SWOT Analysis of Virgin Group 1. STRENGTHS Strong brand name. Experienced in two different kinds of distribution - Stationary trade - Mail ordering Location. - Geopolitical position is good for business. Co-existence in the region of 2 seaports and an international airport with direct possibility of export. - Variety of exports possibilities. Large land resources. - Existence of a powerful technical basis and building firms. Ecologically clean environment. - > 100
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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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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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Analysis and Assessment Analysis of the Corporate Strategy 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
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1. What opportunities in the marketing environment did Gannett seize in launching USA Today? How did the company learn about and respond to these opportunities? Research and update the case information as much as possible with current research‚ and then conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis for USA Today. Gannett noticed two trends or opportunities in the reading public and took advantage of those trends. The first one is the increasingly short attention span among a generation nurtured on television;
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Odette School of Business‚ University of Windsor Write-up Title of case: Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time Key person and his / her position in the organization: Dan Schulman‚ CEO of Virgin Mobile USA Key issue or decision that must be made: The key issue for Virgin Mobile USA is to select a pricing strategy that will both attract and retrain subscribers. Basic facts of the case: Virgin is a U.K-based company led by Sir Richard Branson and is one of the three most
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PEST Analysis of Virgin Media •Political Factor Demand for fixed line telephony is in decline‚ with the rate of decline in lines used by business nearly twice as high as that in the residential fixed telephony market. There is a trend for businesses to replace fixed line telephony with voice-over-internet-protocol‚ or VoIP‚ telephony‚ while residential customers are tending to migrate from fixed line to mobile telephony. However‚ Virgin Media’s fixed line customers may not migrate to the company’s
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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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USA Today launched in September of 1982 and was considered poor journalism and quickly acquired the nickname “McPaper” (MCartney‚ 1997). The paper was arranged in colorful four segment outlines that could be easily accessed and read. Even though they received much criticism early on‚ the paper found its readers and gained momentum especially to the casual reader. USA Today was ahead of it’s time in 1982 and unknowingly deviated from the normal newspaper prior to the onset of the internet age
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History of Virgin Virgin Trains was born on 29th of November 1996 when it was awarded the Cross Country franchise following the privatisation of British Rail‚ the franchise will last until April 2012. Along with the Cross Country line‚ Virgin also won the West Coast franchise and took control on the 9th of March 1997‚ this franchise will end in March 2012. The West Coast line was the last but one of the franchises to be handed over to the private sector‚ all of which had been completed in less
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