Luxury stretching: a practice that has changed the sector Stretching has allowed luxury companies to grow more quickly‚ without being limited to growth in their luxury lines‚ or being restricted to growth in demand for the products of their original trade. Though many have departed from luxury‚ some have retained that status to their primary products. The practice of stretching is driven by financial need. While there is a high margin on luxury items‚ there is a low volume‚ and maintaining
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GUCCI’S COMPETITORS Some Gucci’s main competitors within the luxury industry include top brands in Italy and in the world‚ such as: Versace‚ Chanel‚ Prada‚ Louis Vuitton‚ Dior and Armani. Concerning the Italian market‚ I found interesting to analyze Versace Prada and Bottega Veneta as main competitors of Gucci and analyze the points in common and the differences. First‚ all these brands belong to an Italian heritage‚ even if Gucci and Prada were founded much earlier than Bottega Veneta (1967) and
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Euporia Knight Strategic Management Coach Case 1) What are the defining characteristics of the luxury goods industry? What is the industry like? Defining characteristic of the luxury goods industry are the market size and growth rate‚ scope of rivalry presence of forward/backward vertical integration Consumer characteristics Degree of product differentiation. The global luxury goods industry was expected to grow by 7% during 2006 to reach $112 billion. The scope of rivalry in the industry was
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Feedback notes on the Gucci case study Question 1: What are the unique features of a luxury goods supply chain in terms of demand characteristics? Product design and innovation drives demand Low visibility of future demand leads to order based rather than forecast based replenishment High value & margin products High level of new product introduction Short campaign cycles with high level of new product introduction Question 2: Analysing Gucci’s Supply Strategy Gucci supply strategy is focused
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ALTERNATIVES 1. Frog’s Leap Winery could apply a new strategy of trying to buy up smaller wineries and vineyards in an effort to gain some bargaining power over customers. This would be possible because it would hopefully decrease the overall supply of wine in the market to fulfill the customers’ demand. Also‚ this strategy could decrease the competition in the wine market. 2. To take advantage of the higher gross margins provided by direct sales to consumers‚ Frog’s Leap Winery could benefit from
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To reach different markets or to promote your products to different locations or people one has to use a method called market segmentation. "Market segmentation describes the division of a market into homogenous groups which will respond differently to promotions‚ communications‚ advertising and other marketing mix variable" (Cumming). Market segmentation is extremely important for companies around the world. If a company doesn’t research the area in which they are going to market or they put
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What are Segmentation Variables? To understand what segmentation variables in marketing are‚ it helps to first know what market segmentation is. Market segmentation is the analysis of population demographics so they can be categorized in specific ways. These specific ways of categorization in market segmentation are why segmentation variables are needed and used. Four (4) groups of Segmentation Variables – 1. Geographic segmentation is based on variables such as: • Region: this kind of
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Market Segmentation Strategy‚ Competitive Advantage‚ and Public Policy Market Segmentation Strategy‚ Competitive Advantage‚ and Public Policy: Grounding Segmentation Strategy in Resource-Advantage Theory Shelby D. Hunt & Dennis B. Arnett Abstract Market segmentation is one of the most widely accepted concepts in marketing. Its fundamental thesis is that‚ to achieve competitive advantage and‚ thereby‚ superior financial performance‚ firms should (1) identify segments of demand‚ (2) target specific
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Segmentation and TESCO Case: Segmentation is essentially the identification of subsets of buyers within a market who share similar needs and who demonstrate similar buyer behavior Using segmentation analysis helped Tesco PLC‚ Britain’s largest retailer stores to decide on their future marketing strategy and to appraise their competitive strengths Tesco realized the requirements for effective segmentation and that it must be Measurable‚ accessible‚ Differentiable‚ Substantial and Actionable
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The method involves a fast‚ reliable‚ and effective algorithm that exploits the spatial distribution characteristics of human skin color. To fulfill this aim‚ the following objectives are carried out: 1. Implement different types of image segmentations. 2. A universal skin-color map is derived and used on the chrominance component of the input image to detect pixels with skin-color appearance . 3. Then‚ based on the spatial distribution of the detected skin-color pixels and their corresponding
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