Nivea - Marketing strategy
Case study - 13 pages - Brand management
Nivea is the number one brand in the world for its skin and body care products and cosmetics. Nivea belongs to Beiersdorf, a German company that represents 70% of its turnover in the market. The brand Nivea was created in 1911 when Dr. Oskar Troplowitz got the first emulsion of oil in water. A...
Burger King in South-Africa - publié le 10/02/2010
Case study - 14 pages - International marketing
Burger King was established in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton. They were among the pioneers of fast food. The Whopper , launched in 1957, was an instant success, and is today the emblem of the brand. Burger King quickly distinguished itself by its unique taste and...
What are the reasons for the Meetic's success?
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
We cannot deny that Meetic has been a great success; it is the most popular European online dating service with a turnover of 115 millions euros in 2007. The most used dating website in Europe has as its main competitor is the internationally reputed company, Match.com. The launch of this type of...
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts: strategic Overview Case study
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Luxury hotels occupy only a small percentage in the global market today, yet they are continuously on the rise. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a leader in the luxury hospitality industry and combines under its brand an outstanding collection of hotels and resorts. Fairmont properties include...
Ecotourism, a tendency of sustainable tourism
Case study - 4 pages - Tourism marketing
The travel industry is the first industry on earth with 1.6 billion tourists as estimated in 2020. Tourism presents at the same time opportunities and threats for biodiversity conservation. That is why it is important to promote new forms of tourism and to apply new principles for the actors of...
Strategic Marketing - Case study report: Celebrity Cruise Inc. a taste of luxury - publié le 10/02/2010
Case study - 2 pages - Tourism marketing
Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line founded in 1988 by the Greek Chandris Group. In 1997, Celebrity Cruises Ltd. merged with Royal Caribbean International to become Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which operates Celebrity, Royal Caribbean International, Azamara Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises and CDF...
Reebok - brand analysis and strategy for new relationship with its customer
Case study - 11 pages - Sport marketing
According to it's knowledge, we may say that Reebok has an important asset; Paul Fireman, who has followed the sociological movements and adjusted its business strategy. Reebok has understood the need for sport and fitness shoes and also that design and quality are both crucial points. The...
Haussmann District
Essay - 12 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
The Boulevard Haussmann, running 2.53 kilometers from the 8th to the 9th arrondissement, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards created in Paris during the Second French Empire by Baron Haussmann, with enthusiastic support from Napoleon III who wanted to renovate medieval Paris. The project...
Loïc Raison to the States
Case study - 21 pages - International marketing
As an assignment of the international marketing seminar, I have chosen a French company which is producing hard cider. Because I come from Brittany, on the west coast of France, I decided to choose the specialty of my region, le cidre (hard cider). This alcoholic beverage is a specialty of the...
E-business, cloud computing
Case study - 6 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Cloud computing, what does it mean? If we mention it to our relatives, it sounds difficult to figure it out, and nevertheless this is a trend that we can witness in everyday life. The definition is, 'it is a way for the computers to forget the use of hard drives, all applications and data...
Professional management skills assessment: Reebok, In pursuit of generation X
Case study - 7 pages - Sport marketing
The definition of viral marketing corresponds to the creation of a buzz in the internet that will be spread due to 'word of mouth'. This advertising strategy, in the condition that it respects the value of the product, is a good use of the media and the communication networks, an...
The Christian Music Industry in the US
Market study - 27 pages - International marketing
In France, religion is clearly weaker than in the US. As a result, we do not imagine that Christian music is fashionable in France. In France, if you talk about Christian music, you necessarily talk about old-fashioned Church songs. The only kind of Christian music that has recently been a...
Pineau des Charentes : « Château de Beaulon » Launching the product in Romania
Case study - 3 pages - International marketing
Pineau des Charentes is regional French aperitif, made in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime in western France. Whilst popular in Charente, it is less well-known in other regions of France and somewhat uncommon abroad. But still, 25% of the production is exported to countries such...
The Threat of the New World to the French Wine Market: Are historically traditional wines being usurped by aggressive new competitors?
Dissertation - 77 pages - International marketing
The objective of this dissertation is to identify the difficulties that the French wine market faces in regards to the competition of producers of new wines. Simple, easy to drink wines, have been commercialized on a large scale in the past ten years or so by Australia, South Africa, Chile and...
Testing if the magic ingredient works from Corporate News: Activia
Case study - 12 pages - Brand management
In this document, we analyze the group Danone, and especially about Activia, which is one of the famous brands of the company. We outline the time line of Danone Company and then explain the concept of Activia products. We also see any possible effects of the yogurts of Activia. As part of this...
