Introduction The birth of the modern cruise industry can be traced to the 1960s, in the wake of the first flight from New York to Europe in 1958. Amongst the major players in the cruise industry, Carnival Cruise Lines came to carve out a niche market with its “fun ships”. Although the cruise industry segments itself along four main categorical lines: Luxury, Destination, Contemporary, and Premium, each of the cruise lines should consider themselves a competitor in the vacation business, especially considering that only 16% of North American vacationers have ever been on a cruise (Applegate, Kwortnik, & Piccoli, 2006). The battle to convert land vacationers to cruisers, and one time cruisers into repeat customers, is one fought by all of the cruise lines, each in their own way. Carnival’s target market is broad: consumers twenty-five to fifty-four years old who make $40,000 or more per year, placing them in a convenient overlap between contemporary and premium segments.
Running head: Dollar General 1 Dollar General Columbia College RUNNING HEAD: Dollar General 2 Dollar General Dollar General is the leader when it comes to discount dollar stores with an annual profit of more than $12.73 billion a year. The major competition in the dollar discount stores for Dollar General in order are Family Dollar and the Dollar Tree. Another key player in discount stores is Walmart, although not a dollar discount store Walmart dominates all markets with $419.24 billion in revenue. 2011 brought on a year of expansion for Dollar General with plans to open up 650 new stores and remodel another 550 creating 6.000 new jobs in additional employees. Dollar General in owned by Koldberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P (KKR) who own more than 79% of all shares in Dollar General.
Case Analysis Amber Inn MKT 601 Jessica June 13, 2013 I. Case Summary The Amber Inn & Suites, Inc., founded in 1979, is a 250 property hotel chain located in the western and Rocky Mountain States. The company is approaching their 3d consecutive year of unprofitable operations. Amber Inn & Suites, Inc. has projected revenue of $442.6 million with a net loss of $15.7 million. The company traditionally focused on outbound sales and marketing initiatives competing on the basis of amenities, prices and services.
Case 12-1 Prescriptions Depot Limited Overview Prescriptions Depot Limited (PDL) is a large private company with revenues of $5.4 billion and earnings of $295 million. The company wishes to comply with IFRS, and is contemplating a public offering in the medium term. GAAP compliance is therefore important. Reporting objectives are to report growth in sales, especially year-over-year same-store sales growth, and stable earnings. Because of possible analyst interest, sales measurement is of critical importance.
Merck & Co., Inc. – Economic Business Analysis Lola Bryant Management/521 September 20, 2012 Dr. Gary Harris Merck & Co., Inc. – Economic Business Analysis The economic business analysis of Merck & Co., Inc. will review the strategic initiatives taken to be organizationally and operationally adaptive in changing markets. It will provide an overview of the economic downturns experienced in the past five years. Demonstrating the company’s adaptive strategies, the analysis will present examples of effective initiatives the company adopted during these periods. In addition the analysis will discuss future implementation strategies to manage the effects of current economic trends on the company. Merck & Co., Inc. is a publically traded pharmaceutical company.
Please refer to Zynga attachment. Answer the questions below. 1) What information does “Bookings” convey? Is the same information available in the GAAP-based financial statements? The information “Bookings” convey is that: the company record sale of virtual goods as deferred revenue and then recognize the revenue over the estimated average life the purchased virtual goods or as the virtual goods are consumed.
"We're definitely benefiting from the dollar weakness ... in two ways," Chief Executive Robert Iger told analysts on a conference call. A cheaper mix of hotel room offerings and bargains for extended stays also kept tourists coming, he said. Domestic park attendance was up 5 percent, while parks in Paris and Hong Kong saw double-digit increases. "While we don't know where the marketplace will take us, we believe we're much better positioned in a difficult economic cycle than we were in the past, certainly back in 1991," Iger said. Analysts had expected that the weak U.S. economy and reduced consumer spending might impede revenue at Disney theme parks.
Wal-Mart - Strategic Audit I. Current Situation A. Current Performance In the past year Wal-Mart’s performances in market share, profitability, and return on investment have had significant changes compared to past years performance. * Return on investment now compared to previous years: they are paying out $63.079 billion to their shareholders compared to last years $58.763 billion and an average of $3.09 earnings per share of the 4.068 billion shares out. * Market share today: Out of 2,000 big companies Wal-Mart is at 17 with 201.36 billion in market value and in its industry of retail, Wal-Mart is ranked #1 with Home Depot and Target behind.
Introduction Within the past 20 years, Harrah’s has developed from a small gambling company to the second largest in the industry. The article is base on the study of Harrah’s Case, and tries to track the relationship between the management of database and customer relationship. Firstly, the author will use Porter’s five forces model to analyse the opportunities and threats that Harrah’s face from the external environment and what business strategy does Harrah’s use. Secondly, the article will focus on the effect of the CRM system on the business strategy and profitability. Thirdly, author will try to indentify the function of this system and draw a conclusion on this CRM system, including its advantages and disadvantages, what kind of problem can this system solve.
Arison”) sat on a deck chair on the starboard side of one his company’s many cruise ships and enjoyed the view of the lush, green island of St. Bart’s. It was a beautiful, warm day and the sun was reflecting off the clear, tranquil Caribbean water. Since taking the helm of the cruise company founded in 1972 by his father, Mr. Arison had successfully established Carnival as the largest cruise operator in the world. Through a series of cruise line acquisitions across the globe, Mr. Arison had grown the company from one cruise line to a company comprised of 10 cruise lines, operating a combined total of over 101 ships. While the company’s earnings per share (EPS) was slightly lower in 2011 than in 2010, the company was successfully coping with the global recession.