Billabong Analysis

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Company Profile – Billabong International Ltd
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1.1 Overview of Billabong
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1.2 Financial Analysis
3
Chapter 2: Identification and evaluation of Billabong’s global strategy
4 - 7
2.1 4 P’s
4 - 5
2.1.1 Product
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2.1.2 Promotion
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2.1.3 Price
5
2.1.4 Place
5
2.2 SWOT Analysis
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2.3 Current Target Market
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2.4 Reasons for Billabong’s international expansion
7
Chapter 3: Identification and evaluation of the external environment
8 – 11
3.1 Porters Five Forces
8 – 9
3.2.1 The competition
8
3.2.2 New Entrants
8
3.2.3 Suppliers Power
8
3.2.4 Consumer Power
9
3.2.5 Product Substitutes
9
3.2 Industry Analysis
9
3.3 PESTEL Analysis
10 – 11
3.3.1 Political factors
10
3.3.2 Economical factors
10
3.3.3 Social factors
10 – 11
3.3.4 Technological factors
11
3.3.5 Environmental factors
11
3.3.6 Legal factor
11
References
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1. Company Profile - Billabong International Ltd
1.1 - Overview of Billabong
Billabong International Limited is an Australian based clothing company that established its business in 1980’s and expanded internationally through its franchises and acquisitions. The business is engaged in the marketing, distribution, wholesaling and retailing of apparel, eyewear, accessories, wetsuits and hard goods in the boardsports sector under the Billabong, Element, Von Zipper, Honolua Surf, Kustom, Palmers Surf, Xcel, Tigerlily, Sector 9 and RVCA brands (Billabongbiz, 2013). The company is headquartered in Queensland, Australia with 6,000 employees and they operate across many countries such as Australia, North America, Europe, Japan and the rest of the world. Billabong has emerged a number of sports and youth labels such as RVCA, and Surjection (Billabongbiz, 2013). They continue to expand their brand image by sponsoring promotional events and some of the athletes. The rival brands of Billabong are Quicksilver and Rip Curl as these companies are

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