Marketing Concepts and Commercialization Business Case Analysis Black & Decker Background Black & Decker Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of power tools and accessories‚ residential security hardware‚ outdoor tools and numerous other products. The two largest product groups of B&D are power tools & accessories and household products representing 29% and 15% respectively‚ in terms of sales. During the 90s the portable power tool market accounted for 1.5 Billion and is segmented in
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The Black & Decker Corporation (A) Power Tools Division Course: International Marketing Management Prof. Dr. Lutz H Schminke Authors: Marc Gerlach (323514) Tobias Holler (725219) Björn Kleindienst (425169) Robin Mack (223377) Marina Sukhareva (127387) Celia Yan (431144) Fulda‚ 24th May 2011 Table of Content Table of Content 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Case Summary 3 2.1 The Black & Decker Corporation 3
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78 Harvard Business School Marketing Cases Black & Decker Corp.: Household Products Group‚ Brand Transition Case © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2001 Harvard Business School 9-588-015 Rev. October 6‚ 1992 The Black & Decker Corporation Household Products Group: Brand Transition In April 1984‚ Black & Decker Corp. (B&D) acquired the Housewares Division of General Electric Co. (GE)‚ combining the GE small-appliance product line with its own household product line to form the Household
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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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In this case‚ Black & Decker Corporation (B&D) is facing a major challenge in the power tools market. The industry is segmented into three categories; Consumer‚ Professional-Industrial‚ and Professional-Tradesmen‚ and while B&D holds the biggest market share in the Consumer segment‚ they are trailing far behind in the Professional-Tradesmen segment‚ with a meager 9% market share. Though this is a growing market segment‚ B&D is barely making any profits from it‚ and a new strategy is needed if they
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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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1. How does the buying behavior of tradesman affect the situation? 2. What is Makita’s competitive strategy and what role does Milwaukee play? Makita: provide a good baseline option in all major categories; other suppliers had particular product strength‚ like Skil in circular saws. the largest single outlet of professional-tradesmen tool sales in 1990 was the Home Depot at $5 million.—largest of the rapidly growing collection of home improvement chain stores. --Strategy: stock 30‚000 items
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NICHE CONSULTING GROUP 101 Madison Avenue New York‚ New York April 24‚ 2010 John F. Lundgren President & Chief Executive Officer Stanley Black & Decker 1000 Stanley Drive New Britain‚ CT 06053 Dear Mr. Lundgren‚ In response to your request‚ an evaluation of your firm‚ Stanley Black & Decker‚ was conducted to determine the strategic issues and problems within and surrounding your firm. This consisted of a review of the external environment‚ a SWOT (Strengths‚ Weaknesses
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| |SWOT analysis(Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats) can be applied to this case. | |End users hold a perception that Balck & Decker Professional-Tradesmen products are poor in quality. | |
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Questions 1. What do you think of Grunewald’s plan for creating a “global lock business”? What factors favor this action? What factors stand in the way? I think Grunewald’s plan for creating a global lock business might turn out to be a profitable idea. His plan for a “global lock business” would include having marketing managers‚ product managers‚ and a project manager within each lock company. As well as each group having a group product manager that would help with the organizational design
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