Shelley Mantei vixendoll_13@hotmail.com Virgin: Branding Culture Subject: Virgin Group Ltd. Sir Richard Branson started with a student magazine and a mail order record company in 1971. His Virgin empire is now comprised of over 200 companies [Fig.3] and spans three continents. Not only is Virgin one of Britain ’s most respected brands‚ but it is also becoming an international superbrand. They are involved in planes‚ trains‚ finance‚ soft drinks‚ music‚ mobile phones‚ holidays‚ cars‚ wines
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1) What are Virgin Group’s distinctive resources/capabilities?The Virgin BrandFirstly‚ the Virgin brand is valuable in the form of brand equity‚ where ’Virgin’ is one of the most recognised brand names in the UK‚ and is also well-known in other important markets including Europe and the U.S.A. Based on 1990s research‚ the Virgin brand was recognised by 96% of UK consumers (Case‚ p.685). Secondly‚ it is rare for a brand to have such positive consumer perceptions; which include value-for-money‚ fun
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1) What are Virgin Group’s distinctive resources/capabilities?The Virgin BrandFirstly‚ the Virgin brand is valuable in the form of brand equity‚ where ‘Virgin’ is one of the most recognised brand names in the UK‚ and is also well-known in other important markets including Europe and the U.S.A. Based on 1990s research‚ the Virgin brand was recognised by 96% of UK consumers (Case‚ p.685). Secondly‚ it is rare for a brand to have such positive consumer perceptions; which include value-for-money‚ fun
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On 11th November 1995‚ a girl named Leah Betts took an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party. Five days later‚ she died in hospital after falling into a coma from which she did not recover. It was apparent after taking the tablet that she began to feel unwell‚ and took regular trips to the bathroom to drink water. She consumed 7 litres of water in the duration of 90 minutes. There was a lot of speculation on the fundamental cause of her death‚ which was established as water intoxication as a
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A Case study on strategy implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs
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Executive Summary This report analyses Virgin Australia (ASX code VAH) and identifies its potential business and audit risks that will need to be addressed in the 2014 audit. It is presented to the Virgin Australia Audit Committee as part of the 2014 Audit planning process. The first part of this report provides a broad introduction into the business of Virgin Australian by examining its principal sources of revenue‚ its nature of operating‚ its competitors‚ the market share and the regulations
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Brandi Bland South African Airways Case South African Airways has had turbulent past and most recently has been plagued by ground crew and cabin crew strikes which completely shut down all operations. The problem that appears to me that is at the height of the airlines problems is the employees lack of a feel for trust and justice for and from their organization. The employees lack trust in that they are not trusting the management is saying about the fact that fuel prices has hindered their
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Atlantic Health System Organizational Quality Improvement and Assessment Process Every organization has a quality program to assess and address deficiencies in the patient care experience. The quality program is individualized by leaders within an organization and will have several specific areas of focus in addition to the expected outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to outline the quality program of Atlantic Health System (AHS)‚ along with the goals and structure of the department. This will
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ATLANTIC COMPUTER Atlantic Computer‚ a large manufacturer of servers and other high-tech products‚ has assigned Jason Jowers the responsibility of developing the pricing strategy for the new ‘Atlantic Bundle’. The bundle incorporates a new Tronn server and the Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator (PESA) software tool which allows the Tronn to perform up to four (4) times faster than its standard speed. The Tronn was specifically developed to meet an emerging U.S. marketplace opportunity and
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Virgin Cola( Shaking Up the Softdrinks Market It was official. Hubert Tan was named Vice-President for Sales and Marketing of InterBev‚ the latest addition to the business empire of taipan Lucio Tan. Hubert’s choice was not a difficult decision to make. After all‚ being in his late twenties‚ he was a go-go type of person who had a passion for business. There was great expectation that his joining would contribute greatly to the Tan group of companies. Hubert obtained his business
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