Wikipedia: A Blue Ocean Strategy Section A: Group 4 Analysis of Wikipedia‚ as a Blue Ocean Strategy Wikipedia‚ the collaboratively edited free internet encyclopaedia is a household name. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger‚ it has now grown to be the seventh most visited website with approximately 365 million users worldwide. How is it that the small encyclopaedia market grew more than a hundred times in the space of 8-10 years and changed its orientation in such a path breaking
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Brand Positioning Strategy Summary Report Thebe Ikalafeng Group MD The Brand Leadership Group 25 October 2007 Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. BRIEF APPROACH SUMMARY INSIGHTS & BEST PRACTICE POSITIONING THE GAUTRAIN BRAND 5.1. BRAND ESSENCE 5.2. BRAND BLUEPRINT 5.3. BRAND ARCHITECTURE 5. 6. ACTIVATING THE BRAND ACROSS PHASES NEXT STEPS The Brief Develop an integrated project overarching brand proposition: what the Gautrain brand stands for‚ what it does
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Unit 1 Assignment Germaine Bridges Kaplan University As stated by Shrimp (2010)‚ “targeting allows marketing communicators to deliver their messages precisely and prevent wasted coverage on people falling outside the targeted market” (p. 98). Kohl’s is one of my favorite retailers. Their positioning statement is to be the leading family focused‚ value oriented‚ and specialty department store offering quality exclusive and national brand merchandise to the customer in an environment
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A Report on OrganicKidz: Marketing Strategy LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL From Atul Kumar To Jane Walter OrganicKidz Calgary‚ Canada Date: September 20‚ 2009 Subject: Regarding Costco’s offer to supply stainless steel baby bottles Dear Ms Jane Walter‚ With reference to the above mentioned subject‚ please find my report enclosed. The report contains an analysis of the situation‚ problem statement‚ a list of the options available‚ the criteria for evaluating these options and a final recommendation
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1. The corporate rationale of the Virgin group is to re-entering the inactive industries with brand new ideas and developments and offer the consumer different products. Diversification is an attribute of Virgins rationale. Their SBU’s improve Virgin’s scope and therefore its existing markets and products. Virgin uses the ideas of ‘the corporate parent’ to add structure and direction to its various business units‚ which in turn adds value due to the effective‚ closely controlled and come up to that
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Chapter 03 Evaluating Opportunities in the Changing Marketing Environment True / False Questions 1. The marketing manager can control the variables in the marketing environment. True False 2. Company objectives should shape the direction and operation of the whole business. True False 3. Earning a profit probably should be one of the objectives of a firm‚ but it should not be the only one. True False 4. A mission statement sets out the organization
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Bibliography: Books Applied strategic marketing – 2nd edition – Du Plessis‚ Jooste‚ Strydom Websites http://www.subway.com – Official Subway Website http://www.eweek.com Competitor websites http://www.mcdonalds.com http://www.kauai.co.za
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juice has been positioned as a healthy and cool brand based on ‘love for life’ philosophy’. Within the first several years‚ Boost juice has effectively captured consumers’ attentions and enhanced the brand awareness among the mass with its strategic marketing activities. According to the study done by Independent TNS research in 2011‚ Boost juice established a brand awareness level of 94% in Australia within just 5 years since inception and consumers ranked the brand’s ‘cool factor’ among the likes of
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1. Given Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds)‚ how should it structure its pricing? The case lays out three pricing options. Which option would you choose and why? In designing your pricing plan‚ be as specific as possible with respect to the various elements under considerations (e.g.‚ contracts‚ the size of the subsidies‚ hidden fees‚ average per-minute charges‚ etc.). I believe Virgin Mobile has two options. The first option is the obvious for their target market and any new
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Title: Organizing employees for success by using Human Resource Strategy Course code: HRMT 20007 Course Name: Human Resource Management Lecturer: Melissa Sullivan Assignment number: 2 Due Date: 28 September 2011 Weighting: 50%
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