level strategy. Gucci provides value to their customers with high quality luxury goods which consist of unique product features in relation to their rival competitors. One example of Gucci’s distinct quality is the prestigious image of their brand name using the famous “GG” logo on their items. Gucci is a successful
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Haley Ankenbauer Gucci Case Summary Robert Polet became CEO for Gucci in 2004 after spending the last 26 years of his life at one of the largest consumer goods companies‚ eventually becoming the president of the ice cream and frozen foods division. In 2008‚ shoppers were starting to feel the pain of the recent credit crunch crisis. Polet thought about improving Gucci’s CRM system because of his past experience and how much potential a good CRM system can have. Gucci created a corporate group of
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Executive Summary This paper examines the brand management of Gucci‚ as one of today’s most prominent luxury brands. Based on literature it first looks at definitions of luxury and luxury brand equity as an expression of dream value. Then it explores the identity‚ brand building‚ brand architecture‚ brand stretching and strategies Gucci follows in each of its segments. In the light of the latest recession‚ it looks at the response strategies of the brand and sheds light on the communication challenges
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Financial situation of Gucci Gucci is the main company of the Gucci group. This is clear if we analyze the participation of Gucci in the overall financial results: 67% more or less. Taking in consideration the operative results the participation is even higher because we are around 90% with a value of 618 million of euro over 692 millions in total. These results are obviously affected by the recent crisis started in October 2009 that has affected the economy as a whole. One of the main aspects is
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Gucci Mane Every generation has music that has developed not only throughout their teenage years but also into early adulthood. Growing up in different environments gives us a different style in which an artist targets a specific audience. Different musical melodies give us a sense of culture but also tell us a story of their writer’s upbringing. Radric Davis‚ best known by his rap name of‚“Gucci Mane” is one of the very few in his neighborhood to make it out not only alive but most importantly
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world‚ such as: Versace‚ Chanel‚ Prada‚ Louis Vuitton‚ Dior and Armani. Concerning the Italian market‚ I found interesting to analyze Versace Prada and Bottega Veneta as main competitors of Gucci and analyze the points in common and the differences. First‚ all these brands belong to an Italian heritage‚ even if Gucci and Prada were founded much earlier than Bottega Veneta (1967) and Versace (1978). We can say that they all are luxury brands‚ with a price range that goes from about 200 € to 15.000 €‚
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1881 Guccio Gucci was born to a family of a straw-hat maker in Florence‚ Italy. As a teenager he was an immigrant in London. At the end of the 19th ad the beginning of the 20th centuries London attracted a lot of creative and progressive people because it was one of the biggest megacities with urban infrastucture‚ industrialization and population over one million. Gucci was impressed with the luxurious luggage he saw urbane guests bring with them. 1921 Guccio establishes his own store ‚ that
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Summary YSL Marketing Research is a small firm conducts focus group meetings and mail opinion surveys. The YSL’s partner Connie Bachmann has been asked to conduct a survey for Surenex that has the potential to be a valued long-run client. And the firm willing to pay YSL’s normally billing rates. 2.0 Answer the question (a) The full cost of the Surenex engagement including indirect costs and direct costs. Direct costs consist of travel cost and cost of conducting surveys. In the case‚ direct
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report is to examine the external environment in Malaysia that affected Gucci‚ one of the Italian high fashion luxury brand. PEST analysis‚ competitive analysis and SWOT have been used by investigators to achieve the target. Gucci- Company Overview Gucci is among the sophisticated international fashion company which produces high quality of clothing‚ fragrances‚ accessories‚ handbags and shoes. Guccio Gucci founded Gucci in Florence in 1921. It has now become one of the biggest Italian brand
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It requires heavy investment in marketing communications‚ excellent product/service quality‚ but above all these brands have to try to remain fashionable‚ which is notoriously difficult. Gucci‚ Louis Vuitton and Vertu are three successful so-called luxury brands‚ that retail to the high-end market. Both Gucci and Louis Vuitton are well-established brands that have been around for decades‚ even centuries. However Vertu‚ is a relatively new kid on the block‚ having only entered the luxury communications
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