Stella Artois Brand Development Analysis

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Stella Artois Brand Development Analysis Gaining Familiarity Introduction of Interbrew (1a) Our team was engaged as consultants by Interbrew to understand current company strategy and vision, and propose an optimum solution that meets their needs in developing Stella Artois as Interbrew’s worldwide flagship brand. From the provided case information, Interbrew’s three major strategic focus areas are Operations, Market, and Brand strategies. We will focus on the Brand strategy, specifically with Stella Artois. In 2000, Interbrew was the fourth largest brewer in the world (Dalgic 2012, 353). It was a privately held company based in Belgium, yet with business in 23 countries and 90% of its sales volume in other countries. Between 1995 and 1999, Interbrew more than doubled its business (Anheuser-Busch Inbev 2000.) Situation for Interbrew (1b) The beer market is split between mature and developing markets—North America, Western Europe, and Australia, and Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe respectively. Africa is considered too politically and economically volatile to consider. Market segmentation between growth and mature markets allows Interbrew to devise more focused strategies that tailor to the factors that affect each market concerning opportunity, penetration and growth. Furthermore, Certainty of Sources (1c) The information above was sourced from reliable sources. Most of it comes from Interbrew’s annual reports, and from the case information given. The main sources of uncertainty are the estimates on market potentials. Recognizing Symptoms Indicators of Undesired or Unexpected Symptoms (2a.) When investigating Interbrew’s case, there were several issues and indicators discovered that was not expected or desired. One of the issues that were not expected was establishing position in the beer market itself. North America,

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