Table of Contents History 3 Internal Strengths and Weaknesses 4 External Opportunities and Threats 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Strength 6 Weakness 6 Opportunity 6 Threat 6 Current Business Level Strategy 6 Duracell 6 Energizer 7 Rayovac 7 Challenge Ahead 7 Recommendation 7 Plan of Action 8 Appendices 9 Appendix 1-History 9 Appendix 2-Industry Life Cycle Analysis 10 Appendix 3-Competetive Forces Analysis pre 1996 10 Appendix 4- Competitive Forces Post 1996 11 Appendix
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Marketing MBA Fall 2013 Mattel Individual Case Report I. Executive Summary Mattel‚ Inc. (Mattel or ’the company ’) designs‚ manufactures and markets toys across the globe. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in El Segundo‚ California‚ and the company employs approximately 30‚ 000 people as of December 31‚ 2012. Mattel has some of the highly recognized brands in the toy industry‚ with its core brands providing strong sales
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Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998. In mid-1990s the Internet was emerging and the quest for getting relevant data from the Internet had begun. The solutions provided by Yahoo and AltaVista were not adequate to fill this requirement. In 1996‚ Larry Page and Brin who were at that time PhD students at Stanford‚ got together to answer this question. They developed a ranking based Internet search algorithm which prioritized results based on relevance. In 1997 they made it available
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Apple‚ Inc. Marketing Strategy Plan Prepared by Techno-Geek Consultants MARKETING APRIL 28‚ 2012 BY: GROUP C Executive summary Apple has dominated the market with its innovative line of products like iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple in 1976‚ and in the 34 years until the launch of the iPod‚ the company had many difficulties. In 1980‚ Apple was leading the market with its Macintosh that was worth $1B annually. Their product stood alone at the top in a primitive
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Universidad de La Sabana Mercadeo Presentado a: Luis Fernando Correa Presentado por: Vivian Jimena Mesa Torres 201120968 ------------------------------------------------- Febrero 27‚ 2013 FIRST PARTIAL EXAM Disney: The happiest brand on earth Case Analysis 1. Background: During the second half of the 1980s and 1990s‚ the Disney Studio experienced a significant growth‚ and the division had a "golden age" with annual box office hits with such regularity that even their creative structure started
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Only a nominal fee of RM2 is charged to the customer on top of their fare fee. The rates follow the standard rates set by the government. Apart of that‚ to reach out to more customers‚ coupons and promotions are given out for ride discounts. A good marketing and pricing strategies has made these both companies popular among both drivers and passengers. As for Uber‚ the company has 2 different product
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Question 1 Ariel is using the “marketing concept”. They have determined the needs and wants of their consumers/customers. The product in want and need by the consumers is washing powder for washing clothes. This “Ariel” washing powder has been said to be better than the number one best selling washing powder and all their competitors washing powders. Ariel is constantly trying to better and improve their product for customer satisfaction and needs changing. They are improving their company by offering
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Question 1 Why did IKEA decide to enter the Malaysian market through franchising? Do you agree with this strategy? What could have been alternative strategies? IKEA is one of the top sellers in furniture goods around the world. IKEA expanded to Malaysia and approaches high-risk market by franchising. IKEA used a conservative policy to globalize its business. IKEA never enters a new potential market by opening a retail outlet. IKEA sets up a supplier link with host country to reduce approach in which
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Lecture 7. Case Study 1. Should Unilever divert money from its premium brands to invest in a lower-margin segment of the market? Yes‚ I think so. 2. In the long run‚ what would Unilever gain and would it risk losing? Unilever will increase their 81% market share‚ and prevent attack from P & G. Unilever cannot only satisfy their low income consumers‚ but they can also maintain the consumers of OMO. They will gain expertise and can apply it to other categories. Financial analysts will praise
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CASE STUDY: CHAPTER 3 & 4 SUBMITTED BY: DOMINGUEZ‚ Phoebe Rosemina U. CHIO‚ Jessa M. LU‚ Keith Japheth OCAMPO‚ Patricia Therese V. PANGAN‚ Charity U. SUBMITTED TO: MR. ANTHONY AGUELO December 9‚ 2014 CHAPTER 3 CASE Use the multiattribute model of evaluation to develop a strategy for reselling the better-grade fabric as the best choice for the new auditorium seating. Product Information Characteristics Higher-grade Nylon Velvet Lower-grade Vinyl Fabric Useful
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