Case Analysis: The Black & Decker Corporation Synopsis Black & Decker Corporation is a corporation based in Towson‚ Maryland‚ United States‚ that designs and imports power tools and accessories‚ hardware and home improvement products‚ and technology based fastening systems. Recent research studies showed that B&D is one of the powerful brand names in the world because of its professional tools that has high quality in the industry. During the early 1980’s; sales started to decline and it posted
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The Black & Decker Corporation. Mission Statement Black & Decker is the worlds leading manufacturer and marketer of many consumer and industrial products. Black & Decker is committed in offering always the most innovative‚ high quality and technologically advanced products and is recognised worldwide for its reputation and excellence. Apart from its commitment to the customers the company had devoted much effort for the satisfaction and good relation with its stockholders‚ suppliers
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Introduction 1 Company Name: Black and Decker 2 Team members and their respective functions 1 Sal Salvino – Management 2 Carl Ruffier – Management 3 Kevin Stephen – Marketing 4 Dan Howells – Marketing 5 Ryan Alexander – Marketing 6 Candis Robison – Economics 3 View our group is taking according to business function 1 Entrepreneurial a. Analyzing “the heart” of the actual operation b. Decision Making analysis c.
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BLACK & DECKER CASE Problem Statement: With Black & Decker being one among the most powerful brand names in the world and establishing its professional tools to be the highest quality in the industry‚ B&D failed to make an impact in the Professional-tradesmen segment. B&D was known for offering high quality‚ differentiated products and excellent service in the Professional-Industrial segment whereas its brand recognition‚ and image helped it attain the #1 position in the
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Black & Decker International: Globalization of the Architectural Hardware Line Company Background Black and Decker was founded in 1917. It manufactured and sold a wide line of electric and battery-powered power tools and accessories‚ household products‚ outdoor products‚ locks and hardware‚ plumbing products‚ and mechanical fastening systems. Black and Decker acquired Emhart Corporation in 1989. In 1985‚ Nolan Archibald became the CEO. Two of Mr. Archibald’s key actions had been to develop
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BLACK AND DECKER CASE ANALYSIS Black and Decker a company that has a long history of innovation‚ is a great example of how an organization must constantly adapt to a changing environment. As a company that has a presence of over one hundred years it had to reengineer itself‚ when after years of dominating the market it started losing market share. It is easy to see why a company that was the first to introduce products like the first ½“ special drill was the first all-sleeve-bearing power tool
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Despite maintaining a very strong brand name and being #1 in the Consumer & Industrial segments of the power tools market‚ Black & Decker (B&D) was being significantly outsold by Makita Electric of Japan‚ who had taken over the Tradesmen segment with 80% market share in cordless drills and 50% overall share in this segment. Tradesmen appeared to perceive the B&D brand as a household product unworthy of their usage given B&D’s success in the Consumer segment and Makita’s dominance
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I. Background and Problem Identification Black and Decker (B&D) was founded in 1910 by Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker. By 1917‚ B&D had world’s first patent in portable power drills. Since then‚ B&D has been the world’s largest producer of power tools and power tools accessories. The power tools market in 1990 in the US mainly comprised of three segments-Professional Industrial Tools (PI)‚ Professional-Tradesmen (PT) Tools and Consumer tools. B&D was a market leader in America power
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CASO: BLACK & DECKER 1. How would you explain the considerable smaller market share in the Professional-Tradesmen segment of the market as compared with its leadership or strong position in the others segments? Seis meses luego de la adquisición de C&C‚ su margen bruto a descendido del 60% al 50%. Ellos está gastando mucho dinero en folletos y listas de mail pero no están haciendo foco en la clientela principal de C&C y no les conviene competir con los negocios Retail. 2. What pros and cons
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| Case | Who | When | Where | Case Leads/Due Date | T1 | 8 | Winning Through Marketing Management | Black & Decker – Power Tools Division | Joseph Galli‚ VP of Sales and MarketingNoran Archibald‚ CEO | January 1991 | Towson‚ MarylandUnited States | November 28‚ 2012 | What – Situation/Issues/Risks/ Decision | 1. B&D lost its market share of professional-tradesmen tools segment against Makita Electric of Japan 2. Makita held an 80% share in cordless drills‚ the single largest product
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