CASE 4 Giordano: Positioning for International Expansion Company Background Giordano was founded in Hong Kong by Jimmy Lai in 1980. In 1981‚ it opened its first retail store in Hong Kong and began to expand its market by distributing Giordano merchandise in Taiwan through a joint venture. In 1985‚ it opened its first retail outlet in Singapore. Responding to slow sales‚ in 1987 Giordano changed its positioning strategy. Until 1987‚ it had sold exclusively men’s casual apparel. When Lai and his
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Jollibee case study How can companies create value in the Fast Food industry? How was Jollibee able to develop a dominant position in the Philippines? What are Jollibee’s sources of competitive advantage with respect to McDonald in that market? Companies in fast food industry are creating value with: Providing a time constrained customers a good quality food in a clean dining environment at a low price Offering Standardized menus‚ cooked in bulk in advance‚ kept hot‚ packaged‚ and available
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to quantity issued 0.22 % 0.203 % Settlement of transit losses 220 33.62 Crore Settlement of storage losses 220 14.03 Crore Submission of FCI’s Accounts to C&AG for the year 2012-13 for audit 31.08.13 31.08.13 Quality check of food grains stored with FCI 100 100% Mechanization of godowns (one unit of 5000 MT) 22 4 Units Sales quantity from FCI Wheat -27.00 MMT Wheat -1.5 MMT Rice -33.33 MMT Rice -13.47 MMT Providing canteen facilities in FCI depots
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Thanks to the Jollibee Commissary System‚ ensuring the manufacture and distribution of safe and high- quality food in the most cost-efficient manner is made possible. There are three Commissary System sites: Santolan‚ Pasig City; Mandaue City‚ Cebu; and the central site in Canlubang‚ Laguna. The System‚ which operates 24/7‚ manages Jollibee’s total supply chain process. The Jollibee Pasig City commissary has production lines for breads and sauces‚ and is the distribution center for North Manila
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Loctite Corporation – International Distribution Background 1. Loctite Corporation was founded in 1956; Headquartered in Hartford‚ Connecticut. It had grown to become the global leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesives‚ sealants‚ and relative products‚ especially the impressive growth during the 1980s. It had achieved Fortune 500 status in 1990‚and in 1991 was ranked 477 in revenue‚ 190 in profits‚ 24 in profit as a percentage of sales‚ and 18 in per share annual growth over the previous
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I. Summary Jollibee started in 1975 as an ice cream parlor‚ Mr. Tony Tan the young Chinese entrepreneur had an idea of putting up a business together with his two brothers and the financial backing of his father. In January 1978‚ the ice cream parlor evolved into fast food chain‚ the Jollibee Foods Corporation. At that time McDonald’s was making waves in the United States and Mr. Tan added the famous hamburger and hotdog sandwiches to keep up with the changing taste and lifestyle of customers. Jollibee
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The Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 Rule or the Law of the Vital Few) More than a century ago‚ an Italian economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. Subsequently‚ others observed a similar phenomenon in other situations‚ e.g. 80% of sales come from 20% of customers‚ 80% of the rise (or fall) in the value a stock portfolio comes from 20% of the stocks‚ 80% of complaints come from 20% of problems‚ 80% of results are
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approaches fail to examine and analyze international elations as they have changed in the past century. The different leakages of the state-centric theories like the fact that states nowadays are multinational and are not constituted by only one nation (Baylis et al‚ 2008) in combination with the existence of other entities in the international arena apart from states has created the need of a theory that acknowledges those facts and tries to explain international relations in the new and more complex
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JOLLIBEE PHILIPPINES BUSINESS PLAN Evelyn A. Gaspar BSBA – IV AM Description of Business Jollibee is a well-known fast-food restaurant in the Philippines offering food great tasting and great value food. It has attained success from its humble beginnings. In 1975‚ Tony tan Caktiong‚ the founder of Jollibee and his family opened up a Magnolia ice cream parlor in Cubao‚ Quezon City. Sometime in 1978‚ Caktiong and his brothersand sisters engaged the services of a management consultant‚ Manuel
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I am writing this letter regarding my request for funding to attend a business writing course at Florida International University. This course is only held once a year in our area and it will be on the 11 day of July ending on the 13 day of July 2013. The business writing course is the only course held of its kind and it is the most cost-effective professional development opportunity available to me this year. The writing course offers all the tools‚ techniques and concepts related to business writing
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