1) Why was the Swatch so successful? In what way was this watch different from others in the industry? The first main reason why Swatch managed to gained so much popularity in the watch industry is because they managed to cut costs. Heyek had started a low-end product initiative and was fully committed to vertical integration‚ that is‚ he intended to build and assemble the low-price quartz watches entirely in Switzerland. This‚ along with the decision to encase the watch with cheap plastic‚ helped
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he Swatch Group Ltd.‚ which is based out of Beil‚ Switzerland‚ is the world largest watch company. It was estimated that in 1998‚ it has produced about 119 million watches with consecutive yearly sales of over 3.2 billion Swiss francs. The Swatch group has produce the product all over 50 locations throughout the world‚ including France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ USA‚ the Virgin Islands‚ Thailand‚ Malaysia‚ and China‚ with its main facility in Switzerland. Since the beginning of the Swatch Group‚ it has
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Macro-Environment Analysis for AirAsia The factors of Macro-enviroment suggest that there is a huge scope of growth for AirAsia in Asia. The huge population with rise in middle class and a lot of disposable income together with the absence of affordable forms of transportation post a high demand for AirAsia as a low cost airline. It is also anticipated that due to the rapid urbanization trends the air travel market will continue to grow at a fast pace. The geographical structure of Asia which is
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concerned to manage firm’s activities and resources to the environment in which it operates. This essay will analyse the micro and macro external environment in the part five years (2000 to 2006) of IBM Company by using PESTEL and five forces model to analyse in the first part. The second part will discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of the two possible alternative strategies for IBM. Part 1: Analysis of Micro and Macro External Environment 1.1 PESTEL Analysis The external factors can be
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Micro Environment; It means the internal environment of the company and it is also called small environmental forces which directly or indirectly affected the company. It has some forces which are discussed below Company; Cadbury dairy milk is a company which manufactures the products like chocolate. There are different departments in the company who collectively responsible to make the products. Suppliers; Suppliers are those persons who provide the raw material to the company like cocoa
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Case Analysis: The Swatch Summary: In 1978‚ when Dr. Ernst Thomke became managing director of ETA‚ the position of this Swiss flagship industry had changed dramatically. Especially with the presence of a strong competency (Japan and U.S). Macro-environment: (PESTEL Analysis) * Economic: Threat: The market share had fallen from 56% to a mere 20%. Opportunity: The production had grown from 61 million to 320 million pieces and movements annually. Opportunity: the decline of the dollar was
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1. Prior to the introduction of the Swatch‚ what kind of watches were popular among consumers? In what ways was a Rolex different from a Timex‚ or from a gold-plated Seiko? How did consumers make buying decisions? Initially watchmaking was almost an art. Watches were luxury goods‚ produced by skillful jewelry makers and micromechanical engineers and consisted of a lot of little mechanical movements. Made in Switzerland they automatically became symbols of status‚ prestige and a very high Swiss
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Swatch Group Ltd. Have a minute? Course: International Marketing Lecturer: Dr. J.T. Bouma Case: Swatch Group Ltd. Date: March 16th‚ 2010 Group: 13.3 Students: Dennis Hesling‚ S1892444 Rikke Nielsen‚ S1939882 Jan Oestmann‚ S1956140 Arjen Hofman‚ S1873083 Table of contents 1. Introduction p. 1 1.1 Abstract p. 1 1.2 Introduction to the company p. 1 2. Analysis of the company and its market p
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Introduction Today‚ Swatch is a world known brand‚ and is recognized for its watches quality. One man should be rewarded for this: Nicolas G.Hayek. He was the one who created the brand‚ inside the Swatch Group‚ in 1983. Now‚ Swatch is one of the leaders in the watch industry‚ and a huge worldwide MNC. Hayek knew which strategy he should adopt in order to launch the Swatch Brand. He was a strategic thinker… Strategic Thinking How did Hayek manage to make Swatch one of the Leaders of
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INTRODUCTION. Coca cola‚ It is a company that produces coke‚ a carbonated soft drink. Question1. The micro environment refers to the forces that are close to the company and affect its ability to serve its customers. It includes the company itself‚ its suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customer markets and public. The table below shows the different competitors Coca Cola has and their websites.Table1. Pepsi http://www.pepsico.com Snapple http://www.snapple.com Monster http://monsterbevcorp.com
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