Homework Assignment #4 Read the case study Can Detroit Make the Cars Customers Want? and answer the following questions: 1. Why is AutoNation having a problem with its inventory? Why is this also a problem for auto manufacturers such as GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler? How is this problem impacting the business performance of AutoNation and of the auto manufacturers? Ans: AutoNation is having a problem with inventory because of the culture of ordering a customized vehicle for
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Company to bring a quality product in under their name and expose American to a trusted product. The threat to the company is if the consumer doesn’t know the product name they might be reluctant to buy from Doosan. 2) One of the assumptions you can make from the case is that because of the economic downturn‚ after the purchase of the Bobcat division‚ is that the company will be able to survive despite a possible losses of customers and business opportuines. It is interesting to imagine how this new
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now the most successful car company in the US and it has the numbers to prove it. It has come up with a way to sell cars to people who fear that they will be homeless and it works. Most large car companies posted more significant unit sales drops in February than analysts expected. GM (GM) only sold 268‚737 light vehicles. Three years ago‚ that would have been its take for the July 4th “cash back” weekend. Ford (F) moved 96‚044 units‚ off 48% from the same month last year. As usual‚ the Ford PR department
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4.0 Recommendation 4.1 Recommendation for Cadbury As the trend nowadays‚ most people are health conscious‚ emphasis on natural food and prefer food with less sugar‚ less salt‚ less oil‚ low fat‚ low calories‚ and others. Food with lower sugar content is most preferred due to weight and health concern. Cadbury products are generally sweet and thus many people are unable to enjoy Cadbury’s products due to its sweetness. Cadbury should come out with some sugar free or low sugar chocolate products
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Introduction Ford Motor Company is the second largest industrial corporation in the world‚ employing 370‚000 people in 200 countries across the world with revenue over $144 billion. The auto industry has become very competitive on a global level‚ forcing automobile companies to cut costs and stay competitive. In trying to remain competitive‚ Ford introduced a plan called Ford 2000. This was done to cut costs‚ streamline the organization and processes globally‚ and increase economies of scale
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to be twelve years old. COuld’ve been anywhere from nine to fourteen‚ but as Frederick Douglass‚ that great man‚ said‚ you might as well ask a horse how old he is as a slave” (Stolz 3). This quote was said by Cezanne Pinto‚ the main character of the historical novel‚ Cezanne Pinto‚ about a young slave living on a plantation in Virginia with high hopes of freedom and an education. Originally born Deucy Clayburn‚ Cezanne spent his time as a slave working in the stables due to his gift with horses
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Recommendations: The recommendations that we are conducting to address these central marketing issues as well as attracting consumers to use Kinect Boutique in Australian market is a advertising-pod as a promotional campaign cooperated with retailer Westfield. In addition‚ advertisements in print magazines (e.g Vogue‚ GQ) are applied for the Kinect Boutique marketing strategy. Advertising pod The campaign’s name is called ‘It’s a Kinect Boutique’. This campaign is a display pod devised Kinect
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A. U.S industry crisis‚ and Ford By 2008‚ a global-scale economy crisis affected the United States economy‚ followed by several years of automobile sales declining. By the years of 2008 and 2009 that automobile sale declining‚ lead to crisis in the United States automobile industry. Affected by the United states economy crisis‚ the big three U.S. automakers General Motors (GM)‚ Ford Motor Company‚ and Chrysler were very affected that they requested emergency loans to help them fill in the money
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Recommendation New product development strategy In order to increase the sales and make more company profit‚ launching a new product is considered as good ways to the new product development strategy. Based on the Dutch Lady product life cycle‚ it can maintain its loyal customers for those who are always look for the innovated product by using the new product innovation. Dutch Lady Company can launch some products which focus on elderly. They can produce more product like milk‚ it must contain a
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