Ashley Springer Ice-Fili case analysis November 22‚ 2012 Through tough times in the Russian ice cream market; one company has one company has pulled their weight and maintained their position on top. Established in 1937; Ice-Fili has survived the change in government‚ financial hard times‚ and the ever growing competition from international companies. However‚ given these events their market share‚ which was once dominated by Ice-Fili‚ has been significantly reduced. In fact the Harvard Business
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In the early 1990s the ice cream industry was state regulated. It had artificial market‚ where all production was sold despite huge overproduction in the industry. During transition from state governed to market economy‚ the industry shrank rapidly and was unattractive mainly because of political and financial turmoil. Once Russian economy reemerged from the crisis‚ in the late 2001‚ the industry stabilized. Industry forces started to play major part in its attractiveness and macro factors did not
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company was privatised and rechristened “Ice Fili”. Anatoliy Shamanov‚ an expert in the technical processes essential in the frozen food industry‚ joined the company in 1968. After six years of service he decided to further his expertise serving in a variety of other roles elsewhere in the frozen foods industry. He later retuned as CEO in 1988 and was inspirational in leading the company through the vast changes that ensued. Ice Fili are Russia’s top ice cream producer so one could forgive Shamanov
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Please provide an in depth five forces analysis to illustrate the competitive environment for Russia’s ice cream industry. How is it likely to evolve? The competitive set of the ice cream industry is highly fragmented and very diverse. International brands such as Nestlé have through their size‚ position and also advertising expenses managed to capture market share. The local‚ much smaller producers on the other hand have the majority of the Russian population on their side. In addition their organizational
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ICE FILI CASE 1) Is Russia’s ice cream industry attractive? Yes‚ it is. Russia is one of the largest nations in the world and‚ as such‚ holds promising market share potential due to its sheer size in geographic‚ demographic and economic terms. Russians love ice cream‚ even in the subzero winter climate. Despite decreased market share due to recent increased consumption of beer‚ soda and confectionary products; the Russian ice cream industry is attractive due to its lower entry barriers
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How attractive is the Russian ice cream market? How is it likely to evolve? Market attractiveness refer to all the characteristics that contribute to the success of organizations within the market. Profitability is one and Exhibit 9 suggests profit margins for retailers and distributors are about 30% - 50%‚ and producers’ is about 15%. This is high in the Russian food industry where‚ the profitability in the confectionary industry was only 6% - 8%. The russian ice cream industry had about 300 companies
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on p.5) Political 1) From 1991-1998 No longer anti-alcohol campaign to boost ice-cream industry. Ice cream industry had to complete with substitute products. 2) Since 1998 Financial Crisis‚ Russian rubles devalued by two-thirds. Russians cannot afford foreign products and companies relied more on national suppliers. 3) 1999 VAT raise. Fruit-based ice-creams and popsicles raised to 20% VAT. Consumer buy less ice-cream because of elastic demand‚ revenue is less. Economical 1) Privatized companies
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structurally attractive is the Russian ice cream market? How is it likely to evolve? Analyzing from using five force model we can conclude that the structurally attractiveness of Russian ice cream market is quite low due to several reasons. Firstly‚ the crisis in 1998 had greatly reduced the consumption ability of ice cream market and increased the imported ingredients for producers. Secondly‚ Centralize planning system that is used in Russia caused the Russian managers to have little knowledge
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Ice-‐Fili Case Study Comm 491 – Momo Deretic 9:30am Tuesday/Thursday M a r t i n M ‚ R y a n P ‚ S o h y u n P ‚ D i e g o S Introduction From 1996 to 1998 Ice-Fili suffered from huge increases in costs that gradually ate at their margin at alarming rates. Even worse‚ from 1999 to 2001 they had a huge decrease in sales and got into liquidity problems. The economic situation for Fili seems to
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Background (as of 2001) Russian ice cream market has become increasingly challenging with relatively stagnant growth and aggravating competition. Due to these challenges‚ Ice Fili‚ the top ice cream producer in Russia‚ has experienced 40% decrease in the production volume and 50% decrease in its market share for past 5 years. However‚ Ice Fili has been capitalizing neither the market potentials nor its competencies. Russian ice cream market is highly profitable with over twice the profit margins
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