SWOT Analysis of Virgin Group 1. STRENGTHS Strong brand name. Experienced in two different kinds of distribution - Stationary trade - Mail ordering Location. - Geopolitical position is good for business. Co-existence in the region of 2 seaports and an international airport with direct possibility of export. - Variety of exports possibilities. Large land resources. - Existence of a powerful technical basis and building firms. Ecologically clean environment. - > 100
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Introduction: Virgin Mobile is a successful company based in the U.K. The company is well known for its brand extension and was the first company to introduce the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in the U.K.‚ where they leased network space form another firm instead of running a network in-house and as a result avoiding infrastructure and large fixed cost. The company was well known for its hip and trendy position in the U.K.‚ and catered to the youth market. Although they have had a couple
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1) Do you agree with Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds) selection? What are the risks associated with targeting this segment? Why have the major carriers been slow to target this segment? - As a group‚ we all agreed to this TM. We find this strategy suit extremely well with virgins advertising budget‚ as niche market will mean that advertising can be specifically targeted towards the target market rather than as a whole. Specific media vehicles can be used such as interactive
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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SWOT Analysis of Tesco in UK: Strengths; Tesco’s reputation for low cost products‚ can gain fair-trade cotton clothing substantial market share in the UK. Tesco’s growth in the insurance sector provides financial strength to Tesco in UK. Another important factor is the increasing growth of online sales and fair-trade cotton clothing could be included in these sales. The Brand recognition of Tesco in UK is an important strength and will help fair-trade cotton clothing. Weaknesses: The weaknesses
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Introduction According to given scenario‚ BC mobile is an experienced medium sized software company located at Canada‚ specialized in developing bespoke mobile application for medium and large companies. It has an experience of 15 years on such development. It has recruited experienced programmer and project managers. Despite of specialties in mobile application development‚ company has taken a brutal step to develop application for embedded system. The application is named “Fit Smart” and it can
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Ton-Tho MKTG 4400 Watson 5/1/13 Virgin Mobile USA Case Study This case speaks of Dan Schulman who has just recently taken the position as CEO of Virgin Mobil USA. In the summer of 2001‚ he assembled a team and set a goal of 1 million subscribers by the end of the first year‚ and 3 million by the end of year four. Virgin although a top brand in the UK had a weak following in the states at this time. They had success in the UK with the launch of their mobile network and devices‚ but did not fare
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Problem Statement Virgin Mobil is venturing into the US market and their launch date is July 2002. The company’s goal is to have one million total subscribers by the end of the first year and three million by year four. In order to achieve their goals‚ the company has to come up with a competitive pricing strategy to attract and retain customers in an already mature market. Recommended course of action Despite a mature US market‚ the cellular service industry has a market penetration of only
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CROON ELEKTROTECHNIEK‚ B. V.© James A. Narus James C. Anderson * May 2002 * James A. Narus is Professor of Business Marketing‚ Babcock Graduate School of Management‚ Wake Forest University. James C. Anderson is the William L. Ford Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Wholesale Distribution‚ and Professor of Behavioral Science in Management‚ Kellogg Graduate School of Management‚ Northwestern University. He is also the Irwin Gross Distinguished ISBM Research Fellow at the Institute
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STUDENT: | Louis-Claude ROUX | PROFESSOR: | Philippe René Gillet | CASE: Virgin Mobile USA “Pricing for the first time” | DATE: 20/02/2012CLASS: MBS-Entrepreneuriat | PART I) ANSWERS BASED ON MY “GUT FEELINGS” Virgin Mobile targets the 14 to 24-year-olds market. The case lays out three pricing options. Which option would you choose and why? I would go for option number two for several reasons. The first one is that I think offer number one is not sufficiently different from the rest
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