Strategy of the IKEA group
Case study - 27 pages - Business strategy
Ingvar Kamprad, a young Swede, finished his studies in 1943. He quickly established a small company which he called IKEA. The acronym IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) is composed of the initials of his name, the name of his parents' farm and the name of his village. Initially, he...
Hard discount: Understanding this phenomenon
Dissertation - 63 pages - Management
Hard discount inexorably invades all areas of consumption: the supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, EasyJet and Ryanair in the airlines sector, La Halle!, H & M or Vet Affaires in textiles, the free telephony operator via Internet and Brico Depot for DIY etc. All have gained strong positions in their...
Cola War: Coke vs. Pepsi
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
Industry competition has given rise to extensive market efforts by companies to sustain their position by gaining an edge over competitors. Industrial trend helps company to set standards and design a strategy for the accomplishment of goals. Multiple set of strategies are devised in accordance...
Ready meals vs. Pot Noodle
Market study - 13 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this report is to understand and analyze the consumer behaviour towards two products of two major brands which operate in a same sector. First of all, we chose the food industry in the specific market of “ready meals”; we immediately thought about Pot Noodles from...
Behavioral science concepts by two competing brands
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
There are multiple factors included in marketing products to consumers. Companies must evaluate several factors including the market size, description of the product, consumer behavior, pricing, distribution, and promotion. This evaluation varies within each company....
Reva: An alliance between Maini Group and AEV LLC Inc.
Thesis - 38 pages - Business strategy
REVA electric car company is a joint venture between the Bangalore based Maini group and AEV LLC Inc. of USA. Other companies, world leaders in their respective fields, have also partnered with Maini and AEV LLC Inc to design and develop key components for the REVA. Today the Maini Group has on...
Green marketing - How to integrate environment inside companies?
Dissertation - 81 pages - Ecology & environment
Sustainable development has become an established phenomenon. Society is becoming increasingly environmental conscious, this has even been used as an electoral argument. Environmental protection is due to a movement introduced jointly by the population at large and the NGOs through a governmental...
Experimental marketing: Building customer associations
Dissertation - 60 pages - Services marketing
Experiential marketing uses brand relevant experiences to engage key audiences while creating a forum where these audiences interact with a brand. It involves high levels of interactivity and sensory impact and seeks to elicit an emotional response the target through a more personal level of...
The changing meaning of luxury in Europe
Essay - 50 pages - Business strategy
No longer reserved for the selected few, luxury is now within the reach of a much larger consumer segment. In this analysis we ask Europeans what constitutes „luxury? in their everyday life. As the prospects for obtaining a certain level of material wealth is fulfilled - or it is...
Kraft Foods Marketing
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Kraft Foods incessantly continue building on the successes it has achieved by dealing with childhood favorites such as Kool-Aid, Jello, or Mac-n-cheese. This product line has been taken to this 21st Century through the provision of varied recipes that are usually accompanied with innumerable...
Digital marketing and E-commerce, what future for physical stores in the textile industry?
Thesis - 30 pages - Distribution marketing
Changes in consumer behavior along with a world in which everything is getting digitalized require firms to rethink their marketing strategy in order not only to be able to identify and target market needs accurately but also deliver information and interact with the customers in...
A presentation on marketing management
Presentation - 61 pages - Services marketing
This presentation will start with marketing environments and systems. It will explore environments like the economic, competitive, technological, socio-cultural environments, etc. The presentation will then progress towards market oriented strategic planning. It will also talk about the BCG...
Marketing and the secret of the senses
Thesis - 4 pages - Services marketing
It is a fast, mad world out there. Apart from material aspects, that can be purchased, people are also willing to buy satisfaction and internal gratification from their purchases. People believe that happiness can be achieved by the satisfaction of all desires; and remain crestfallen when desires...
Louis Vuitton's market strategy to excel in the competitive luxury industry
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The leather sector is renowned for the quality of its products, especially in the luxury market. Louis Vuitton, the most prestigious French business of luxury leather goods, has, for years, been an incredible success, continually expanding its activities. Recently, consumer behavior...
