Special K Breakfast Cereal This paper will critically review the situation and positioning of Special K breakfast cereals within the UK. In order to undertake this analysis a variety of observations have been carried out within supermarkets‚ these observations are accompanied by a number of assumptions which were developed following the earlier observations to determine target markets and marketing approach. The marketing concepts discussed have been sourced from Kotler et al (2009). Discussion
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Porters Five Force Analysis‚ Industry: Casinos The purpose of this analysis is to determine the attractiveness of the Casino industry by investigating five specific forces that have the potential to drive down profitability. The Casino industry is composed of firms operating primarily in providing gambling activities and games to consumers while also supplying hotel services and other commodities. Firms that exclusively operate non gambling resorts were not directly included in this profitability
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Porter’s five forces analysis of the Personal Computer (PC) industry In his article “The five competitive forces that shape strategy“‚ Michael Porter (2008) updates and extends his “five forces” framework he first introduced in 1979 and which has influenced the academic and business research for decades. He reaffirms that “THREAT OF ENTRY”‚ “THE POWER OF SUPPLIERS”‚ “THE POWER OF BUYERS”‚ THE THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES”‚ and “RIVALRY AMONG EXISTING COMPETITORS” are the forces that shape every
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Analysis Rivalry Among Competitors Game console companies are facing strong rivalry competitions. As the industry develops‚ every game console company tries to implement the latest graphic technology into their products‚ and those who fell to apply the new technology have seen a decline of the market share. In addition‚ many of the console companies are exploring new functions that are not just video games. Threat of New Entrants The threat of new entrants is low. All the game console companies
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Executive Summary Breakfast cereals are an important part of the British diet and a key sector of the grocery market in the UK‚ with over 90% household penetration. In 2000‚ 414‚000 tonnes of breakfast cereals were sold in the UK‚ at a retail value of £1.1bn The breakfast cereals market is made up of two main sectors‚ firstly‚ the ready-to-eat sector‚ which consists of staples including corn flakes and wheat. Secondly‚ the hot cereals sector‚ which consists of cereals that require some kind
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Case study 1. Complete a five forces analysis. Five Forces is a framework of an industry analysis developed by Porter. These five factors help to evaluate the strength of competitive forces and industry profitability. In this part‚ Porter’s Five Forces theory will be applied to analyse the Inuit case study. Inuit is a well-known financial-software and service firm founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx. When entering the market‚ Intuit was still a small business software and it had to face
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The twelve year return-on-equity data for the Tobacco Industry of 27.9% is substantially above the all-industry average of 14.1% given in the Business Week data. Examining Porters five forces reveals the keys to the Tobacco industries superior profit performance. The price customers are willing to pay for a product depends‚ in part‚ on the availability of substitutes. The absence of close substitutes in the case of cigarettes means that consumers are comparatively insensitive to price increases
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The RTE Cereal Industry in 1994 Case Analysis Competitive Strategy Presented by: Raghav Keshav Why has RTE cereal been such a profitable business? The RTE cereal market is a classic oligopoly with the four dominant players controlling 85% of the market. The return on sales earned by the incumbents in this market (18%) is significantly higher compared to rest of the food industry (5%). Efficient markets typically entice new entrants when the returns are attractive. These returns are gradually
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SCP MODEL MARKET DEFINITION  Product Level The industry for these products is the Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal‚ but recently some companies attend to extend the reach of its products into snack food.  Geographic Level The geographic level for the analysis of this industry is national. All the companies were focus on obtain market share from the whole industry in the United State. BASIC CONDITION Demand 1. Price Elasticity It is an elastic demand because it is influenced for
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Customers a) This industry has a great # of customers‚ therefore they have less power. b) The customer makes relatively small purchases‚ as coffee is a generally low involvement product. c) Specialty coffee purchases are relatively small in regard to other purchases. Over the course of a consumers life however‚ coffee purchases can equivocate to a substantial amount. d) The specialty coffee industry offers much product differentiation. The specialty coffee industry involves great importance when
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