Situational Analysis For over 80 years‚ The Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC) has been a successful‚ family-owned business in West Virginia. The Prangel family used a unique recipe to create Mountain Man Lager‚ a beer that became a well-respected brand in the Eastern Central Region of the United States. Now‚ MMBC is faced with revenue losses and a changing demographic of the modern beer drinker. Current Market Research indicates that the newer and younger market prefers a lighter beer. With the
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MMBC is considering introducing a Mountain Man Light beer to attract younger drinkers to the brand. MMBC ultimately would like to reposition the brand to drive sales of Mountain Man Light to young people without eroding the core brand equity. The reason MMBC should consider doing this is because over the previous six years light beer sales in the U.S have been growing at a compound annual rate of 4% while traditional beer sales have been declining annually at the same rate. MMBC has been experiencing
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Mountain Man Brewing Company is one of many local companies that has been threatened by large corporations. This case focuses on a family-owned‚ local company threatened by decline in sales. The new marketing operations manager‚ Chris Prangel‚ has been faced with the challenge of product innovation to help the company improve sales. The introduction of a lighter beer is the solution Prangel landed on while deciding the company’s future. With many doubts from many company employees including the company
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Bringing the Brand to Light Competitive Advantage Mountain Man Brewery Company (MMBC) at the time the case was written is an 80-year old‚ regional‚ family-owned brewery that produced one product: Mountain Man Lager. It is distinctive because it has a core target market of males from the middle to lower income range‚ aged 45 or older. It only has one product‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ versus its competitors which have a variety of options. One of the key features of MMBC is its image‚ in which it is
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MKTG324 Wenjing Xu Mountain Man Brewing Company Case Analysis Company Overview Mountain Man Brewing Company produces Mountain Man Lager; the most authentic regional beer for working class East Central Americans‚ among all premium domestic beers‚ because of its distinctive quality‚ bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and competitive price . MMBC targeted its product toward the middle-aged blue collar worker in the East Central region. MMBC’s strategic focus on this
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The Strong Man “A relationship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stand‚ the more difficult is to leave.” This means that it is hard to leave someone that you have been spending most of your life with‚ especially someone that you have shared almost everything with. This quote fits very well with the problem for one of the main characters in the story “the Strong Man” “The Strong Man” by George Garrett takes place in Pisa in Italy. The story is about a woman and her husband Harry. They
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MOUNTAIN MAN BREWING CASE WRITE-UP Problem Statement: Mountain Man Brewing (MMB) has been successful with only one beer‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ but consumption has decreased. The decrease in sales for this beer has caused a decrease in profits‚ since it is their only product. Mountain Man needs to consider a change in their positioning strategy to increase sales and profits to keep the business successful. Alternative #1: Create‚ promote and sell Mountain Man Lager Light Pros: It gives
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Case Study #1 Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)’s representative beer: Mountain Man Lager‚ is made based on unique and old family recipe. The target of Mountain Man Lager is old males who are working class‚ so called blue collar. The taste is bitter‚ and in contains higher alcohol than other brands. Mountain Man Lager was priced $2.25 for a 12-ounce of draft beer in a bar and $4.99 for a six-pack in a retail store. It was sold at the similar price range which premium domestic brands had‚ so it is
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the Mountain Man Beer Company wanted to launch Mountain Man Light‚ a light beer formulation of Mountain Man Lager with the hope of attracting younger consumers to the brand. Chris wanted to do this because:- a) In the previous 6 years the light Beer sales in USA has been growing at compound annual growth rate of 4% while traditional premium beer sales have been declining at the same rate. b) Mountain Man beer’s prime product was Mountain Man Lager
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Creating Strong Brands Sue Dean Interbrand’s Top Global Brands http://www.interbrand.com/best_global_brands.aspx Group Discussion Think of a powerful brand What factors make it successful? Brands - Many definitions….. “A brand is a product or service made distinctive by its positioning relative to the competition and by its personality” Hankinson & Cowking Building Strong Brands • Strong brands have a strong identity / personality which are built on a unique set of
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