Cost leadership Strategy Strategy used by businesses to create a low cost of operation within their niche. The use of this strategy is primarily to gain an advantage over competitors by reducing operation costs below that of others in the same industry. For example‚ The Swedish furniture retailer Ikea revolutionized the furniture industry by offering cheap but stylish furniture. Ikea is able to keep its prices low by sourcing its products in low-wage countries and by offering a very basic level
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GENERIC STRATEGIES: A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm’s strength usually falls into one of two headings: • Cost advantage • Differentiation By applying these strengths in either a broad or narrow or narrow scope‚ three generic strategies result: • Cost leadership • Differentiation • Focus These strategies are applied at business unit level. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependant. Cost Leadership:
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HMV cooperated with The MoBank Group to create a set of apps offering them with a well-developed mobile strategy‚ allowing consumers to interact with their brand in a range of meaningful methods. It not only encouraging HMV’s platform transactional to generate a new sales channel‚ but also using smartphone to support consumers seek products in shop‚ rise sign up conversion for HMV’s reward scheme and drive consumers in shop through their pre-played games division1. The MoBank Group’s main objectives
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HMV Timeline 1921 The gramophone brand was founded and opened up its first dedicated store on Oxford St. 1930 The company began producing radio and television sets under the HMV and Marconiphone brand names. 1931 It joined with Columbia Graphophone Company to form Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) 1966 HMV expanded its retail operations across London. 1996 The company had experienced sustained growth for three decades and had 300 HMV Music stores internationally. 1998
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Strategy and Structure The purpose of business-level strategies is to create differences between the firm’s position and those of its competitors. To position itself differently from competitors‚ a firm must decide whether it intends to “perform activities differently” or to “perform different activities”. Cost leadership strategy Tiger airways has chosen the former it exploiting a cott leadership strategy. It has an integrated set of actions taken to produce services with features
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Commerce | |2. Company Web Site (hmv.com.hk) | HMV is a British global entertainment retailer. The retail shops are selling music‚ videos‚ games and entertainment accessories. The HMV Website’s started in 1997 and provided the online selling and delivering services. |3. Business Model and Value Proposition
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Customer focused low cost leadership strategy Low cost strategy is centered on the capability of the company to produce and deliver products of competitive quality at lower costs. Cost leadership strategy is much more than cost reduction initiatives that get lot of prominence in strategic planning and review session of any company as a means to improve the bottom line of a company by improving its efficiency. Some companies use their efficient cost structures to protect their markets from the competitors
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In this case of Ikea‚ they adopted the cost leadership strategy and product differentiation to their business model. In order to maintain cost leadership in the market‚ internal production efficiencies must be greater than that of competitors. Under Ikea’s strategy‚ suppliers are usually located in low-cost nations‚ with close proximity to raw-materials and reliable access to distribution channels. These suppliers produce highly standardized products intended for the global market‚ which size provides
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marketing audit on HMV which is a UK based international entertainment retail chain. It is listed on the stock exchange and earns millions from selling entertainment to countries around the world. THE MARKETING ENVIRONMENT This consists of both Macro and Micro forces which are not fully controllable by the business. These external influences can be kept under certain limits of control by identifying and monitoring these forces that are relevant to the business. This is how HMV can keep control.
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HMV Mini case study HMV is a Retail company‚ originally known as His Master’s Voice. The stores are currently the largest in the UK music retail industry. In 1921 the Gramophone Company opened its first HMV shop in London. In 1998‚ HMV media acquired Waterstone’s for £300 million. Three years later HMV Group plc was floated on the London stock exchange. HMV focuses on providing its customers with access to the widest possible range and in-depth selection of recorded music‚ DVDs and computer
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