Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Kate Rego Nicole Montanaro Outline of presentation Overview • Goodyear was founded in Akron‚ Ohio in 1898 by Frank and Charles Seiberling. • In 1992 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company were reconsidering a proposal from Sears‚ initially denied in 1989‚ to sell their Eagle brand tires. • Two factors contributed to the reconsideration of the sears proposal – decline in market share – Goodyear brand tires were being replaced annually at Sears Auto Centers. Industry
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School 9-500-039 Rev. November 9‚ 1999 D Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch (Condensed) O N In January 1992‚ Barry Robbins‚ Goodyear’s vice president of marketing for North American Tires‚ was contemplating the upcoming launch of the Aquatred‚ a new tire providing improved driving traction under wet conditions. The Aquatred would be positioned in the U.S. market as a replacement tire for passenger cars. Over recent years‚ the replacement tire market had matured and new channels had gained
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Financial Report - Goodyear Financial Report - Goodyear 2012 30.10.2012 2012 30.10.2012 Chris Schone Pieter Steins Bisschop Alexander Schieving Joy Ma Marijana Stanimirovic Danielle van der Zwan [Skriv inn innhold for sidestolpen. En sidestolpe er et frittstående tillegg til hoveddokumentet. Det er ofte justert mot venstre eller høyre side av siden‚ eller plassert øverst eller nederst.] Chris Schone Pieter Steins Bisschop Alexander Schieving Joy Ma Marijana Stanimirovic Danielle
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Arifur Rahman Case Problem: Goodyear Tires and Robber Company Professor: Arnold Pollack July 28‚ 2009 A. How would you characterize the competitive environment in the tire industry in 1991? The tire industry divides into two‚ broad segments: original equipment (OE) tires and replacement tires. The OE segment accounts for 20-25 percent of tires sold annually; unit sales are trending downward. The replacement tire segment accounts for 70-75 percent of tires sold each year; the unit sales
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PGP/12/259 Key Issues: How can Goodyear be more competitive and maintain its leader position? How to launch Aquatred effectively? Factors to be taken into consideration: Intense competition • many players in the industry‚ both branded and private label • Michelin‚ was growing very fast in both replacement and OEM market • private label had become the biggest threat for all branded tires since many branded tire owners intended to replace their tires with private label. Changes
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GOODYEAR – SUMITOMO DEAL Introduction Goodyear was the leading tire manufacturer till the late 1980s after which Groupe Michelin and Bridgestone Corp toppled Goodyear from its number one market position. Samir Gibara of Goodyear wanted to regain the top spot by increasing the annual revenues by at least 50% and that would be possible only through the acquisition of another company. Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd of Japan seemed to be a good strategic acquisition for Goodyear because of its Dunlop
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Goodyear’s Aquatred Case Goodyear‚ around the late 1980s was developing a tire that would set them apart from the competition. Unfortunately they were stuck in a time when replacing tires was not high on peoples list of pleasantries‚ which will be explained in greater detail. Goodyear developed what they called the Aquatred tire which was supposed to give greater traction during wet weather and a superior quality that would have the same traction after much use as some tires did when they were brand
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[pic] [pic] ERODE - 638 052. PERISTALTIC SELF-INFLATING TYRE SYSTEM (A self inflating tyre system for automobiles using a peristaltic pump) PRESENTED BY R.PRAVEEN KUMAR (26ME71) P.VIGNESH (26ME108) 3rd year mechanical
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GOODYEAR Aquatred Case Study How do consumers purchase tires? Tire consumers (at replacement market) will buy tire at two different occasions: when they need new tire immediately (emergency occasion)‚ and as a spare change in case of emergency (preventative occasion). It is dubbed a “grudge purchase” where consumers won’t have any choice but to buy tires in order to make sure that their car is able to run. The average time between purchases is 2.5 years but more than 50% of all consumers buy the
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Spencer Tire Purchase Facts of the case Spencer’s family has two cars of which one car was occasionally used. The less used car started giving trouble of shimming in steering wheel. Harpins got the car checked. Mechanic diagnosed it to be the problem of alignment‚ and suggested to replace the tire. He advised Spencer to buy the tires from a particular shop (nearby gas station). Decided to go through various ads. Friends gave various reasons and suggested the various
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