ethics. The government also plays an important role in nurturing the industry. Providing Pioneer Status for tax exemption and Investment Tax Allowance‚ the pro-business environment makes doing business easier and faster. 1.2 Introduction of Ikea The IKEA story begins in 1926 when founder Ingvar Kamprad is born in Småland in southern Sweden. He is raised on ’Elmtaryd’‚ a farm near the small village of Agunnaryd. Even as a young boy Ingvar knows he wants to develop a business. In 1920‚ at the age
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Accountancy Principles Of Marketing 01/06/2013 Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Business and Accountancy Principles Of Marketing 01/06/2013 1. Corporate Profile 1.1 Concept and History IKEA offers a wide range of well-designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. This is the idea at the heart of everything IKEA does‚ from product development
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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Ikea Svenska AB‚ founded in 1943 is the world ’s largest furniture retailer which specializes in stylish but inexpensive Scandinavian designed furniture. It has 128 fully-owned stores in 26 countries‚ visited by over 108 million people yearly and worldwide sales of about $5.4 billion in 1994. IKEA ’s success in the retail industry can be attributed to its vast experience in the retail market‚ product differentiation‚ and cost leadership. The company is‚ perhaps‚ one of
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5 Marketing Management Concepts There are five concepts under which organizations conduct their marketing activities: the production‚ product‚ selling‚ marketing‚ and societal marketing. The production concepts holds that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable. In this sense‚ management should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency. For example‚ Henry Ford’s whole philosophy was to perfect the production of the Model T so that its cost could
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What Is The Marketing Concept? Marketing is also known as a concept which companies use to raise awareness of their particular product or service in a specific region .Companies seek to keep lifetime relationships with their customers as it would increase the profitability of the company . Retaining existing customers rather than attracting new ones. Marketing is seen as a key to the success of any business‚ as it is the way of understanding both its customers and the market within which it operates
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quality and durability‚ at prices so low that the majority of people can afford to buy them (IKEA 1994). The company targets the customer who is looking for value and is willing to do a little bit of work serving themselves‚ transporting the items home and assembling the furniture for a better price. The typical Ikea customer is young low to middle income family. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Swedish Company IKEA was the world ’ s largest furniture retailer since the early 1990s. It sold inexpensive furniture
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IKEA Business Analysis Industrial Organization - Essay I March 17‚ 2013 Word count: 3397 Introduction IKEA is a privately held‚ Swedish multinational company that is one of the world’s largest furnishings retailers. This international home products company designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds‚ chairs‚ and desks‚ appliances‚ and home accessories. The company is the world’s largest
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When customers shop for products‚ they often have a number of different retailers with various business models to choose from. At the two extremes of the spectrum are specialty stores that only sell products within a given category and general retailers‚ or department stores‚ which sell a much wider range of goods. Specialty stores have certain advantages for owners and customers‚ but they also pose possible drawbacks. Ads by Google Wholesale Product Connect with over 120‚000 suppliers from Hong
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five competing concepts by which firms and business are guided in their marketing effort. The first three concepts production‚ product and selling‚ focus all on the product. The last two concepts marketing and societal marketing‚ focus on the customer. However‚ the commonality in all five philosophies is that they all have the same goal which is organizational profit. The choice as to which concept or philosophy to adopt depends on the circumstances of the situation The first concept‚ the production
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function‚ excellent quality at affordable price (IKEA 2011). IKEA distinguishes itself from the competitors with the way it unique layout design. The display was setup in a flow manner which allow consumer to view all product before leaving the store which also fully utilize the floor space. The showroom allows consumers to view the full operational product without customer having to visualize in their own room. IKEA adopts the self-service concept in their stores and information counter was located
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