Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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In the recent years Redlands Manufacturing‚ Inc. has been audited and subjected to constant fiscal penalties due to fraudulent financial reporting on the companies part. Due to the following incorrect procedure the company has had to paid a tremendous amount fines: Channel Stuffing: Incorrect Practice: For financial gain‚ Redlands Manufacturing‚ Inc. shipped equipment to vendors with out a full merchant agreement and agreed to except returned merchandise back if it was not sold by yearend
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SCM44 Case Study Cheng Gong 1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? Blue Nile has an obvious advantage in product variety and product availability since customers can “build their own ring” by choosing from an inventory of about 75‚000 stones online. The Tiffany brand is very strong and well established. It is associated with glamour‚ luxurious‚ trust‚ and customer service. So Tiffany can get higher margins than
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the Jet Blue case was former CEO David Neeleman. He was the person who started Jet Blue and formed it to become a low cost airline provider‚ providing luxury and comfort and destinations to various cities at a low affordable cost. He understood how to cut cost and keep operating expenses low‚ and as a result Jet Blue had rapid expansion and flew to 53 destinations in 21 states‚ including Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ and the Caribbean. Up until 2007‚ when David Barger took over‚ Neeleman made Jet Blue prosperous
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In the finding of the liquidity‚ profitability and the solvency ratios regarding the Riordan Manufacturing Inc‚ it has revealed that the company is able to pay its debts to the creditors and investors. The liquidity ratio is good for our investors‚ creditors and bankers so that they can see that we can pay off our debts. With the profitability ratio‚ it comes in handy for the company when trying to find out if we have made any profit for the year or it we have lost money. With using the profitability
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PEPSI BLUE CASE STUDY: THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN EXECUTING A GLOBAL RE-BRANDING CAMPAIGN During the 1990s‚ PepsiCo launched new products and engineered a global re-branding campaign in an effort to grow sales volume; reinvigorate their stagnant brand; and to close the increasingly large sales and market share gap between itself and its primary competitor‚ Coca-Cola. In 1993‚ Pepsi jump-started its marketing efforts by adding two brands to its portfolio: Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Max. Crystal
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Stock and deteriorating residential buildings in Blue Island Context In the last decade‚ municipalities have been faced with vacant housing parcels from foreclosure. Municipalities have struggled to maintain residential buildings and stabilize housing stock. One particular municipality that has struggled with this issue is the City of Blue Island. Blue Island has been slow to recover from the amount of foreclosures it experienced. In addition‚ Blue Island has faced steady population decrease. According
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Jetblue Case Analysis Jetblue set out to provide its customers with a great airlines experience. Neeleman’s goal was to provide customers with “the types of amenities reserved for the pricier carriers‚ including wider seats ……and 24 channels of in-flight television” ( Case study pg 400) One of Jetblue and Neeleman’s biggest challenges was to keep offering all these amenities while still competing with the big carriers by keeping their prices 50 to 60 percent lower on the same routes. As they grew
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Feb. 15‚ 2015 Pepsi Blue Yanran YAN Pepsi Blue Case Analysis I. Strategic Situation In 1995‚ Pepsi-‐Cola International (PCI) headquarter planned to carry out a $500 million global brand identity and logo plan‚ also known as Project Blue. The plan failed to get support from regional executives. The better way to carry out a
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