FIGURE 1.0 SPACE MATRIX In the SPACE analysis‚ Unilever ought to continue to occupy the Aggressive position because of the strong Financial Strength (FS) and Industry Strength (IS). The financial position is strong and sales have increased although the slim fast product has not been performing well as it still is profitable and can support this position. This is a good position to maintain for them to continue as market leaders in food and home-care industry. INTERNAL ANALYSIS MARKET AUDIT
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SPACE MATRIX | Financial Strength | Ratings | Return on investments is high‚ increasing to 5.86%. | 2.0 | Liquidity Ratio (Cash) increased to 0.98 | 3.0 | Inventory Turnover is high‚ increasing to 13.2. | 1.0 | Working Capital improved to $23.55. | 3.0 | Target EPS for 2011 of 1.89 was achieved. | 2.0 | Ford reported a 6.8 percent sales increase in December 2010 | 4.0 | | 15.0 | Industry Strength | The growth potential is very high most especially for the existence of small
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COLOGNE BUSINESS SCHOOL (CBS) Case Study: Ryanair The future of the leading low fares airline Term paper for Transnational Management Summer Semester 2014/2015 Lecturer: XXX Anton Wischnewski BA12 in International Business / International Trade Student-No. XXX Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................2 2 Overview of Ryanair ..........................................................................
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Instructor’s Manual 368 © Pearson Education Limited 2005 CASE TEACHING NOTES Ryanair – The Low-Fares Airline Eleanor O’Higgins 1. Introduction Ryanair was the first budget airline in Europe‚ modelled after the successful US carrier‚ Southwest Airlines. The case offers students the opportunity to evaluate the strategy of Ryanair against the backdrop of the European airline industry and the burgeoning budget sector. Business students at all levels enjoy this case and relate to it‚ since air
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features(such as reliability‚ clarity of fees‚ availability of fares‚ on-board comfort‚ service‚ etc.) under control‚ which Ryanair cannot handle in various ways‚ resulting in negative thoughts of customers about this company. 3.2 Related problems: Ryanair accumulates ‘hidden’ taxes and other fees‚ restricted customer services‚ and deceiving advertisements. Ryanair imposes charges for anything from checking bags into the hold‚ up to £40‚ to changing the name on your ticket‚ for £110
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transportation for this route. Ryanair recognized the profitability of the Dublin-London route‚ which was the only route that was profitable for Aer Lingus. While the direction of British Airways and Aer Lingus‘business models diversified worldwide‚ Ryanair saw an opportunity to streamline its costs by specializing on this specific route. Ryanair introduced a low cost‚ unrestricted fare‚ which undercut BA and Aer Lingus by £110 per ticket‚ while still focusing on first rate service. Ryanair was able to offer
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Case study on low cost airlines (RYANAIR) Preliminary questions: 1. What are your first impressions regarding Ryanair? 2. How would you characterize its marketing strategy? Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA‚ LSE: RYA‚ NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish low cost airline‚ with headquarters at Dublin Airport and its largest operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport. Ryanair operates 182 aircraft on 729 routes across Europe and North Africa from its 31 bases.[1] The airline has been characterised
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Introduction Ryanair is one of the most profitable low-cost and low-fare airlines in the world. Even though it was merely bankruptcy in 1991‚ it could stand up and become very successful by 1999. An issues was what led Ryanair to huge losses in 1991‚ how did it re-gain its position‚ and what lay ahead in the next century. Analysis Prior to 1991‚ Ryanair had suffered from continuous losses from 1985 to 1989. The first reason that put it into this situation was that it tried to position itself
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In April 1986‚ the Ryan brothers announce that Ryanair will offer service between Dublin and London‚ a route dominated by Aer Lingus and British Airways. AL and BA offer a range of tickets with varying restrictions and varying classes of service‚ but the least expensive‚ unrestricted round-trip fares were priced at IL208‚ far higher than the IL98 that Ryan Air announced. Ryanair’s strategy to launch a single far no restriction ticket at such a low price will gain market share quickly as well as possibly
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Ryanair was founded in 1985 by the Ryan family to provide scheduled passenger airline services between Ireland and the UK‚ as an alternative to the then state monopoly carrier‚ Aer Lingus. It started out a full service conventional airline‚ with two classes of seating and leasing three different types of aircraft. However despite growth in the passenger volumes financial problems were of a growing concern. In its fight to survive the airline went through a dramatic restyle to become Europe ’s first
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