Mercury Athletic Case Nicholas Thebeau‚ Student ID 50927830 Presented to: Professor Kevin Wall West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel recently announced plans for a strategic reorganization. Active Gear‚ Inc. (AG)‚ a privately held footwear company‚ was contemplating an acquisition opportunity. John Liedtke‚ the head of business development for AG‚ was interested in a WCF subsidiary. The subsidiary that Liedtke and AG intended to
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Collection Athletic Footwear: United States April 2012 Highlights Industry Overview Product Segmentation | Market Segmentation | Product Development Retail and Distribution | Trade Industry Trends and Forecasts Market Environment | Product Forecasts | Market Forecasts Industry Structure Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Major Companies Cited Resources www.freedoniafocus.com ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR: UNITED STATES ABOUT THIS REPORT Sources Athletic Footwear: United States
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI) is a privately held footwear company and is contemplating the possibility of acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear. West Coast Fashions Inc.‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel recently announced that it plans to shed its Mercury Athletic Footwear subsidiary. AGI’s head of business development‚ John Liedtke‚ believes acquiring Mercury Athletic Footwear is a good option for the company. Although
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Active Gear is a relatively small athletic and casual footwear company $470.3 million of revenue and $60.4 million of EBIT compared to typical competitors that sold well over a $1.0 billion annually Company executives felt its small size was becoming more of a disadvantage due to consolidation among Chinese contract manufacturers. Specialty athletic footwear that evolved from high performance to athletic fashion wear with a “classic” appeal. Casual/recreational footwear for walking‚ hiking‚ boating
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Overview Active Gear‚ Inc. is a privately held footwear company with $470.3 million in revenue in 2006‚ making it relatively small compared to big players in the athletic and casual footwear industry. Eyeing an opportunity for growth via a bolt-on acquisition‚ John Liedtke‚ head of business development for the company‚ is looking into acquiring a subdivision of West Cost Fashions‚ Inc.‚ Mercury Athletic. With 2006 revenue of $431.1 million‚ Mercury Athletic represents
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(1b) Evaluate the benefits and costs of a marketing orientation for a selected organization Hints: ( What is the marketing orientation (product? production? sales? marketing? societal marketing?) that you will be selecting for Sunshine? ( What are the benefits and costs of such orientation you have selected? Link this orientation to the costs and benefits of building competitive advantage; benefits of building customer satisfaction; desired quality; service and customer care; relationship marketing;
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Indian Institute of ManagementKozhikode | Assignment – Consumer Behaviour | ARUNPRASAD ANNAMALAI EPGP-04A-011 Question: - Retail stores put a number of items on the aisles leading to the checkout station. These are placed there to remind customers of things they may have overlooked‚ or to show products that customers may not have thought of buying until they are seen. Retailers know that some items are purchased on impulse. In other words‚ the customer simply sees a product and purchases
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Group 1 Bushra Javed Butt M. Sharjeel Shahid Mahnoor Malik Uzair Nasir MBA II – Section A Submitted To: Sir Nawazish Mirza Introduction West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s apparel decided to dispose of one of their divisions; Mercury Athletic. John Liedtke‚ head of the business development for Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI)‚ saw a possible opportunity for his company in acquiring Mercury. The footwear industry
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ON IMPULSIVE BUYING The Influence of Culture on Consumer Impulsive Buying Behavior KACE N AND L EE CUL TURE AND IMPUL SIVE BUYING BE HAVIOR Jacqueline J. Kacen Department of Business Administration University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Julie Anne Lee Department of Marketing University of Hawaii–Manoa Impulse buying generates over $4 billion in annual sales volume in the United States. With the growth of e-commerce and television shopping channels‚ consumers
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order to really understand how consumers make their decisions to buy a product or service‚ the market organization should clearly analyze the process of their decision and the factors which will impact their behavior. Consumers usually make a decision through five stages: need recognition‚ information search‚ and evaluation of alternatives‚ purchase decision and post-purchase behavior. Marketers should not only focus on the purchase decision‚ but also emphasize the entire buying process. During this process
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