development‚ corporate attributes that allowed IKEA to lower its prices by an average of two to three percent over the decade to 2010 during a period of global expansion.[8] As of October 2011‚ IKEA owns and operates 332 stores in 38 countries. In fiscal year 2010‚ US$23.1 billion worth of goods were sold‚ a total that represented a 7.7 percent increase over 2009.[9] The IKEA website contains about 12‚000 products and is the closest representation of the entire IKEA range. There were over 470 million visitors
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PESTLE Analysis - Marketing Plan PESTLE analysis is a useful tool for understanding the industry situation as a whole‚ and is often used in conjunction with a SWOT analysis to assess the situation of an individual business. [pic] PESTLE stands for “Political‚ Economic‚ Sociological‚ Technological‚ Legal and Environmental” factors. The questions to ask yourself are: ▪ What are the key political factors likely to affect the industry? ▪ What are the important economic factors? ▪ What
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Background Information: IKEA IKEA is a Swedish company registered in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture (such as beds‚ chairs‚ and desks)‚ appliances‚ and home accessories. As of January 2008‚ the company is the world’s largest furniture retailer. IKEAis the world’s most successful mass-market retailer‚ selling Scandinavian-style home furnishings and other house goods in 230 stores in 33 countries and hosting 410 million shoppers per year. IKEA offers a comprehensive
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Malaysia - PEST Analysis [pic] TASK Consider the following ODCI information and conduct a PEST analysis. Government type: constitutional monarchy note: Malaya (what is now Peninsular Malaysia) formed 31 August 1957; Federation of Malaysia (Malaya‚ Sabah‚ Sarawak‚ and Singapore) formed 9 July 1963 (Singapore left the federation on 9 August 1965); nominally headed by the paramount ruler and a bicameral Parliament consisting of a nonelected upper house and an elected lower house; Peninsular
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IKEA Consumer Behavior Analysis Consumer behavior Contents Executive Summary 1 Company Background 1 Objective and Focus of This Study 2 Methodology 2 Findings 2 * Perception 3 * Buying theory 4 * Learning theory 6 * Motivation 7 * Attitude 8 * Reference group and social media 9 * Gender 10 * Social class 11 * Subculture 12 * Culture 13 Interesting Findings 13 Marketing Implication 16 References 19 Executive Summary IKEA was chosen
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IKEA has varieties of items‚ and therefore I can hardly find any direct competitor of IKEA. However‚ I can still find several less direct competitors of IKEA‚ they are Japanhome‚ Pricerite and DSC. Japanhome provides housewares only‚ it has a comprehensive range of housewares. The varieties of housewares it sold are more than that of IKEA. IKEA sells utensils‚ cookwares and clothes-racks‚ but no moisture proof bag and washing-up liquid can be found at IKEA. Actually‚ some of the IKEA’s utensils
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Overview: IKEA The most successful retailer for mass market in the world is known to be IKEA which sells Scandinavian style home furnishings and other house goods in 301 stores in 41 countries. IKEA hosted 522 million shoppers last year. IKEA is a short word which stands for Ingvar the first name of the owner‚ Kamprad the last name of the owner‚ Elmtaryd the name of the farm where Ingvar grew up in‚ and Agunnaryd the name of the village near to Ingvar’s childhood home. IKEA was founded in 1943 when
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WINE PESTLE ANALYSIS Political • The wine industry in the United States continues to face political challenges as it tries to extricate itself from arcane laws left over from the prohibition era. Although some states have abolished laws prohibiting the sale of beer‚ wine and spirits on Sundays and have opened the door to Internet sales of wine‚ many other states are not as progressive. The hot political debate in 2010 revolved around the privatization of alcoholic beverage sales. Every state has
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After reading the IKEA case‚ I find following problems‚ * Reluctance to change furniture: mind set of Americans Americans typically have the mind-set that furniture should last a lifetime‚ which is not in-line with IKEA’s value that does not include durability in its products. Thus to increase market share in America‚ IKEA must change the American’s attitude towards furniture as something fun and disposable‚ furniture is something that add value to lifestyle without incurring too much cost
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Technological‚ E for Environmental and L for Legal. This concept is used as an instrument by companies to track the environment in which they are operating or are planning to launch a new project/product/service etc. ("What Is PESTLE Analysis? A Tool for Business Analysis" 2017). There are currently eight commercial banks operating in Trinidad and Tobago with a network of 123 branches. The organization of choice is Republic Bank Ltd. which falls under the banking sector of Trinidad & Tobago. The
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