VI NGO 4. SEBASTIEN ROSNER 5. VARUN SHARMA 6. JEREMY WONG company background • First store opened in 1921 (London, England) • Public company; headquartered in England • 252 stores (UK, Ireland, Singapore, and Hong Kong) • Entertainment retail: music, film, games, and music accessories/technologies • HMV Live: owns venues, organizes concerts and festivals • HMV Digital: online music sale strategic issue • Industry structural changes: online delivery (Apple iTunes) • Price competition against supermarkets (Tesco) and online retailers (Amazon) • Seasonal; 1/3 of sales in December • Declining sales, negative net income, financial distress • Divesting Live business; sold HMV Canada and Waterstone (book retail chain) Re-focus on in-store experience and bank on technology sales OR change strategic direction? external environment • Consumers shunning high street retail • Online piracy + streaming vs. owning • Online downloads and streaming (e.g.
BP otherwise known as British Petroleum started out in 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, by 1914 the oil company was struggling and facing bankruptcy until Winston Churchill persuaded the British government to purchase 51 percent of the oil company to have a dedicated oil supply for its country as a whole. Once again after Great Britain sold its part of the company in the late 1970’s leaving BP close to bankruptcy. By 1992 BP lost about 811 million dollars causing them to take cost cutting measures. British Petroleum faced issues when it came to its organization structure, strategy, decision making with closing the Macondo Well, safety among the BP refineries within the United States, and how BP handled the Deepwater Horizon disaster. As things seemed as an all time low for BP in 1992 by the mid 1990’s BP got a new CEO who started to make changes starting with a new aggressive growth strategy.
The company will have opened approximately 430 hotels and 63,000 rooms in 2000-01. Today the Hilton is viewed one of the service industry’s top competitors. Strengths One of the Hilton’s major strengths is its innovative outlook on the service industry. Since 1919, Hilton Hotels has led the way with innovations. Some of these innovative projects are; Towers Concierge Class is available in many of Hilton's premier U.S. properties.
The Dim Lighting Co. Case Analysis Problems Macro: The macro level issue to consider is how The Dim Lighting Co. will address the 15% decline in profit margins over the last year. On one end, Jim West can become reactionary and allow another company to develop the technology ahead of time. (Brown, 2011, pp 36-37) The issue with this is that when another company develops the technology The Dim Lighting Co. will fall behind and further profit decreases could ensue while the company tries to catch up. Responding proactively will require that Jim West goes to corporate with Robert Spinks proposal, attempting to gain funding for the project. Micro: There are two issues associated on the micro level.
Suggest ways to strengthen the Sales Force Network for Marico 4. Identify ways to improve the efficiency of key functionaries such as the DSR, TSO and ASM 5. Suggest ways to improve product visibility in-store and on other retail platforms This involved a visit to several leading retail stores in Kozhikode. The observations and conclusions made thereof are based on the feedback from salespersons, customers and store managers in addition to those made by the project team. The challenges for the distributor were observed to surround visibility and forecasting.
* The fashion industry of Brazil is playing a very crucial role in Brazil gaining a global platform. According to Anaya (2010) Brazil is the only one with a major fashion industry. * Also Anaya (2010) says that due to high-sustained internal demand many fashion businesses have reached their maturation point. * “The number of millionaire households in South America’s biggest nation is forecast to more than triple by 2020, whilst its luxury market was expected to grow by 20% in 2011, reaching $3 billion”(Doran, 2012). * According to a report by Market Research the retail sales of the country will grow by approximately 43 % between 2012 and
The Chief Executive of parent company ‘Pablo Isla’ wants Zara to be the fastest globally expanding brand the fashion world have ever seen and be the leader in fashion industry with affordable prices. Their business model is fast turnover rate and saavy information systems. The Company targets fashion conscious young adults,who are often willing to pay a high price. The company is twofold plan to grow in Europe and Asia by 2013 which is going to reduce the Spain sales to 20% from 31.8% in 2010, Europe excluding Spain going to give 50% to the total sales, Asia 20% and America 10% respectively. Problem: How can Inditex make itself the leader into the fashion industry ?
According to the authors C.K.Prahalad and G.Hamel, who wrote “Competing for the Future” Harvard Business Review, the core competency provides potential access to a wide variety of market, makes a significant contribution to the perceived customer benefits of the end product and difficult for competitors to imitate. And core competence should change in response to changes in the company's environment. My core competency is my adaptation. This is very useful advantages for business woman who works in the rapidly changing business environment. A core competency is fundamental knowledge, ability, or expertise in a specific subject area or skill set.
The author will present an assessment of the e-Commerce strategy and offer final recommendations to the company’s management. Lulu, Publish On Demand and the Long Tail of the Demand Curve Analysis of case studies included in the textbook Strategies for e-Business: Creating Value through Electronic and Mobile Commerce (Enders and Jelassi, 2004) denotes the immense capability and potential of the Internet and technology to transform business models. According to Carroll (2005) this power is readily apparent in the creative arts industry. Relatively new companies such as Lulu.com hope to capitalize from technology to modernize the publishing industry. Traditionally, aspiring authors would submit a manuscript to an independent press or major publishing house for review.
Recommendations for the marketing strategy are explored. This includes an overall marketing strategy for the company as well as more specific actions for each of the marketing mix areas.An evaluation is conducted followed by an action plan outlining how to achieve the marketing objectives . This report can be used as a reference as a marketing plan and assist Dell incorporation in continuing this growth in the marketplace. Introduction In recent years, market competition in the competitive economy is intense .Surviving and making a stand in this cut throat competition does require a sound strategic planning which provides the framework as to how to meet the objectives of the organization. Dell is one of the largest organizations in the world with respect to its personal computer product .