100 / IKEA / SWOT analysis and sustainable business planning / Introduction SWOT analysis and sustainable business planning An IKEA case study Introduction IKEA is an internationally known home furnishing retailer. It has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1943. Today it is the world’s largest furniture retailer‚ recognised for its Scandinavian style. The majority of IKEA’s furniture is flat-pack‚ ready to be assembled by the consumer. This allows a reduction in costs and packaging. IKEA carries
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Proposal Case: IKEA Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor Summary In this case‚ it is known that IKEA ’s procurement model is the mode of global sourcing. IKEA products are shipped to the 26 distribution centres from the trade area after procurement‚ and then delivered to the shopping malls in the world. IKEA ’s procurement philosophy and assessment of suppliers mainly include four aspects: continuous price improvement; strict supplier performance and service levels;
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study on globalization of IKEA Jean Oct.15.2010 IKEA which may be the world’s most successful global retail has grown into a global cult brand with 230 stores in 33 countries that host 410 million shoppers. To achieve global success‚ IKEA took some actions‚ for example‚ in order to avoid the costs associated with shipping the product all over the world. IKEA works with suppliers in each of the company’s big market and IKEA had to adapt it offerings
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can be self-defeating. Behind this concept is the idea of supply chain management‚ which is the network of organizations and individuals who are involved in producing and delivering products to the end users. Thus‚ a home furnishing company such as IKEA is a part of a supply chain that includes the suppliers of raw materials‚ component manufacturers‚ transporters‚ retail stores and end customers. In the past it was often the case that the relationship with the suppliers was competitive rather than
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IKEA (Canada) Ltd. is a furniture operations company that offers “quick assembly” furniture with 15% lower price than its competitors. IKEA’s success brought imitators‚ such as Sears. In order to analyze IKEA’s competitive position in the Canadian Furniture Industry as well as Sears competitive threat‚ a model of competitive rivalry was used. IKEA and Sears both compete against each other in multiple markets across Canada‚ they both have market commonality and resource similarity. The Sears catalogue
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the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German Video Production? The offer to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German Video Production seems like a total set up. This movie sounds like it is totally geared towards tearing down the corporation’s credibility‚ etc. If a representative goes‚ most likely there will be set questions created by the group that made this video in attempt to incriminate IKEA on camera. I would
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Porter’s five forces analysis for IKEA Threat of New Entrants As the current market is saturated‚ there is little attraction for a competitor large enough to threaten IKEA’s position. In addition‚ the significant amount of financial investments and expertise are required to become a discounted furniture retailer in a global scale. There is little threat from new entrants. Threat of substitute products The Threat of substitute products is low. As there are no too many products and services available
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Salience: Cadbury enjoys a very high brand salience on the whole. It enjoys a high recall while dealing with the areas of brand name recognition and brand name recall with consumers instantly linking it with its trademark purple colour. Yet its “Glass and Half Full” symbol attains moderate brand recognition. (The marketing research was done through an informal poll among 70 students asking them: 1) Name a chocolate brand‚ 2) What chocolate brand do they think of when the colour purple was
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better marketing communication‚ and the opportunity to license your brand. To achieve this marketing miracle you will need to follow the four steps in the CBBE model. The four steps in the CBBE model are brand identity‚ brand meaning‚ brand response‚ and brand relationships. You must follow these steps to establish brand equity but the CBBE model also depends on six brand building blocks and they are salience‚ performance‚ imagery‚ judgment‚ feelings‚ and resonance. These are what are in the brand
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CBBE Pyramid Powerful brands create meaningful images in the minds of customers (Keller‚ 1993). A strong brand image and reputation enhances differentiation and has a positive influence on buying behaviour (Gordon et al.‚ 1993; McEnally and de Chernatony‚ 1999). A brand is a bundle of functional‚ economic and psychological benefits for the end-user (Ambler‚ 1995). Brand equity‚ as defined by Keller (1993)‚ occurs when a brand is known and has some strong‚ favourable and unique associations in a
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