HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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dollars from last year. Background TFC was a successful cable network that was the only one who broadcasted up-to-date news about fashion 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week It was founded in 1996 It has had consistent and constant growth since the beginning‚ revenue was projected to grow to 310 million dollars in 2006 marking another steady year of growth. The channel was one of the most widely available niche networks reaching 80 million US households (this number represents the number of people
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The Fashion Channel: Case Write-Up Decision to Be Made The management team for The Fashion Channel (TFC) must decide which customer segment(s) or “cluster” they should target in their new marketing strategy and how they should position TFC to ultimately increase company revenue. When deciding their marketing strategy‚ TFC must consider how they can increase their share of the market (ratings) versus the increasingly competitive fashion programming on CNN and Lifetime‚ and if they can maintain
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The Fashion Channel is a well known cable television network dedicated to fashion only. CEO Jared Thomas founded the network in 1996 and had seen constant growth in sales‚ revenue and profit since its beginning. Thomas understands that in order to stay aggressive the company needs to strengthen its competitive position. Thus‚ Thomas hired Dana Wheeler‚ an expert in marketing. Dana needs to prove that her recommendations of spending more than $60 million in national and affiliate advertising‚ promotion
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The Fashion Channel Case Analysis Ruoyu Wen Marketing Fundamentals Prof. Joan Crooker Summer 2015 The Fashion Channel Case Analysis The Fashion Channel was founded in 1996 by two entrepreneurs. It was a successful cable TV network. It was the leader of fashion channels. However‚ at present‚ it faced other channels’ challenge like CNN and Lifetime. The founder and CEO Jared Thomas wanted to make some change to keep the channel’s lead position. The senior vice president of marketing Dana Wheeler had
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Case Study: The Fashion Channel Case Study: The Fashion Channel Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Problem Statement 3 Proposed Scenarios & Analysis 4 Scenario #1 4 Scenario #2 5 Scenario #3 6 Proposed Solution 7 Implementation Plan 9 Conclusion 10 Exhibits 11 Exhibit 1: GFE Associates: National Consumer Survey (excerpts) 11 Exhibit 2: GFE Associates: Analysis of Attitudinal Clusters in U.S. Television Households for The Fashion Channel 12 Exhibit 3:
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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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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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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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The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a stand-alone cable channel‚ which was started in 1996. It known to be the only “fashion only” channel‚ with fashion related content 24/7. The majority audience for TFC was women aged 35-54. TFC had done well in 2006 with revenue of 310 million‚ way above their expected revenue. But in 2006 more competitors had popped up on the scene and offered fashion related content. These channels‚ CNN and Lifetime‚ were not fashion only channels‚ but they had segments in their broadcast
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