is varied‚ explained through artistic virtues such as poetry and painting‚ and intensive study of historical struggles. Despite this‚ some view the field‚ aptly named the Humanities‚ as irrelevant‚ a passing luxury item bent on being thrown away. In her article‚ “The Humanities Are Not a Luxury: A Manifest for the Twenty-First Century‚” Martha Nell Smith details the struggles of the humanities against both real‚ and metaphorical issues‚ ranging from funding shortcomings to family views on the validity
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Luxury cars are a very small part of the pie in the total Indian automobile markets. However‚ they are a potent weapon for an automobile company to have in its arsenal. When effectively deployed by focused positioning‚ winning strategies aimed at the right target‚ they have the ability to produce “super-normal” contribution margins and wealth for the company. Dominated by Mercedes Benz till a major part of the early 2000s‚ the luxury car market started picking up momentum fueled
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PROJECT CASE 1 Luxury Retaling: INTRODUCTION & SCENARIO: The Indian economy has evoked a lot of interest globally given its statistics of some of the highest disposable incomes and increase in the number of millionaires. We are not new to luxury. Indian princes had a penchant for luxury goods from the west. The last couple of years have seen a profusion of luxury brands into the Indian market. With one of the highest levels of disposable incomes‚ the well-traveled Indian luxury consumer is being
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PESTEL Political- The theatre is subsidized by the public purse in the form of local authorities and the arts council (Arts council‚ 2010). However‚ funding is under continual pressure after cuts made to the arts budget by the coalition government (Mintel‚ 2012). This has been evident since 2008 where the arts council of England stopped funding of the theatre meaning it is only supported by Winchester City Council‚ Hampshire city council‚ sponsors and friends of Theatre Royal Winchester (Burn
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THE 8 P’S OF LUXURY BRANDING – PILLARS OF A LUXURY BRAND Performance: Refers to the delivery of superior experience of a luxury brand at two levels – product level & experiential level. At a product level‚ it must satisfy the functional and utilitarian characteristic as well as deliver on its practical physical attributes – a recipe of quality or design excellence ingredients like creativity‚ exclusivity‚ craftsmanship‚ precision‚ materials‚ high quality & innovation. The luxury brand must perform
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Mohan Shiv Section #1 Boston College Carroll School of Management MM 720 Management Practice I STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Professor MCCLEELLAN Case: Cola wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century September INDUSTRY ANALYSIS OF THE CARBONATED SOFT DRINKS INDUSTRY Description of the Industry The industry of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) is highly concentrated. The three major companies‚ Coca Cola‚ PepsiCo‚ and Cadbury Schweppes accounted in 1998 for more than 90% of market share
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China Final Paper February 2011 “China’s Luxury Market‚ 30 years in the making: How Chinese political policy and tradition over the last 30 years created China’s insatiable appetite for luxury goods” China is positioned to become the world’s largest luxury market in five years and a study by Datamonitor reported China’s luxury goods market was worth $9.4billion by the end of 2009‚ which accounted for 27.5% of the world’s luxury goods market.[1] They also predict that by 2015‚ China’s
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Research Goal: The main goal of this study is to examine the influence of culture on people’s luxury consumption from both psychological and behavioral aspects‚ specifically in China and the United States. By examining the differences in cultures‚ I will be able to sumarize consumer characteristics in these two countries and make marketing recommendations for brands that want to target these two markets. I will then provide successful examples of brands that have successfully employed the marketing
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It becomes a place to hang out to meet with friend. The Department Store can be a good indicator of social status because they will choose the Department Store that match their taste and monetary. Therefore‚ ZEN Department Store should have clear positioning and provide suitable facilities‚ which can fulfill the target’s needs. Technology Information Technology (IT) becomes important in the Department Store industry. With IT the Department Store can store the customers’ data and millions of transactions
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Competitive Rivalry The Competitive Rivalry in South Africa is high and will continue to increase as new Providers enter the industry. * The Competition is based on price and quality. The entry of every new Customer brings with a new set of price cuts and hence intensifies competition between cell phone provo=. Major threats currently: * Cell C‚ because they are a low cost service provider of many services‚ and this has helped Cell C to penetrate the market. * MTN and Vodacom offer
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