Starbucks Coffee Corporation
Case study - 19 pages - International marketing
Starbucks Corporation sells authentic coffee with more than 13,000 coffee shops in more than 41 countries. It has 4200 licensed franchises and 6000 outlets that are the property of the company. The main objective of the company is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand...
How can French football develop its efficiency ?
Essay - 7 pages - Sport marketing
Since the 1980s, the European football has become a large business, with very important financial stakes, but this model is hardly accepted in France. Consequently, the French football is suffering from a relatively low level in its championship. The results of its clubs in the European Champions...
The Walt Disney company - publié le 27/01/2010
Case study - 6 pages - Medias&communication marketing
The Walt Disney Company was mainly created by Walter Elias Disney but it was also founded by his brother Roy.O. Disney. The Walt Disney Company was born in 1923. Let us look into the various facets behind the creation of this company. Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago in 1901. When he was a...
Ushuaïa shower shampoo for Men
Case study - 16 pages - Clients and users behaviour
The market of cosmetics is now becoming a true economic reality. Even if it still has a quite limited size, its average growth rate of more than 7% between 1997 and 2001 shows that it is really skyrocketing. It now represents nearly 3 billion euros worldwide. More and more products are launched...
How positioning the French football business compared with its main competitors?
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
While the French football is making one euro, the English is making about 2.50. This fact underlines the difference in the economic efficiency between the French and the English competition. In the season of 2006/2007, the French professional league made 1.2 billion euros in terms of income....
The future electric car of Renault: 'Renault ZE', 2009
Market study - 25 pages - Automotive marketing
Renault is one of the major competitors in the automobile industry and its presence is evident in each continent of the world. From 2004-2007 the global automobiles industry has grown each year both in volume and value. However in 2008, because of the world economic recession, the automobile...
Market segmentation targeting positioning and Porter's generic model
Thesis - 8 pages - Services marketing
For past 20 to 30 years market segmentation has been defined in different ways. Marketers are breaking the market into parts, to segment the buyers. Based on characteristics and the buyers needs the marketing strategist will categorize buyers. A well developed strategy will help the organization...
Marketing Project : the Study of Airbus
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Demographics In 1940 there were 10 million passengers a year; in 1960 there were 20 million, and now, thanks to the baby boomers, there are 1656 millions. The forecasting announces that air traffic will double in the next 15 years. The demographic environment is clearly increasing, and aircraft...
The morally problematic deceptive and associative advertisment : intent for an analysis
Essay - 7 pages - Clients and users behaviour
In our current society of communication, the weightage of image is undeniable. Advertising is one of the most significant vehicles of such a trend. It could be even considered the cause of the current transformations to consume and to conceive goods. Indeed, according to the analysis of the...
The Cloud Computing
Worksheets - 6 pages - ICT marketing
An increasing number of companies are using the 'cloud computing' to save their informations and folders on a common server. We will now explain what cloud computing is, its advantage and disadvantage and the way companies use it. 'Cloud computing consists of utilization of memory and...
Marketing & Children
Case study - 11 pages - Clients and users behaviour
For about 15 years we have observed that the strategies of advertisement companies have completely changed towards the population of children. In this presentation, we consider children as the people who are from 4 to 14 year old. Advertisers have started to develop new strategies in order to...
Entrepreneurship - publié le 14/01/2010
Case study - 20 pages - Services marketing
The purpose of the project we would like to set up in Germany is the launch of a new service intended to employees and which follows the current trend of women at work. More precisely, the service consists of child cares that we provide in partnership with companies in their office, for...
Apple Computer, case study
Case study - 8 pages - ICT marketing
We present an analysis of the firm, Apple Computer, Inc. and examine its growth from different angles. The choice of this firm was a result of the immediate interest in the firm. This analysis is particularly interesting in terms of study of its history, and also its present and its future. In...
What approach Mission Rubber Technologies Corporation should use with CHP? - publié le 13/01/2010
Case study - 6 pages - International marketing
International trade is, by nature, logical and systematic. Although in many aspects it is similar to conventional, domestic trade, it does demand more from companies such as Mission Rubber, from initial market research, through the different methods of distribution, to securing payment from...
Frenchy Yummy, Implantation of Retail Shop in China
Market study - 15 pages - International marketing
Frenchy Yummy is a well-known French company specialized in the ready-to-wear industry for children. The company targets essentially middle class category mums, by offering wide clothes collections dedicated especially for children aged between 0 and 12. In France, the company met with success...
