The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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What are the key success factors of sony? Answer: I believe as Akio Morita has said "Creativity to make inventions "is one important factor that makes difference between Sony and other companies. Sony always works to make new inventions and products like Play Station or other combo electronic products however it could be dangerous too. The other factor is "Creativity in product planning and production ". Right products in right time could lead any company to be successful. For not losing
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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Key Success Factors of PSO: • We believe that excellence in our core activities emerges from a passion for satisfying our customers’ needs in terms of total quality management. Our foremost goal is to retain our corporate leadership. • We endeavor to achieve higher collective and individual goals through teamwork. This is inculcated in the organization through effective communication. • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer‚ attracting and recruiting the finest people from around the
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT TWO SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS This assignment is based on AirAsia‚ one of the Malaysia’s low cost airlines. The case study below provides some basic background information. You are however encouraged to source more information about the low-cost airline concept‚ the Malaysia airline industry and AirAsia’s key competitors‚ Tiger Airways‚ Jetstar and Firefly. Ten marks (10) will be allocated for the technical quality of the assignment and students will be penalized if the
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Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Introduction In 2009‚ the U.S. jewelry and watch market was 42% of the worldwide market‚ which was estimated to be as much as $140 billion. Industry revenues had grown 5.5% annually for the 20 years prior to the recession in 2008. Despite the recession and intense competition in this highly fragmented market‚ Blue Nile Inc. (NILE) capitalized on the industry growth rates and grew to become the world’s largest online
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Key Success Factors Retailer Industry Number of Rivals Wal-Mart’s primary competitors were Kmart and Target. Wal-Mart also competed against category retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City in electronics‚ Toy “R” Us in toys‚ Kohl’s and Goody’s in apparel; and Bed‚ Bath‚ and Beyond in household goods. It also competed against warehouse club segment like Costco Wholesale‚ Sam’s Clubs and BJ’s Wholesale Club. Internationally‚ Wal-Mart‘s biggest competitor was Carrefour. Scope of Rivalry Wal-Mart
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2) What key factors will determine a company’s success in the online jewelry business in the next 3-5 years? For a company to be successful in the online jewelry business‚ they need to be reliable‚ have an excellent reputation‚ be trustworthy‚ have product selection‚ superior quality‚ along with support for its customers and products. A website that is easy to navigate‚ user friendly‚ web features that only that company provides and how quickly they can get the product to the consumer. Why Blue
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PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 2 WORKSHEET 3 – DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 3 WORKSHEET 6a – COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS PROFILE - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 6 WORKSHEET 8 – GENERIC COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES 8 WORKSHEET 10 – KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS - INTERNAL ANALYSIS 9 WORKSHEET 11 – INTERNAL ANALYSIS PROFILE - INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 12 WORKSHEET 12 – SWOT ANALYSIS - INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 13 WORKSHEET 2a – PORTER’S 5 FORCES MODEL - EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
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144 Critical Success Factors in Online Retail—An Application of Quality Function Deployment and Interpretive Structural Modeling Critical Success Factors in Online Retail – An Application of Quality Function Deployment And Interpretive Structural Modeling Sangeeta Sahney Vinod Gupta School of Management Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur‚ West Bengal 721302‚ India e-mail: sangeetasahney@rediffmail.com e-mail: sahney@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in ABSTRACT The retail infrastructure has witnessed a
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