1. Given Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds)‚ how should it structure its pricing? The case lays out three pricing options. Which option would you choose and why? In designing your pricing plan‚ be as specific as possible with respect to the various elements under considerations (e.g.‚ contracts‚ the size of the subsidies‚ hidden fees‚ average per-minute charges‚ etc.). I believe Virgin Mobile has two options. The first option is the obvious for their target market and any new
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through manipulative pricing strategies leaving their clients unaware of the hidden fees‚ overly priced plans as well as potential competition which may offer a much better deal. Virgin Mobile became aware of this cellular anarchy and had to decide what pricing strategy would best attract their target niche and offer them unbeatable value so that competitors could not enter into the same market easily. Alternative 1 -Clone the Industry Prices The first pricing strategy Virgin mobile considered was to
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1 AEM 4160: STRATEGIC PRICING PROF.: JURA LIAUKONYTE VIRGIN CELL CASE: EXCERCISES Pricing Structure from the Carrier Perspective ¨ Contracts: ¤ ¤ ¤ Annual churn rate WITH contracts Annual churn rate WITHOUT contracts The difference: =2% * 12 months = 24% (p.8) =6% * 12 months = 72% (p.8) 72% - 24% = 48% Take AT&T example: customer base = 20.5 million If AT&T abandons the contract based plan how many new customers would it need to acquire to offset customers from an
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1) Do you agree with Virgin Mobile’s target market (14 to 24-year-olds) selection? What are the risks associated with targeting this segment? Why have the major carriers been slow to target this segment? - As a group‚ we all agreed to this TM. We find this strategy suit extremely well with virgins advertising budget‚ as niche market will mean that advertising can be specifically targeted towards the target market rather than as a whole. Specific media vehicles can be used such as interactive
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Virgin Mobile India-Think Hat Ke Vision To be the favourite mobile service of India’s youth Company Overview Virgin Group‚ Ltd. operates as a venture capital company. The company engages in various businesses‚ including mobile telephony‚ travel and tourism‚ financial services‚ leisure and pleasure‚ transportation‚ social and environment‚ music‚ holidays‚ shopping‚ media‚ publishing‚ and retailing. It has operations in Africa‚ Asia‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Europe‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United
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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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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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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 not fare
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report was to analyze the best possible pricing strategy for the Virgin Mobile venture into the United States. 1.2 Situation Virgin is a global company that has 200 corporate entities involved in everything from planes and trains to beverages and cosmetics. The newest addition is the Virgin Mobile USA entity‚ which was created after Virgin was able to successfully penetrate the U.K. cellular market. However‚ the company was not so successful with the mobile services in other parts of the world.
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Pricing Decision From Customer’s Standpoint The company tried to distinguish itself from the competitors standpoint by playing on the fact that the targeted segment “did not trust the prevalent pricing points” in the industry that hinged on the credit worthiness. The main practices prevalent were: 1. 90 % of all subscribers had contractual agreement for a period of 1 year to 2 years 2. Required rigorous credit check 3. Plans established “buckets” of minutes‚ on extra usage users penalized
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