Minnesota School of Business 10 Blockbuster Marketing Strategy Shawn Rudkin What role has Netflix played in the development of Blockbuster’s strategic planning? How important is Netflix to Blockbuster’s future strategic plans? The success of Netflix forced Blockbuster to see the growing popularity of rent-by-mail formats. In 2003 Blockbuster launched a rental subscription program‚ which would allow subscribers to rent an unlimited number of movies during the subscription period like Netflix‚ but with Blockbuster
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CASE ANALYSIS The following analysis is about Netflix and Blockbuster. Two successful companies with similar target market but at the same time with very different strategies which can make the difference of success in the future or contrary go down. First of all we need to clarify what is the specific situation of each one. Blockbuster is a rental home video company that has been leading the market during many years‚ since the VHS cassette till the appearance of the DVD and the expansion of
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Zach Rosenberg ITEC 616 Netflix Case Study Netflix has used data and business analytics as a differentiator and competitive advantage in building its market position by using that data to build a more personalized experience for their customers. Besides the fact that their business model was innovative‚ giving them a first mover advantage‚ their use of data meant that the customer did not have to look for movies; the movies they would want to watch found them. The customers themselves provide
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blockbuster.com Blockbuster LLC‚ formerly Blockbuster Inc.‚ is an American-based provider of home movie and video game rental services‚ originally through video rental shops (both owned and franchised)‚ later adding DVD-by-mail‚ streaming‚ video on demand and cinema theater. [2] At its peak in 2004‚ Blockbuster had up to 60‚000 employees and more than 9‚000 stores. [3][4] Because of poor strategic planning‚ mismanagement and competition from other video rental companies such as Netflix and Redbox‚ Blockbuster
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The rental movie industry has seen enormous changes over the past ten years. The industry has seen a rapid change from in store movie rentals to online movie rentals that has caused Blockbuster and Movie Gallery‚ the two largest in store movie rental companies in the United States‚ to file for bankruptcy and go out of business. This industry movement has allowed many online movie companies to emerge‚ most notably Netflix which is the world’s largest online subscription service of online movie rentals
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To: Senior Management Team From: Business Analyst Date: January 1‚ 2007 Subject: Netflix Business Model Analysis Netflix is an online subscription-based DVD rental service that promises to connect their customers to the movies and television shows they love through means of sending discs through the mail or streaming them directly via the internet. For only $7.99 per month‚ Netflix offers their customers unlimited access to their massive video library (>70‚000 titles as of year-end 2006)
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In the business industry‚ some businesses survive and others do not‚ depending on the consumer demand as well as the competition of others. One business that has thrived through challenges of being a new business in the industry‚ is Redbox. When Redbox started out‚ the company faced many challenges that could have ultimately held them back but the company pressed on in an effort to succeed. Such challenges consisted of identifying a consumer need‚ the price of the movie rental verses making a profit
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Criticisms of Blockbuster by Seidler 1. The bulk of 1988 per share earnings were due to a) Very slow goodwill amortization b) Stretched out life for "hit" tapes c) Nonrecurring items of initial franchise fees‚ area development fees and sales to new franchises. 2. Steeper growth curve resulting from acquisitions that were treated as pooling 3. Inflation of sales in the fourth quarter. Revenues are recognized when products are shipped with no indication that the stores purchasing were actually
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Impact of horizontal and vertical conflict to Netflix Horizontal and vertical conflict has a great impact on Netflix. Less than a decade ago‚ if you wanted to watch a movie in the comfort of your own home‚ your only choice was to roust yourself out of your recliner and trot down to the local Blockbuster or other neighborhood movie-rental store. Blockbuster is still the world’s largest store-rental chain with over 9‚000 stores in 25 countries and $4.1 billion in annual sales. But its revenues have
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4 P’s of Redbox: Product Redbox’s products consist of DVD‚ Blu-ray disc and video game rentals. Each of the discs come secured with a barcoded DVD case and are vended from a kiosk. These kiosks are self-serve‚ customer- interactive computer terminals that are available for public use. Each of Redbox’s kiosks can hold up to 200 titles and 630 discs. Redbox is known for their signature color‚ being red‚ displayed on both their kiosks and their product cases. The color red was chosen to stand out
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