The Lego Group: Building Strategy‚ Case 10 Overview LEGO‚ the brand of toy that has been played with by multiple generations of people was founded during the Great Depression in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen‚ a Danish carpenter. Kristiansen started making toys out of wood and had 12 employees under him. The word LEGO combines two Danish words leg and godt‚ which mean “play well” and in Latin‚ fittingly means “to put together”. It’s ironic that LEGO was given that name because it was only later
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| |An Examination of Pricing Strategy | |The LEGOTM Group‚ Ltd | |
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Project 1: LEGO Codename: Childhood Gina‚ Ines‚ Raul‚ & Katja Agenda } } } } } } } } } Lego in a nutshell Evolution & devellopment Marketing Logistics Glob Communication Economics Organization Bussines law Challenges & future LEGO in a nutshell } Family owned company‚ founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932‚ Billund. } The name LEGO: “leg godt”‚ meaning “play well”. } The world’s largest toy manufacturers. Development 2000-2013 Income 20002013
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Integrated Brand Communications MKT4070 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 QUESTION 1. (a) Critical analysis of LEGO’s SWOT in 2004 3 QUESTION 1.(b) LEGO’s communication effects and objectives post 2004 considering its SWOT in 2004 6 QUESTION 2. Application of various concepts applied by LEGO as a part of the IMC programme 8 (a) POSITIONING STRATEGY AND POSTIOING TACTICS 8 (b) BRAND NARRATIVES 9 (c) BRAND ENCOUNTERS 10 (d) BRAND COVERSATIONS 12 QUESTION 3. Critical evaluation
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Problem Statement: As a manager of The Lego Group I think the main problem that Lego faces is maintaining its competitive advantage and growth in the complex toy industry. Lego must identify a clear expansion plan to respond to the external (business) threats such as intense competition and new product innovations‚ changes in the toy industry with mergers and acquisitions and legal battles as well as maintain efficient internal operations in terms of supply chain and logistics in order to keep up
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Analysis: * The construction toy market is worth $600 million * Lego is a $1.6 billion business in the construction toy market spread across 130 countries * Lego enjoys 80% of market share in the North American market * Lego is as an esteem brand and is looked upon not only as a toy company but also a company with toys that develop learning and new skills * Due to competitors like Mega Bloks Inc.‚ Hasbro etc. Lego started losing market share * Some of the major reasons for the
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Owais Siddiqui Professor D.Riechers English 111- Tuesday January 22‚ 2013 Lego Ad This paper discusses the Lego picture advertisement which reads “Kids shouldn’t watch too much TV” (see attached picture). The photograph shows a young male sitting on the sofa pointing a gun towards his temple. The surrounding picture shows a coffee table which has a bottle of an alcoholic beverage which is half-empty. There is also a fallen glass on the coffee table. The picture shows that the young person
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Executive summary Established in 1933‚ Bee Cheng Hiang (BCH) has since grown from a mobile stall selling barbecued pork to becoming today’s market leader with 28 retail outlets in Singapore. Barbecued pork is known to many as bakkwa‚ a festive nibble during the Lunar New Year celebrations. The following report has been divided into stage 1 and 2‚ each providing a more detailed understanding on the integrated marketing communication (IMC) program to market and position the brand by “building
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Executive Summary LEGO all started in the workshop of Ole Christiansen‚ who was a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark. He began making wooden toys in 1932 and by 1934 the company LEGO was formed. LEGO expanded to producing plastic toys in 1947. By 1949‚ the infamous interlocking plastic pieces were crafted. The business of LEGO was ecstatic up until the 21st century. However‚ with an extreme focus on the interlocking brick concept‚ the wave of the internet was soon to knock LEGO off their brick reliance
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