i. Definition of Industry: ii. Significant Financial Ratios (use the IO business model to look for above average returns) iii. Growth: iv. Porters 5 Forces: v. External Forces: Demographic Segment: Economic segment: The credit crunch might decrease the purchasing power of consumers and though they will still buy the essentials they may be more cautious. They may also spend less on luxury items‚ something that has a greater profit margin for Swatch. Sociocultural Segment: High
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How did Timex succeed the Swiss as world volume leader in the 1950s and 1960s? Timex toppled the world dominance of the Swiss by streamlining the watch making process therefore also making the process very scaleable. The Swiss had dominated in an era where very little competition existed. This paved the way for the Swiss and their high cost watch producers to remain dominant as consumers really had no alternative to turn to. Timex introduced watches using a combination of automation‚ precision
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FDI in multi-brand retail will benefit farmers‚ says Bhupinder Singh Hooda GURGAON: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said he was in favour of FDI in multi-brand retail from the very beginning. "FDI in retail will help farmers. They will get right prices of their produce because companies will purchase directly from them‚" Hooda told reporters here after the inauguration of Rapid Metro’s trial run. Consumers would also get quality products at comparatively cheaper rates
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Its biggest watch company‚ Swatch‚ dominated the industry at one time. However as foreign competition increased from other nations Swatch was greatly affected. American and European watch makers established assembly plants in the city to take advantage of highly skilled‚ cheap labor and favorable tax conditions. Globally people started preferring the low end daily use watches from other companies as Timex and Citizen and moved away from the high end and considerably expensive Swatch watches.
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Porters Five Forces of the Retail Industry I. Supplier Power The bargaining power of Suppliers is relatively low. There is a high competition between suppliers which means that their ability to raise prices or reduce quantity is very low. Suppliers include both domestic and international manufacturers and because many retail products are standardized‚ retailers have low switching costs which make the supplier power low. Larger retailers have power over their suppliers because they can threaten
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Porter’s Five Forces: Travel Agency : Industry Rivalry : Highly Fragmented Industry with Intense Rivalry Highly Fragmented Industry. Organized players would barely have 15-20% of the marketplace Most of organized players are present in metros & mini-metros Large disposable incomes in towns like Lucknow‚ Jaipur‚ Coimbatore etc. serviced by family run unorganized players Industry rivalry is intense but not cutthroat Rivalry Intense because of low switching costs‚ low levels of product differentiation
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Porters 5 forces Virgin Australia Threat of new entrants – The airline industry has been around for over 100 years and due to large capital requirements and overhead (high cost of planes)‚ the industry would not be greatly affected by new entrants and therefore the threat of new entrants is high. With low operating margins and high initial investment‚ a high market share is needed to ensure full flights (maximizing profits on each flight). This would be difficult for a new entrant. Industry
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Porter’s 5 Forces Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porter’s model is based up on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Competitive
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PORTER’S FIVE FORCES 4 Power of Suppliers Criteria Level Effect on Power Effect on Profit Difference of Inputs High Increases Decreases Cost of Switching Suppliers High Increases Decreases Threat of Forward Integration High Increases Decreases Supplier Concentration High Increases Decreases Difference of Inputs Product differentiation within inputs in the tech industry is largely dependent on how recently the input has been developed (the extent of which it is considered
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Swatch Group Ltd. Have a minute? Course: International Marketing Lecturer: Dr. J.T. Bouma Case: Swatch Group Ltd. Date: March 16th‚ 2010 Group: 13.3 Students: Dennis Hesling‚ S1892444 Rikke Nielsen‚ S1939882 Jan Oestmann‚ S1956140 Arjen Hofman‚ S1873083 Table of contents 1. Introduction p. 1 1.1 Abstract p. 1 1.2 Introduction to the company p. 1 2. Analysis of the company and its market p
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