SUMMARY OF ANALYTICAL MODELS 1. SWOT Analysis (B-) Organizational Strengths General- Strong and attainable growth strategy Marketing- Loyalty program to retain customers Seasonal menu items Finance- Lease buildings Lack of long term debt Operations- Make their own dough and distribute to stores Information- Franchising system & site selection and proprietary software Research and Development & Product Innovation Mgmnt/HR- extensive front and back of house training to
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Purevtseren Word count: 1591 Introduction Build-A-Bear Workshop is a very successful organization. It is a place where small children to big kids can play and enjoy the place. The founder of Build-A-Bear is Maxine Clark. She had the idea of making a teddy bear when she was only 10 years old. At that time she wanted many different types of teddy bears. And she could never find a suitable one. That is when she started making her own teddy bears. The inspiration became very important to her life
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Build-A-Bear Workshop® Fact Sheet Background The Build-A-Bear Workshop® concept started from Founder and Chief Executive Bear Maxine Clark’s desire to re-invent retailing for the 21st century. The idea was a culmination of her years of retail experience and a desire to bring the fun back to shopping‚ the way Maxine remembered it when she was a child. The “light bulb” went off for Maxine when she was on a shopping trip with her young friend‚ Katie‚ who was 10 years old at the time. It was the height
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Build-A-Bear Workshop Case Study 1. Which of the marketing management concepts covered in this chapter best describes Build-A-Bear Workshop? The marketing concept within the marketing management concepts is the one that best describes Build-A-Bear. The marketing concept‚ which is the “marketing management philosophy which holds that achieving organisational goals depends on determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions more effectively than competitors
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* * LO1: Delivering Value to Customers * * The Marketing Philosophy and its Relevance to Corporate Culture * Marketing philosophy: holds that achieving organisational goals depends on determining the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors. * Takes an outside-in perspective: * Starts with the well-defined market‚ focuses on customer needs‚ coordinates all the marketing
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Build-A-Bear: Build-A-Memory Synopsis This case illustrates the success that Build-A-Bear Workshop has achieved since its founding in 1996. A detailed description is given of the Build-A-Bear retail experience and why it is that both parents and children are drawn to this concept. Personalization‚ and not just customization‚ is the driving force. The case also highlights how founder Maxine Clark stays in touch with the customer and the employees. For Clark‚ management-by-walking-around is more than
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million bears and had over 400 stores in operation worldwide in Australia‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ South Korea‚ The Netherlands‚ Norway‚ the Republic of Ireland‚ Poland‚ Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Africa‚ Sweden‚ Taiwan‚ Thailand‚ the United Kingdom and the United States (including Puerto Rico). While the majority of Build-A-Bear stores are in shopping malls‚ by 2008 the company had opened five stores in Major League Baseball stadiums.[3] In 2006‚ the company acquired The Bear Factory
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BLT1 CREATING CUSTOMER VALUE Most of the companies nowadays utilise customer-centric approach as to ensure the quality service brought to the customer (Bolton 2004). Moreover‚ recruiting new customers cost always more than maintaining loyal customers that ultimately aims for profit for the organization (How not to let business slip away: Don’t upset old customers when tempting new ones‚ 2010). As a result‚ a lot of attentions have been drawn from the customers by the organizations via different
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Project Proposal Project Proposal Product Strategy and Management INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT‚ BANGALORE Understanding and analyzing the market strategy of Godrej Appliances Understanding and analyzing the market strategy of Godrej Appliances Submitted To Prof. Ramesh Venkateswaran Submitted by Group 2 Rajesh Kumar Sanga 1211286 Nareshbabu Vadditandra 1211277 Kaluvai Rajesh 1211192 Shiva Nanditha 1211232 Aditi Garg 1211322 Akhilesh Chader 1211196 Kasam
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The founder of Build a Bear‚ Maxine Clark‚ has researched and understands the market place and the customer needs in the retail business. Build - A- Bear unquestionably creates a value for customers and at the same time builds a strong relationship with them. By knowing her customers‚ their needs‚ and wants she has created satisfied loyal customers and has a large share of the market in the toy business. Build – A – Bear Workshop has a customer driven marketing strategy. The company targets
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