: - “Virgin is about doing things that really work‚ not just looking the parts. We are passionate about running our businesses as well as we can‚ which means treating our customers with respects‚ giving them good value and high quality and making the whole process as much fun as it can be.”—Richard Branson‚ Chairman History - Virgin Group is diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies. It included Virgin Atlantic Airways‚ Virgin Holidays‚ Virgin Rail‚ Virgin Retail
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Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. Virgin’s highest-profile business was Virgin Atlantic‚ which had developed to be a major force in the international airline business. Virgin Atlantic Airways has become Britain’s second largest airline serving the world’s major cities. On 20 December 1999 Richard Branson signed an agreement to sell a 49% stake of Virgin Atlantic to Singapore Airlines to form a unique global partnership. The cost of the transaction to Singapore
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Employed by Virgin Group From its beginning as a start-up‚ the Virgin Group still utilizes the same strategic model‚ which entails devolving from its original values and culture. Markedly entrepreneurial‚ Virgin group has no headquarters even though it has overseen an extended period of considerable growth and persistent profitability. Uniquely‚ even though lacking a specific corporate structure‚ Branson‚ his advisers and senior executives are observed to establish a team capable of guiding Virgin Group’s
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Virgin Mobile Company Analysis Critically analyse and evaluate the macro environment in which Virgin Mobile (VM) operates. What do you believe to be the key drivers affecting the mobile segment in the UK? Virgin Mobile is part of Virgin Group Limited‚ a venture capital conglomerate founded by British business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. Virgin Mobile was the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator which launched in United Kingdom in 1999 as a joint venture between T-Mobile and Virgin Group. This means
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Question 1 Virgin group limited is world largest british multinational company founded by Richard branson.it has various core business like travel‚entertainment and life style and it includes 400 companies world wide. Virgin Group’s date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House‚ who class it as a holding company; however Virgin’s business and trading activities date to the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group as of September 2008 was £5.01 billion. Virgin Group operates from
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Virgin Media Virgin Media began trading in early 2007‚ as a result of a merger between cable operator NTL:Telewest‚ and acquisitions of the VirginNet internet service provider‚ and Virgin Mobile. At launch‚ the new company heralded itself as being the first single provider of quad-play’ (four-service) media in the UK. It has a strong marketing campaign and its broadband service in particular is popular with British customers‚ with the second largest subscriber base in the United Kingdom. Product
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Virgin Mobile has strategically shaped its marketing mix to appropriately target the younger demographic. First‚ lets look at it’s the product element. The younger demographic is more open to new things like text messaging‚ downloading information from their phones‚ ring tones‚ faceplates‚ graphics‚ having access to popular entertainment on their phone‚ etc. For younger people‚ phones are less of a tool and more of a fashion accessory or personal statement. To appeal to these needs‚ Virgin Mobile
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Virgin Mobile USA Analysis [pic] August 08‚ 2009 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE Matrix) 4 External Factor Evaluation (EFE Matrix) 5 Porter’s Five Forces 6 Porters Generic Forces 6 Financial Analysis 7 Competitive Profile Matrix 8 The Marketing Mix-The 5 P’s 9 Key Issues 10 Boston Consulting Group (BCG Matrix) 11 GE / McKinsey Matrix 12 Space Matrix 14 Recommendations 16 Introduction Virgin Mobile is a great company
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1. Introduction Virgin Group is the use of Virgin as a brand name and a number of enterprises Group; it is one of the UK’s largest private companies that founded by famous British businessman Richard Branson. The Group business start with music business‚ now it develops includes tourism‚ aviation‚ and entertainment and so on. Richard Branson holds the control power over the brand Virgin‚ but its subordinate institutions are different and complicated. Each of the virgin group company is independent
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Introduction With the foundation of Virgin Records in 1970‚ the first step was taken towards what is today Virgin Group‚ which in 2007 comprised 215 companies under its structure‚ in businesses as diverse as space travel‚ mobile telephony and fitness centers. Ever since the start‚ the image and culture of the Virgin Group have been so tightly linked to the personal image and personality of its founder‚ the high-profile entrepreneur and multimillionaire Sir Richard Branson‚ that it is
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