Blockbuster Case Analysis I. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose: The Blockbuster firm is a leading provider of rental movie and game entertainment with approximately 8‚000 stores. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Latin America‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Mexico and Asia. Blockbuster is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas and employs 58‚561 people; this figure includes full-time‚ part-time and seasonal employees. The company recorded revenues of $5‚287.9 million during the financial year
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In previous decades‚ Blockbuster was on top of the video rental industry. However in recent years a new competitor by the name of Netflix changed the entire pace of the rental competition. Blockbuster in past years had its customers visiting its retail stores to make rental purchases. Also along with its earlier rental system‚ Blockbuster customers were charged extra for the length of time the rental was to be kept and were penalized for returning rentals late. When Netflix entered into the rental
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Fast-forwarding Blockuster Case Summary : Fast-Forwarding Blockbuster Blockbuster is the the world’s largest video rental company. The past few years have not been good ones for Blockbuster‚ because they have posted losses in 9 of the past 11 years‚ closed many stores and lost many customers to Netflix. One of the most important changes that Blockbuster did in order to remain competitive was to hire a new CEO‚ James W. Keyes who faced a similar situation as the former CEO of 7-eleven Stores. Who after
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Running head: Blockbuster Blockbuster Case Analysis Jane Doe BUSA‚ 3280 Strategic Management December 11‚ 2010 Blockbuster Case Analysis Blockbuster is a company that was started in Dallas‚ Texas in 1982. It was incorporated in 1985 and reported revenues of $5.5 billion in 2006. It is known as a leader with in-home movie and game rentals. In 2006 it launched a new way to rent movies by introducing a program that gives customers the option to exchange the movies through the
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Competition in the Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster battle for Market Leadership Strategic Issues Netflix has limited streaming via online downloading. They also have limited market segment. Blockbuster does not maintain enough inventories of new releases‚ and also needs to expand into online downloading. Analysis Industry’s Dominant Economic Features The movie rental industry’s market size is relatively large with $24.9 billion in 2007‚ which is up from $22 million
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example‚ years ago the concept of going into a movie rental store such as Blockbuster was incredibly popular and considered to be of very popular interest. However‚ as the technology and interests have changed‚ the company has been rapidly losing its customer base causing sales to decline. The ways in which movies and video games are distributed to the customer has changed causing the stand alone stores‚ such as Blockbuster to lose popularity. The stores were located in convenient locations‚
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Competition in the Movie Rental Industry in 2008: Netflix and Blockbuster Battle for Market Leadership June 15‚ 2012 Contents Introduction 2 Netflix 3 Inside Netflix 3 Current issues at Netflix 5 Netflix strategies 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Netflix Strengths 6 Netflix Weaknesses 6 Opportunities for Netflix 7 Threats facing Netflix 7 Application of Techniques of Strategic Analysis 8 The Five-Force
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1. Analyze Blockbuster’s current position (based on its brick-and-mortar business model) using Porter’s 5-forces model. What are the conclusions of your analysis? In Porter’s 5 forces model‚ the five underlying forces for an industry’s structural attractiveness are the barriers to entry for new competitors‚ the intensity of rivalry among existing competitors‚ the threat of substitute products or services‚ the bargaining power of suppliers‚ and the bargaining power of buyers. In analyzing Blockbuster’s
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controllable and uncontrollable changes to affecting the target market (4). Blockbuster video store is a primary example of a retailer that has struggled with finding the target market that will make the company profitable. In the past‚ Blockbuster has seemed to focus its target market on the tweens‚ teens‚ and generation Y populations when marketing their products. As
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Point of View The group decided to view this case as potential investor of Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation Case Context Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation reported posted earnings in 1998 of $15‚498‚000 on revenues of $136‚893‚000. This resulted into a net income per common and common share equivalent of $.58 earnings per share. (Exhibit 2) A closer look at figures posted for the periods ending 1997 end 1996 would show a dramatic increase in revenues and its equivalent earnings
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