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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The Five Forces Model was developed by Michael Porter in 1979 as a tool to analyse and classify an industry as well as identify profit potential areas in an industry. The model uses five forces of the industry to help identify three major aspects of an industry; competition‚ profitability‚ and attractiveness of the industry Rivalry among existing firms in the confectionery industry is very high + gain market share from their competitors + creating new products‚ changing existing products‚ or
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First we will analyze the PC industry related to Apple to determine how this competitive environment affects the competence in our evaluated firm. Then comes the internal analysis to determine if Apple has or not the tools to be considered as a firm with a competitive advantage above its rivals. Porter´s Five Forces Analysis: New Entrants’ Threat: * Because of standardization of PC components and thanks to the economies of scale‚ the prices came down significantly in this industry‚ this represents
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and retail wing of Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited (AAFL). With over 146 own retail outlets and 275 authorized resellers‚ Gallerie Apex ensures nationwide coverage of its diverse range of footwear for its consumers. Through its eight in-house brands‚ namely Venturini‚ Apex Men’s‚ Sprint‚ Moochie‚ Nino Rossi‚ Sandra Rosa‚ Apex Women’s and Apex Kids‚ Gallerie Apex carries a huge selection of shoes and sandals‚ ensuring that each of our valued customer finds the footwear that is just right for them.
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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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There are several reasons why AGI should consider Mercury Athletic as an appropriate target for acquisition. First‚ acquiring Mercury could improve both companies financially. Acquiring Mercury would double AGI’s revenue. Although Mercury’s financial performance has been disappointing‚ they experienced top line growth of 20% in 2006. Unfortunately‚ their profitability has been disappointing due to price concessions to big box retailers and an unsuccessful women’s line. Mercury’s (and ultimately
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PORTERS FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS Nike Brief History Nike has one mission statement: To carry out the legacy of innovative thinking left by the founding members by developing products that enable athletes of all abilities to maximize their potential while beating competition and creating value for shareholders. Nikes headquarters are located in Beaverton‚ Oregon in Portland and the company operates in more than 160 countries all over the world with more than 30‚000 employees across all six
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Southwest Airlines Introduction The domestic US airline industry has been intensely competitive since it was deregulated in 1978. In a regulated environment‚ most of the cost increases were passed along to consumers under a fixed rate-of-return based pricing scheme. This allowed labor unions to acquire a lot of power and workers at the major incumbent carriers were overpaid. After deregulation‚ the incumbent carriers felt the most pain‚ and the floodgates had opened for newer more nimble carriers
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Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity Terran Knox Measurements II MBA-634 Northwood University DEVOS Program Dr. Adam Guerrero 4 March‚ 2015 Problem Statement Mercury Athletic is the footwear division of West Coast Fashions (WCF)‚ a designer and marketer of men’s and women’s apparel. Due to unspectacular financial reports‚ the division was going to be sold. John Liedtke‚ the head of business development for Active Gear‚ Inc.‚ (AGI) looked to acquire Mercury from WCF‚ believing
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system and the hardware which is the whole component itself which is the laptop and desktop namely iMac and Macbook. Analysis of this report is on the strategies being used by Apple to sustain and also increase its market share in the industry. Evaluation has been done on Apple’s SWOT analysis‚ the external environment (PEST analysis)‚ Porter’s Five Forces and the Ohmae 3Cs Analysis. After critically analysing this it was found that there is a declining demand for Personal Computers as consumers are
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