Cowgirls Chocolates Case Marilyn Lysohir‚ an internationally famous ceramic artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ that she and her husband‚ Ross Coates started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled as Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ had won a number of awards
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The Day Chocolate Case International marketing Assignment 1 Date: 2nd of March 2011 Group 1.4 Table of contents Table of contents 2 1. Introduction 4 1.2. Main characteristics of The Day Chocolate Company 4 1.3. Porters Diamond 5 1.4. Comparative industry structure analysis: Porter’s five forces 5 2. Applying available theories‚ concepts and statistics to answer the requested questions 6 2.1. Question 1: Describe the consumer segment Day Chocolate is aiming
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they tried to raise funds for Marilyn and her husband “High Ground” magazine. PROBLEM DEFINITION: How to can Cowgirl Chocolates‚ an award winning products‚ re-define its products and market target to become a profitable business? PORTER’S FIVE FORCE According to the name of the business cowgirl Chocolate‚ its packaging and pricing‚ we define market strategy in the chocolate industry. New Entrants (high because of low entry barriers) • No special knowledge required (e.g. technology)
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traelene beals “9am Friday” First‚ a formal case analysis - This should be written in a business style format using short paragraphs and sentences‚ self-explanatory headings‚ and any figures/tables that would facilitate reading. Reports are to be no longer than 2000 words (excluding appendices Issues to be addressed – No measures of productivity or efficiaency in the plant- no way of telling if the plant was doing a good job. Difficult demand forcasting due to seasonality of sales. 2 new
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salient (or important) aspects of the chocolate confectionary industry‚ globally and domestically‚ that are critical for understanding a new product introduction of this type. Provide support for your conclusions. The objectives that Montreaux USA wants to achieve in the coming 3 years are national distribution of the new Montreaux product line‚ $15 million in annual sales‚ and to be within the top 25 in revenue. Accounting for 52.6% of the market‚ chocolate is the most profitable segment of the
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Synopsis The case of Cowgirl Chocolates is about a small chocolate producer‚ Cowgirl Chocolates‚ and the businesses owner/artist Marilyn Lysohir dilemma with how and why her business venture wasn’t profitable. Marilyn expresses her love for making award winning hot and spicy chocolates. She also discusses her hold up on different products‚ their packaging‚ and her disliking of using distributors. Marilyn doesn’t know why she isn’t making a profit‚ and the problem isn’t with her chocolates‚ it’s her
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Charles Chocolates Case Analysis In March of 2012 Steve Parkland was hired as the new president at Charles Chocolates. He was immediately faced with numerous decisions about the future of the company. The board of directors had tasked Parkland with doubling or tripling the size of the company over the next decade‚ but the board and the senior management team had different opinions about the strategy that would accomplish this goal. The main issues that Parkland faced were how to increase the company’s
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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Case Study The company Schaeffer Berger is a company founded by Robert Steinberg and John Scharffenberger. The company specializes in producing the high quality chocolate utilizing the finest cacao beans available. The company differentiated itself from their several others competitors‚ by being one of the first to produce chocolates “From beans to bar”‚ meaning that Scharffen berger‚ unlike its rivals produced the chocolate by doing all the processes in the
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Strategic Management MBA-743 Rogers’ Chocolates Case Study Solution 1. Using Porter’s characteristics‚ describe the interfirm rivalry in the chocolate industry. What are the strengths/weaknesses of Rogers’ Chocolates’ major competitors? Supplier S M W Effect on Competition (increase and decrease) Industry attractiveness Availability of Supplier products √ Increase Decrease Criticality of suppliers product √ Increase Decrease No. of suppliers √ Increase Decrease
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Will Rogers Not many people remember Will Rogers‚ but in the 1930’s he was the most well known man in America -- more popular than Shirley Temple. He was a simple cowpoke who entertained people with his rope tricks and sly political observations. He also wrote a widely-read newspaper column and appeared on the raido every week. I suppose he is a lot like Bill Cosby is today: beloved for his down-to-earth style of humor. But that "aww‚ shucks" attitude hid a brilliant mind. Furthermore‚ Will
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