RICHARD BRANSON’S VIRGIN GROUP —Problems— Although certainly notorious‚ Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has experienced several problems. In the short-term‚ brand overextension has become a threat since the company has entered multiple markets. Brand overextension leads to damaging the comprehensive Virgin brand. Since the Virgin brand itself is the company’s greatest asset‚ protecting the brand image is critical. The Virgin brand image has a connotation of value and lifestyle. Due to many joint ventures
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| |Introduction of the organization NAME: Chemi & Cotex Industries Ltd. “BETTER PRODUCTS FOR BETTER LIVING” Chemi & Cotex Industries Ltd. a company established in 1975 is engaged in manufacturing & marketing of FMCG Goods‚ Industrial & Household Plastics and metal products. It is a member company of the Mac Group whose history can be traced back to the 1880’s when entrepreneur and explorer Kanji Jeraj Manek departed on a dhow from Jamjodpur‚ Gujarat‚ to the East African coastline in search
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Virgin mobile pricing Document Transcript VIRGIN MOBILE USA – ‘FIRST PRICE’ STRATEGY (An analysis of the Pricing Decision alternatives that Virgin has to undertake to create an alternate customer segment and monetize their buying power)VIRGIN XTRAS – OVERVIEWThe Virgin Mobile USA service involved content‚ features and entertainment‚ called “Virgin Xtras”.Collaboration with MTV networks as it was the most recognized youth brands in the country and unparalleled reach forthe under-30 market segment:
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Case Notes – Atlanta Home Loan Al Fiorini‚ the founder of Atlanta Home Loan‚ was caught in an unfortunate situation when he lost control of his start-up company‚ and also was faced with an unfavourable credit rating which forced him to sell his home. I feel that this situation may have been avoided if Al had developed and enforced “tighter results controls”. In order to produce tighter results controls‚ Al had to consider the following: 1. Definition of desired area: This section is concerned
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CHAPTER 6 QUESTIONS : 8‚13‚14‚15 QUESTION 8 Akira Numata –UIA Japan Assumptions | Value $ | Yen equivalent | Arbitrage funds | 5‚000‚000 | 593‚000‚000 | Spot Rate (¥/$) | 118.60 | | 180-days forward Rate | 117.80 | | Expected spot Rate | 118.00 | | 180-days U.S dollar interest rate | 4.80% | | 180-days Japanese Yen Interest Rate | 3.400% | | Calculations Calculating forward Rate (i= interest rate) F180 sf/$ = S sf/$*1+ (isF*180/360)/ (i$*180/360)
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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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Steven 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
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No Cash Dividends‚ No Stock Dividends or Split. In the case of Georgia Atlantic‚ this strategy is not recommendable because of several factors. First of all‚ the most recent Market-toBook value is well below 1‚ meaning that the company has not invested in any profitable projects anymore. The retained earnings would have generated a higher shareholder value if they would have been paid out to the shareholder. Furthermore the share price of the firm would stay rather constant and would not
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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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Phillips’s book The Atlantic Sound is related to the history of slavery and its impact on contemporary socio-cultural environment. It is a travel book but it is not only confined to non fictional narrative of travelled places. The book is a mixture of geographical portraits‚ historical events‚ interviews‚ letters‚ newspaper articles‚ speeches‚ poems and so on. Phillips decides to visit the three points of triangular trade that linked America‚ Africa and Europe. He juxtaposes the stories of past with
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