turnaround and today it is among the most powerful brands in the world. The company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932 in Denmark. Ole was carpenter who decided to make toys out of wood. Over the years‚ the company tried producing a variety of goods including watches and clothes aiming at becoming a lifestyle brand which made LEGO lose its identity and to grow at a slow pace. In 2001‚ Kjeld Kirk Christiansen‚ a grandson of the founder admitted that LEGO was struggling. Kjeld embarked on the strategy
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represented by –Aye Chan Myat Phyo Myat Thurein Lin Lin Thandar Htay 1 Introduction Agenda 2 Lego Toys 3 Lego Fashion 4 Lego Games Founder – Ole Kirk Christiansen(1891-1958) Main Country - Denmark Lego bricks Ole Kirk ‘s House The motto of the Lego Group “Det bedste er ikke for godt” (In Danish) “The best is the best” (In English) Godtfred Christiansen (1845-1928) Current CEO – Jorgen Vig Knudstorp (1968-present) Logos has changed many times… 1935 1940 1948 1957 1961 1973 1999-present
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LEGO -is a line of construction toys . The company’s flagship product consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears‚ minifigures and various other parts.Founder: Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ 1934. Lego History The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark‚ who began making wooden toys in 1932. It expanded to producing plastic toys in 1947. Lego Trivia 1. The company is named after the Danish phrase leg godt (Norks/Norwegian)
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origin of “LEGO” The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958)‚ a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark‚ who began making wooden toys in 1932. He made toys for his son. • Second‚ what does “LEGO” means? In 1934‚ his company came to be called "LEGO"‚ derived from the Danish phrase leg godt‚ which means‚ "Play well". • Third‚ why he changed from wood to plastic: one day‚ there was a big fire in factory. So‚ Ole Kirk Christiansen changed the way of making “LEGO” This picture is first
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Summary of the case The LEGO Group’s vision was to “inspire children to explore and challenge their own creative potential”. Its motto‚ “Only the Best is Good Enough‚” had stuck with company since 1932 when Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ a Danish carpenter‚ established the company in the small town of Billund in Jutland‚ Denmark‚ to manufacture his wooden toy designs. As the company itself stipulated it: “It is LEGO philosophy that “good play” enriches a child’s life — and its subsequent adulthood. With
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CASE STUDY 1 Innovation at the Lego Group A&B - 9.10.2014 Brief Description LEGO is a toy company established in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. LEGO offered high quality toys and at the same time encouraged children to be creative. Over the years they developed their products and company grew steadily and successfully till the mid 90’s. LEGO immediately noticed their fall in the market‚ in order to keep up they did many innovations.As a result company was expanded with the aggressive innovations
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Introduction In this report I will focus on toy manufacturing company called LEGO and its goals of expending their business in China. The project will contain of 10 pages which will include internal and external analyses of the company and chosen country environment or market. In this project I will try to analyze Chinese market for toys with the purpose of reaching a better foundation for decision regarding their strategic situation. I will use information from books‚ internet and my decisions
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Lego Case Study Report Introduction The Lego Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen. For years of development‚ Lego has achieved the transition from a carpenter’s workshop to a global enterprise. Its Lego brick has been named the ‘toys of the century’ twice and greatly contributes to the company’s stable growth. Nevertheless‚ Lego struggled mightily in the early to mid-2000s. Sales dropped 30 percent in 2003 and 10 percent more in 2004‚ and the company was destroying about $337‚000
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TASK 1 Introduction The LEGO Group is a privately held company based in Billund‚ Denmark. The company is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family who founded it in 1932. The LEGO Group is engaged in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning. Based on the world-famous LEGO® brick‚ the company today provides toys‚ experiences and teaching materials for children in more than 130 countries. The LEGO Group has approximately 9‚000 employees‚ and it is the world’s third
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There are about 915 million ways to combine six LEGO® bricks . But how many ways are there to keep a company on the right track? Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen‚ current owner of the LEGO Group‚ was faced with this question in 2004. On the surface it did not become known that LEGO was in trouble in those days. The small bricks were welcome all over the world and the British Association of Toy Retailers joined Fortune magazine in naming the company’s classic bricks the toy of the century. But the fifth-largest
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