Product Variety Mercedes-Benz has introduced many technological and safety innovations that have become common things in other vehicles several years later. There are many varieties of models such as B-Class (Sports Tourer)‚ C-Class (Saloon)‚ CL-Class (Coupe)‚ CLS-Class (Coupe)‚ E-Class (Saloon‚ Coupe)‚ GL-Class (Off-Roader)‚ M-Class (Off-Roader)‚ R-Class (SUV Tourer)‚ S-Class (Saloon)‚ SL-Class (Roadster)‚ and SLK-Class (Roadster). Quality Since its inception‚ Mercedes-Benz had maintained
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Product : Mundane products are ordinary or banal products that are bought by consumer for everyday use. It is also a product without any specificity‚ whose purchase is regular and habitual and may be automatic or semi-automatic. To explain what are the different dimensions of a mundane product we will use the example of a pack of pastas. * Its concrete or material dimension is that : The product is a pack of pastas. It is basic food that can be eaten everyday by a lot of categories of
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4P Analysis Product Li Ning focuses mainly on providing specialized and technical sports equipment including shoes‚ clothes‚ equipment as well as accessories. Horizontally‚ Li Ning categorized its product line as follows: Athletic Pro: advanced sports equipment to both athletics and normal consumers. Urban Sports: fashionable sports and casual wears. Brand Heritage: incorporate brand value with high fashion and technology. Crossover: designed by new edge artists. While vertically
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Selected Financial Data for Toyota Motors Corp.‚ Inc. 2010-2014 (in 000s‚ YEN‚ expect per share amounts)(Automotive Segment) Income Statement Data (in 000s) (YEN) - Automotive Segment 2010 17‚197 Net Revenues Revenue Growth Yr-Yr Cost of Goods sold 15‚971 COGS GrowthYr-Yr Gross Profit 1‚226 Gross Profit GrowthYr-Yr Selling‚ general and admin expenses 2‚120 Gross Profit GrowthYr-Yr Income From operations (Loss) 87 Income from Operations GrowthYr-Yr Interest Expense net Other expenses net
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Toyota Revs up U.S. Sales Threats: The Japanese market is getting more competitive and Toyota is losing sales to Nissan and Honda. Chevrolet and Ford are selling better in the U.S. The "Toyota takeover" is not assured. Japanese manufactures gaining a foothold in the US market. American companies are working to update the styling of their cars. Opportunities: Exploiting the U.S. Attaining more local managers in order to Americanize. Import taxes and current risk
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As a monolithic corporate brand‚ Toyota has been using both product-led communications around specific cars as well as corporate-led communications around themes identified in its Global Vision document. TKM has invested Rs 9 billion in its plant at Bidadi in Karnataka. The joint venture company’s advertising budget has skyrocketed from Rs 140 million in the year 2000 to Rs 430 million in 2003. TKM managing director Atsushi Toyoshima proudly announced that the joint venture (JV) company has
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Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) Products (Revised): Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a leading specialty clothing retailer. It always utilizes sex appeal to sell its products. A&F often uses semi-nude models with rock hard abs on their new store opening ceremony and puts posters on the wall of store with hot semi-nude Caucasian. A&F prefers to decorate their store with dark jungle feel. All of those strategies aim the same target‚ the sex attraction. A feature which can make a huge distinction from other
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Toyota Crisis: Management Ignorance? Abstract Since the late 2009‚ the famous vehicle manufacture Toyota has suffered a severe crisis due to unintended quality problems in its cars which had triggered Toyota’s largest officially recalls of its cars around the world. This crisis threatens the company’s previous reputation of good quality cars‚ as well as the brand image built up over time. This study aims to elaborate on the Toyota crisis in order to understand why Toyota faces this crisis and
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assignment are Perodua and Toyota. The market structure of both of the companies can be classified as the oligopoly. One of the characteristics of oligopoly is there are only a few sellers in the market. As an illustration‚ Proton is one of the local automobile manufacturers while Honda and Nissan are foreign automobile manufacturers. Since there are only a few sellers in this market‚ the fewer firms dominate and control all or most of the market. Additionally‚ Perodua and Toyota are sold homogeneous
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Positioning Toyota has a mixed strategy when it comes to position its product. It uses a mix of both‚ the differentiation as well as the low cost. This gives Toyota a competitive advantage in the automobile sector. Toyota basically has something for everyone‚ from low priced to hatchbacks to Lexus. They serve everyone. For people looking for an outdoor vehicle they have SUVs and four wheel drive trucks. For customers who want environment friendly vehicle they have PRIUS‚ the hybrid car. Toyota has been
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