Puma is to use AC Milan and Italian footballer Mario Balotelli to drive its repositioning as a performance sports brand after admitting it lacks “brand heat‚ commercial products and desirable distribution”. The German sportswear maker said 2013 had been a “challenging year” when explaining 3 per cent sales slump to €2.9bn (£2.3bn) in the 12 months to December. The decline was accentuated in the last three months of 2013 with sales plummeting more than 13 per cent to €698m (£574m). It admitted
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1 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? An industry analysis through Porter’s Five Forces reveals that market forces are favorable for profitability. Defining the industry: Both concentrate producers (CP) and bottlers are profitable. These two parts of the industry are extremely interdependent‚ sharing costs in procurement‚ production‚ marketing and distribution. Many of their functions overlap; for instance‚ CPs do some bottling‚ and bottlers conduct many promotional activities
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PUMA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AUSTRALIAN PACKAGING COVENANT 2010-2015 ACTION PLAN PUMA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AUSTRALIAN PACKAGING COVENANT (APC) 2010-2015 ACTION PLAN CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. Executive Summary Company Profile 2.1 2.2 3.1 4.1 4.2 Puma at a glance Environmental Initiatives 1 2 5 5 2 2 Covenant Contact Officer Environmental Task Force Types of Packaging Used Timetable for Review Introduction Design 5.2.1 Covenant Goals 5.2.2 Outcome 5.2.3 Key Performance Indicator 5.2.4 Current
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PUMA Contents Introduction to Puma 3 Marketing Orientation 3 Product Orientation 3 Sales Orientation 4 Puma Orientation 4 The competitive advantage/disadvantage of puma. 5 SWOT Analysis 7 Marketing Mix 8 Product: 8 Price: 9 Place: 10 Promotion: 10 References 12 Introduction to Puma Puma is one of the world’s leading Sport lifestyle companies. As an organisation it designs and produces sports equipment‚ footwear‚ apparel and accessories. Puma distributes its products
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LECTURER’S NAME: SHEFALI DESAI ABOUT PUMA AND ITS HISTORY Puma is a major German multinational company that produces athletic and casual footwear‚ as well as sportswear‚ headquartered in Herzogenaurach‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. The company was formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler. PUMA has establishes a history of making fast product designs for the fastest athletes on the planet. PUMA offers performance and sport-inspired lifestyle
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Diabetes research task Who does it affect and why? There are two different types of diabetes‚ type one and type two Type one can basically affect anyone from just born to the ages of thirty/forty. It occurs because the pancreas is attacked by the immune system. (Just the insulin making part) and the immune system kills those cells. Type two is more likely to affect older people this is when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin. But this can also be found in obese people with unhealthy
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Presentation PUMA AG History and Case Facts: Dassler brothers in 1984 started the Dassler Brother’s Shoe Factory. In 1948 The brothers split their business after the World War 2‚ Adolf called his firm Adidas and Rudolf called his new firm Ruda. Rudolf’s Company changed its name to Puma in 1948 and became a public company in 1986. What the Puma Logo meant? The Leaping Puma symbolizes a combination of speed‚ power and elegance often exhibited by professional athletes The Puma logo
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Q) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink history been so profitable? The soft drink industry is profitable as these drinks can be easily produced and that to with very less cost‚ so they followed a low cost strategy and by doing so they were able to earn huge profit margins and more quantity means more profit. They were also huge dealers for food chains like KFC‚ MCD etc and several other gas stations. Q) Compare the economics of the concentrate business to that of the bottling business: Why is
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Southwest Airlines Perhaps the main reason why Southwest Airlines was able to remain profitable following the 9/11 attacks was that it stuck to its strategy. In a time where industries (and many other parts of the world) were desperate and scrambling to adapt‚ Southwest simply vowed to stick to what made them a successful company to begin with. Ironically‚ this was how they had always garnered success – by positioning themselves differently from the competition – and this is exactly what they were
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The case provides several issues that class members will need to address: 1. How well positioned is Puma for the future now that things have gotten turned around? 2. How important is it that Puma strive to gain sales and market share‚ given that the industry arena in which it competes is “fragmented” with many competitors? 3. Does Puma currently have a good strategy for the long-term or are strategic changes and adjustments needed? 1. What is your opinion of the job that Puma’s management
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