Table of contents 1 Introduction The rental movie market is a high competitive and dynamic market‚ dominated for several years by Blockbuster‚ with its pioneer business model of delivering convenience to the costumers looking for home entertainment. The company was a model for the industry during the 80’s‚ 90’s‚ but with the new age of online movies‚ the consumer behavior changed drastically‚ and other companies‚ as Netflix and Redbox‚ providing online content and innovative services‚ started
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market trends to continue in this way in a successful way. Undeniably‚ one of the most important factors that gave this result is that Blockbuster is not coupled to the new market trends‚ refusing to change its business model to new technology revenues‚ and most importantly‚ did not pay attention to the needs of its consumers. Although the business model Blockbuster rents was innovative at the time and later‚ like its competitor Netflix‚ income raided by mail‚ but not daring to adopt new technologies
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1. Analyze Blockbuster’s current position (based on its brick-and-mortar business model) using Porter’s 5-forces model. What are the conclusions of your analysis? In Porter’s 5 forces model‚ the five underlying forces for an industry’s structural attractiveness are the barriers to entry for new competitors‚ the intensity of rivalry among existing competitors‚ the threat of substitute products or services‚ the bargaining power of suppliers‚ and the bargaining power of buyers. In analyzing Blockbuster’s
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5 N/A Analysis: The analysis of Blockbuster’s cash flows support its decision. Without Extended Viewing Fees (late fees)‚ and taking the all negative free cash flows among 2004‚ 2003‚ 2002 into account‚ Blockbuster would be performing worse than that with late fees. However‚ the trend was a continuous increase in cash flows‚ even if it is negative among all years. By taking tax effects into account‚ the free cash flow without EVF would be much lower than the ones shown in analysis. 2.
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Blockbuster became the dominant movie rental firm for a number of reasons. First and foremost in the early years‚ they were invested in by Wayne Huizeinga who infused the company with $18.5 million dollars and for a span of 7 years grew the company’s market capitalization at an annual growth rate of 118%. Once it started becoming large‚ it efficiently used economies of scale. It also had the most power to negotiate favorable deals with movie studios as opposed to mom and pop shops. Blockbuster
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mid-1990s. However‚ due to Blockbuster‚ many rental video companies have failed to compete against this category killer. West Coast Video‚ Video City‚ and Hollywood Video‚ which are among the few and only large competitor ’s of Blockbuster in the tri-state area. Many family-owned video rental stores could not compete against Blockbuster ’s assortment of videos. Blockbuster opened its first store in 1985 and has grown to become the world ’s number one video chain. Blockbuster is open 365 days a year
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the most expansive selection of DVDs; an easy way to choose movies; and fast‚ free delivery. Blockbuster vision statement "Our corporate mission is to provide our customers with the most convenient access to media entertainment‚ including movie and game entertainment delivered through multiple distribution channels such as our stores‚ by-mail‚ vending and kiosks‚ online and at home. We believe Blockbuster offers customers value-prices entertainment experience‚ combining the broad product depth of
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SOWT Analysis for the marketing environment of Blockbuster Entertainment ----------------------- Strength: • Ability to keep up the change. For an example when VCR (Video tape Record) were going out of style‚ they quickly move in to DVD rental. • Brand Familiarity. • Blockbuster have global network of stores. • High quality products and Up to date Movies. • Game CDs for all brand‚ such as Nintendo DS‚ PS2‚ PS3‚ PSP‚ Wii‚ Xbox‚Xbox 360 • Offer movie Rentals and Video game rental
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Articles & Case Studies: Blockbuster Video case study: I. Issue: The central issue or issues of the Blockbuster Video case that the company faced‚ can be broken down and represented as three major areas of focus: • Financial ? Prevent the continual decline in cash flow and profits. Lower inventory costs. • Strategic ? How to react to an ever decreasing video rental market. Promote global marketing to reach and service the international home entertainment market. • Technology ? Implement Best
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example‚ years ago the concept of going into a movie rental store such as Blockbuster was incredibly popular and considered to be of very popular interest. However‚ as the technology and interests have changed‚ the company has been rapidly losing its customer base causing sales to decline. The ways in which movies and video games are distributed to the customer has changed causing the stand alone stores‚ such as Blockbuster to lose popularity. The stores were located in convenient locations‚
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