T.K.Maxx and Zara are very different retailers in the fashion industry. Whilst one offers low cost designer labels the other retails quality own-brand labelled clothes at a reasonable price. Zara sets itself apart from the giant market place by celebrating its motive to offer exactly what the customer wants‚ going to detective levels to make sure they understand their audience’s wishes. T.K.Maxx on the other-hand distinguishes itself by reducing prices of designer labels by up to 60%‚ and these are
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Planning through Performancesm Brief Five Forces Analysis Key Points: After 30 years‚ the Five Forces Analysis is still one of the most effective ways to assess industry structure and performance when done correctly. As the tool’s name states‚ there are five forces that together illuminate industry structure: Bargaining Power of Buyers‚ Bargaining Power of Suppliers‚ Barriers to Entry‚ Threat of Substitute Product or Services‚ and Rivalry Among Existing Competitors. A recent update to the
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product differentiation in this industry is low‚ the switching costs are also low. Therefore‚ the competitive force coming from customer bargaining power is very strong. Supplier Bargaining Power: There is a scarce amount of raw materials for steel in this industry and there are very few suppliers for them. Most of the materials are imported into the United States. Therefore‚ the competitive force coming from supplier bargaining power is moderate to weak. Potential New Entrants: Again‚ there is low access
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Assignment # 1 Strategic Practice Exercise: (page #81) 1. Score each competitive force in the airline industry and provide a brief rationale for your assessment. · Rivalry Among Existing Firms: (High) When one major company in an industry makes a change in costs or services that could potentially increase their clientele‚ a major competitor almost always follows suit. Price matching is a prime example of that‚ therefore the threat is high. West Jet is one company that offers flights at a discount
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Porter’s Five Forces of Industry Attractiveness Michael Porter’s Five Forces model explains the importance of how market dynamics can affect competitive rivalry. This model includes three forces from the ‘horizontal’ competition: threat of new entrants‚ threat of substitution products‚ and the degree of rivalry among existing competitors; and two forces from the ‘vertical’ competition: bargaining power of customers and the bargaining power of suppliers. These five factors make up the Porter Five forces
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The twelve year return-on-equity data for the Tobacco Industry of 27.9% is substantially above the all-industry average of 14.1% given in the Business Week data. Examining Porters five forces reveals the keys to the Tobacco industries superior profit performance. The price customers are willing to pay for a product depends‚ in part‚ on the availability of substitutes. The absence of close substitutes in the case of cigarettes means that consumers are comparatively insensitive to price increases
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Five Forces Model for Competition Analysis Porter ’s five forces analysis is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. Three of Porter ’s five forces refer to competition from external sources: threat of substitute products‚ the threat of established rivals‚ and the threat of new entrants. The remainders are internal threats: the bargaining power of suppliers and the bargaining power of customers. This analysis is based on the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm in
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The model of five competitive forces of Porter describes the competitive system in which the company operates. The competitive structure of a sector therefore depends on the simultaneous interaction of the 5 competitive forces that are: 1. Intensity of competition between firms in the same sector; 2. Bargaining power of suppliers 3. Bargaining power of buyers (customers)
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Porter’s 5 Forces Low Threat of Entry Ryanair benefiting from large economies of scale and have massively reduced long run average costs. They have struck deals with Boeing and Airbus for reduced prices (1/3rd of listed price) on 737 aircraft in bulk buying therefore new entrants to the market will not get these reduced prices as they do not hold a similar relationship and they will not be able to order in bulk. Ryanair have struck deals with many local airports over flight paths and
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new regulations‚ companies‚ investors and consumers have brought new life‚ the industry once again mature with fragmented characteristics. The ideal tool for the assessment of the airlines industry is Michael Porter’s five force model. It aims to find and demonstrate the forces in the microenvironment which influence the industry‚ internal and external as well. Threat of new entrants (barriers to entry) • High capital investment ˇ • Capital intensive ˇ • Airport slot availability ˇ • Predatory
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