1. What are four to five ways that specialty retailers differ from discounters (a la Wal-Mart)? Inventory turns: According to the data provided in the Williams-Sonoma Inc. case study (1990) average specialty store turns were just under 2x. If you look at the data from the Wal-Mart Article discount stores have turns many times that‚ actually turns around the neighborhood of 8x. Margins: Discounters such as Wal-Mart go for the high volume low margin approach. Sine their whole approach revolves
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CASE 3: APPLICHEM 1. Compare the performance of Applichem’s 4 Release-ease plants. Competitive environment Applichem is a company that offers high product customization. Indeed‚ they provide solutions to specific customer problems‚ and then refine the product and process to arrive at a product with broader application. They created a product that was widely used: Release-ease. This product enabled the customers to clean easily the mold at the end of the process‚ which was a bottleneck
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Marketing Research Case – HDTV Question 1: How can you assess market potential for the HDTV? Attempt a calculation of an optimistic and pessimistic forecast. * The market potential is defined as those in the population who can possibly buy a product. In this case the market potential would be the total number of households. The total number of households in 1990 is 93‚979‚592. This is all the households who do not have a TV current will buy a HDTV and any household that has a TV will replace
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TATA ACE : CASE STUDY Q1 Sketch the Indian and Global scenario of Light Commercial Vehicle Industry? Ans.: In the light commercial vehicle industry‚ India was dominated by three wheelers and four wheeled vehicles with carrying capacity of 0.5 to 1.5 tons. Vehicles like passenger cars and SUVs are also being used a mode of transport to carry goods from one place to another. Rural areas are still dominated by conventional mode of transport like bullock carts‚ bicycle rikshaws‚ horse driven carriages
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interoffice memorandum to: stuart quimby‚ albert rosenberg‚ william kim and Shareholders from: jackson randall subject: paramount clean edge date: 8/16/2010 After extensive and exhausting research for the past few months on our newest product “Clean Edge”‚ in which many of our internal departments and managers have contributed invaluable knowledge‚ time and energy in seeing that Clean Edge has an efficacious launch in the super-premium non-disposable razor market‚ I was appointed by Mr. Quimby
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Introduction Problem Statement Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (CLL) is unable to translate its world’s most spectacular natural surrounding into profits. The many issues facing CLL today include the declining Asian tour group market‚ due to the 1997 Asian economic crisis‚ the concentrated‚ summer and winter‚ seasonal demand‚ and the emergence of Internet‚ which empowers customers to make short-term decisions. The analysis below will present several key elements that will potential increases CCL’s
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HBR: “Introducing New Coke Case”: Discussion Questions: Directions: You are to write a report on the HBR Coke Case. The report consists of 10 questions. Each question is worth 10 points. Please write in a Q & A format and not essay. Questions: 1. What is the case about? Write a ½ page executive summary of the case which includes at least 3 consumer behavior theories that are evident in this case. Ans: In the late 80s‚ Pepsi market share was catching up with Coca-cola at
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requirement as an applicant for graduation. …Ma’am ____‚ Sir _____ and the entire Housekeeping and Kitchen Staff (MG’s)‚ for their generosity‚ support‚ coaching and companionship during my OJT. I would also like to thank my fellow trainees at the Chateau Santa Isabel. Again‚ I would like to thank the all of the persons behind all of this. As I continue my journey in life‚ I promise that I will not
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This is a reflection of the Harvard Business Review of Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat “China vs. the world”‚ HBR December 2010‚ page 94-103. Thomas M. Hout is a professor at the University of Hong Kong’s School of Business since 2002. He teaches Strategy‚ Operations and Information‚ Business Strategies for China and India and fast companies (IMBA program in Shanghai)[1][2]. Pankaj Ghemawat is the Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy at IESE (spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores
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March 4‚ 2011 Case-Revitalizing Dell I. Diagnosis Question 1: The most critical shifts in Dell’s contextual factors‚ including industry dynamics‚ trends‚ technology changes and shift of the competitive landscape are following: The industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years. The traditional business model in the PC industry was inside-out‚ supplying machines based on orders from distribution‚ resell and retail channels‚ thus following the indirect selling concept. Dell’s direct
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