MGMT 3110 Case – Southwest Airlines FUNG Ngan Ling 2010 0064 What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? From the case‚ we can notify that Southwest Airlines is generally using two competitive strategies. They apply not only the strategy of low costs‚ low fares and frequent flights to form their cost structure‚ but also the “People” strategy‚ Southwest Airlines differentiate themselves by offering affordable
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND CIRQUE DU SOLEIL GROUP 1 SECTION B PGP1 Ideas for growing the Southwest Airlines business: * Southwest Airlines is best in its customer service‚ but there are few points in which it can do further better. Currently it operates only in small and less congested cities‚ to cut down the cost. But to provide passengers a better connectivity‚ and facility to transfer the carrier‚ it can open up into big cities too. * Southwest Airlines is doing well with its strategy
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CASE STUDY OF DELTA AIRLINES Creative Media Services Research Team: Todd Beals‚ Matt Tucker‚ Mary Vick 12/02/03 Mission – to be an air carrier with superior customer service that provides air transportation for passengers and cargo‚ utilizing low-cost carriers and regional jets throughout the United States and around the world. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: 1. 3rd largest mega carrier; established name; excellent reputation; worldwide brand recognition. Delta has been among the DOT’s top
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Southwest Airlines Company Financial Analysis Five Year Financial Overview Southwest Airlines Co. | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Revenues | Not Available | $15‚658.00 M | $12‚104.00 M | $10‚350.00 M | $11‚023.00 M | Stock Price | Not Available | $8.56 | $12.98 | $11.43 | $8.62 | Profit Margin | Not Available | 1.14% | 3.79% | .96% | 1.61% | Net Income | | $178.00 M | $459.00 M | $99.00 M | $178.00 M | Employees | Not Available | 45‚392 | 34‚901 | 34‚726 | 35‚499 |
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Part IV. The global marketing mix 2. Global pricing strategy 1 Cheap and cheaper… 2 Expensive and more expensive… 3 1. Basic pricing concepts Introduction Price: the amount charged to customers/consumers in exchange for goods or services Market price: the price that prevails in the market for a particular good at a specific time 3 key elements of market price: supply‚ demand and time Eg: hotel prices – peak season during summer – higher prices driven by the demand (more
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Chapter 11 Pricing Strategies Questions for Discussion 1. Which of the different product mix pricing strategies discussed in the text applies best to Payless’s new strategy? : The strategy for setting a product’s price changes when the product is the part of a product mix. Firms are look for a prices that maximizes the profits on the total product mix. There are five product mix pricing strategies for the firms. Product line pricing‚ optional-product pricing‚ captive-product pricing‚ by-product
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Malaysian National Airline‚ provides a totally different type of service in line with the nation’s aspirations to benefit all citizens and worldwide travellers. Such service takes the form of a no frills - low airfares flight offering‚ 40%-60% lower than what is currently offered in this part of Asia. The story of emergence of AirAsia is similar to Ryanair‚ since both carriers underwent a remarkable transformation from a money-losing regional operator to a profitable‚ low cost airline. AirAsia
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McDonald’s pricing Strategy Jose J Molina CHARLA SESSION-REED MKT 402-Strategic Market Pricing 02/20/2010 How well does the company create value for its market segments? Explain I have chosen to review the pricing strategy of the fast food company McDonald. I am amaze with the way McDonald’s has dominate the fast food industry. To put it into “marketing speak”‚ when McDonald’s decided to be the family friendly low cost restaurant in the fast food business‚ they were deciding on
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Pricing Strategy ITC Foods Business Division (Staples) The FMCG & RETAIL Pricing Strategy UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS FMCG Pricing Strategy is now a critical element of the management mix. Old school management responsibilities of Sales owning the trade spend budget and customer negotiations with marketing owning the Recommend Retail Price do not work in today ’s information driven age. Retail sales volume is now 80% controlled by 2-3 chains with a scattering
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Despite operating in one of the most unattractive industries‚ Southwest Airlines has being very successful in its operations. Its operational success can be attributed to the use of a single aircraft type by the airlines targeted at minimizing the maintenance as well as the operational costs (Jackson et al.‚ 2011). The airline also targets the smaller as well as the less congested airports to minimize delays as well as schedule disruptions. The aircrafts are easily turned around easily minimizing
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