Adapting Planet Reebok advertisements to suit Europe (2006)
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Contextualizing The sports brand Reebok operates in a highly competitive market. Although the number of competitors is limited (Nike, Adidas and s few other national brands), the battle rages on, especially in terms of marketing communication. Each brand is vying to get the best picture and...
Human Resources department of IKEA
Essay - 38 pages - Human resources
Since it was registered as a corporation in 1943, IKEA has developed into an international group, present in approximately 43 countries. IKEA gets its name from the initials of Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, located in Småland, Sweden. Ingvar Kamprad was just 17 when he registered IKEA...
Study of the Yves Rocher in China
Case study - 51 pages - Services marketing
The cosmetics industry is currently booming and the opening of foreign markets has spawned new needs. Health, nature, ecology and the environment are now increasingly becoming the keywords of our society, which now demands cosmetics products that respect these concepts. With increasing focus on...
The communication strategy of Axe (2006)
Case study - 25 pages - Management
Axe is a dynamic brand in terms of communication and was chosen to analyze its advertising strategy. It is the name of a deodorant for men and is a product of the Unilever group in France in 1983. Today, the brand is a leader in the field of male deodorant, with a market share of 20%. It is sold...
The decision-making process of purchase of a solar panel at IDS Energy
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
We use hydrocarbon products in all areas of our everyday life, such as in the fields of transportation, production, clothing, and high technology. For the purpose of our study, we also include habitat and comfort. In recent years, the issue of sustainable development has been emphasized in order...
Business Communication and Success: Coca Cola Company
Case study - 6 pages - Management
The company that will be focused on in this study will be Coca Cola Company which is the world's major retailer, manufacturer and marketer of soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. The aspect of Coca Cola's business that will be assessed will be communication and the success of effective...
International marketing: Reebok
Market study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Reebok is a well-known brand which produces athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories, and which has been a subsidiary of Adidas since 2006. In this report, we will analyze the marketing strategy of this global brand and understand all its mechanisms. The goal of this project is to enable us to...
Sectoral study of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 50 pages - Services marketing
Leather is a strategic market for the luxury industry. Supported by interest of customers, leather goods are upscale and luxury goods that are experienced as one of the fastest growing sector in recent years while offering high margins. Even today, the leather remains one of the luxury segments...
Baby Boomers: A review of their automobile buying habits and the cars
Essay - 6 pages - Services marketing
There are many markets that one could choose to target in the world today. America alone has the most diverse population, whether they are segmented by age, race, or generation. One of the most popular market segments happens to be the baby boom generation. This group makes up a very large...
A new type of tourism: Activity-based tourism, the examples of dark tourism and sport tourism
Essay - 8 pages - Journalism
During the last decades, we have witnessed the existence of a tourism consumption model were consumers massively colonized all destinations worldwide indifferent to quality, environment and local cultures. However, for a few years, we have noticed the appearance of new trends in...
The iPhone
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
Inaugurated at Mac world 2006, the iPhone marks Apple in the smart phone market, following the example of Steve Jobs. It is via its triple function (iPod, telephone, internet) that the firm wishes to anchor the iPhone in the market of mobile telephony, by offering a product which combines the...
Understanding strategic decisions and impacts on service innovation
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
By network strategy we can understand that firms are willing to develop their networks and to make them denser, being able to offer always more and better services. For instance, Mc Donald's opens several new restaurants worldwide every day and tries to position them in strategic places....
eBay : Company profile and strategy
Case study - 6 pages - Economy general
With the advent of the new technologies, the distribution network has been completely reframed. The introduction of the Internet has revolutionized the consumer behavior. Indeed, electronic commerce has flourished over the last 5 years and the companies cannot afford to ignore such...
The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ?
Market study - 50 pages - Management
The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The distinct difference...
Consumerism in Morocco
Essay - 10 pages - Services marketing
Consumerism is a movement to defend the interests of consumers, which ensures that the products or services are subject to appropriate information and helps streamline purchasing behavior. According to P.Kotler "consumerism is a social movement that seeks to increase the rights and...
The changing role of Retail
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
So many questions are arising regarding the changes taking place in today's retail environment and the viability of the model that was used in traditional retail. Diamond, Ellen & Steve (2000) assert that the most pressures in the marketplace include consumers levels of spending tend to...
