Agenda • • • • • • • • • • Organizational Overview Industry Snapshot Competitor Analysis Financial Analysis SWOT Overview Current Strategy Strategic Issues Recommended Solutions Implementation/Justification Recommendation Recap Organizational Overview • • • • • • Founded by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1962 Number 3 discount retailer in the U.S. Operates 1‚479 stores in 49 states Maintains 3 retail concepts Filed bankruptcy in 2002 Merged with Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. in March 2005 Industry Analysis
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Starbucks Corporation Annual Report “Starbucks is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Starbuck’s goal is to become the leading retailer and brand of coffee in each of its target markets by selling the finest quality coffee and related products‚ and by providing each customer a unique Starbucks Experience. The company’s mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person‚ one cup and one neighborhood at a time” (H. Schultz‚ (CEO) Starbucks Corporation‚ 2010)
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designer fasion. All famous brands (ctrl+click to follow link) A lot of exiting erotic products (ctrl+click to follow link) SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Marketing Communication Strategy (BA 5128) Content Page Title Pages Introduction to Bobblee 1 Target Market 2 Corporate and Advertising Objectives 3 Message Strategy Conclusion Appendices [pic] Introduction Product : Boblbee BOBLBEE - A unique and breakthrough backpack that provides a very
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Starbucks--Going Global Fast 1. Identify the controllable and uncontrollable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global marketing. One controllable element that Starbucks has encountered in entering global marketing was the pricing of coffee in Italy‚ because it is said by Italian purists that Italian coffee is way cheaper than U.S. java. Also‚ Americans pay for $1.50 for an espresso‚ but the Italians in north and south pay 67 cents and 55 cents respectively. First uncontrollable
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MARKETING STRATEGY of BHARTI AIRTEL - September 10th‚ 2010 Bharti Airtel Limited Business Description Provides mobile‚ broadband & telephone (fixed line) and enterprise services (carriers & services to corporate) Established July 07‚ 1995‚ as a Public Limited Company Highlights for Second Quarter and Half Year Ended September 30‚ 2006 Market leader with a market share of all India mobile subscribers at 21.4% Highest ever-net addition of 41.1 lakh customers in a
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Question #1 Marketing strategy for Nokia without handset business The former phone manufacturer giant Nokia completed its acquisition on 25 April‚ selling its whole mobile business to Microsoft‚ symbolized the end of the old mobile era (McKalin‚ 2014). Getting rid of the bleeding-money handset business‚ Nokia acquired more revenue steam from Microsoft. Such changes as losing significant assets along with part of the brand value of which‚ should be considered by Nokia to make marketing strategy for achieving
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Strategy Our marketing strategy consists of online communication as well as handing out pamphlets to families to spread the word of our services. Promotion We plan to use online promotions‚ business cards‚ and flyers to advertise our business to the families of young children in Collierville. Using technology to advertise our business is our best approach because of the easy accessibility we have to our customers. We can promote our business by handing out cards and flyers to our consumers that
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Marketing Strategy We will have an outstanding marketing operation. Everyone has a smart phone and spends a considerable amount of their time using it. We will exploit this opportunity. We are going to become a sponsor of some of the beer forums such as Beeradvocate and beerforum. Doing this will get us established with beer aficionados and they will have good things to say about us on the forums. Since we are Big Bens Brewery we are going to run an ad on the Pittsburgh Steelers website and buy
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ANALYSIS Strengths Brand Image: Starbucks is amongst one of the very few companies that have managed to successfully create market awareness and stir up consumer interest in specialty coffee while at the same time preserving brand dominance. Its focus on consistency in delivering positive consumer experience stresses the point about consumer visits to its cafes being an ‘Experience’ rather than just seeing it as another coffee maker (workforce.com). Unique Strategy: The Ability to capture key locations
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Starbucks is unique in the fact that every employee is called a “partner.” There are about 60‚000 partners worldwide‚ and each one is given health insurance and stock options. This creates an extremely high employee satisfaction rate‚ and very low turnover rate. The special training that employees go through is also an important part of Starbucks’ image. They go through both hard skill and soft skill training. The hard skills focus on learning how to mix drinks‚ run the cash register‚ etc.
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