...Flare Fragrances Company, Inc. Case Analysis Since 1955, Flare Fragrance Co. has grown to be the No. 4 player in the U.S. women’s fragrances market and generated $221 million in factory sales in 2008. The economic crisis had taken its toll on Flare over the past few years. The CEO wants to finalize Flare’s 2009 strategic initiatives and is looking at options that will offer the greatest potential for growth. Flare’s goal it to pursue an option that will allow the company to gain at least $7.5 million in incremental revenue in 2009 and reverse the declining sales trend caused by the recession. To make a justified recommendation for Flare, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the company’s options are reviewed in Figure 1. Figure 1 Option 1: Advance in drugstore channel Advantages Disadvantages • Considered a great prospect market in the future • Market trends should decline in sales through high-end department stores and mass channels • Reorganized chain drugstore sales team with experience • Redesigned stores will attract younger women • Drug chains are evolving, some with higher-end features, on-site aestheticians • Typically, consumers first experience a product in a department store • No beauty advisors • Consumers can find premium and mid-tier fragrances in mass market retailers • Meaningful consumer experiences can create shopper retention among specialty stores and mass market retailers • Only wanted to sell Flare’s highest-turnover...
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...4550 MAY 5, 2010 JOHN A. QUELCH LISA D. DONOVAN Flare Fragrances Company, Inc.: Analyzing Growth Opportunities It was early December 2008, time for Flare Fragrances Co. to launch its final analysis of 2009 strategic initiatives, and the group of 10 sales and marketing employees in the main Flare conference room could see by the look on her face that CEO Joely Patterson was determined to make 2009 better than 2008 had been. The economic crisis had taken its toll on Flare’s businesses. Back in 2007, sales had risen 12%; now, less than a year later, the CFO’s estimated year-end numbers projected only 2% growth in 2008—a better recession story than some businesses had to tell, but not a trend that Patterson or the company founders wanted to see repeated in the coming year. “I congratulate you for surviving in a tough economic climate, and I thank you for your hard work,” Patterson told the group. “Good as we were, now we have to be better. We are here to discuss the study that our consulting group, Arlmont Associates, submitted on Monday. As you have read, Arlmont suggested that several strategic options offer the greatest potential for growth. At this point I favor the two that Arlmont viewed as most promising: one, increase our efforts in the drug store channel; two, introduce a new perfume brand. Today, we begin to analyze our options intensively. We can do one, both, or neither. But if we do neither, we have to identify some other idea that can deliver...
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...Flare Fragrances Company, Inc. Analyzing Growth Opportunities By: Connor Skelly, Rob Bednarz, Brandon Bao, Purvish Patel Problem & Solution In light of the recent recession, Flare Fragrances has experienced a significant decline in revenue, though still staying in positive growth. A decision must be made as to how Flare will bounce back from the recession while also gaining market share in an already crowded market. Advertising budgets are consistently inferior to the competition as Flare depends heavily on the Loveliest brand name, its recognition, and halo effect on the other products. Flare is also under pressure by their biggest competitor, Aromatique, who will launch a new product in the coming months priced at $42. With Flare’s successful latest release of Natural, an eco-friendly fragrance targeting millennials, is important to keep newer and younger consumers in mind while also keeping the current, loyal customers, happy. The recommended solution is to develop and implement the brand Savvy, under the Loveliest umbrella, for 2009 at a price of $40. The new product will stay consistent with biannual releases that Flare has implemented. After Natural’s successful launch, it is expected that Savvy will receive very positive feedback and have at least an equally successful launch. The price point reflects the evidence showing pricier fragrance sales will be on the rise in the years after the recession. By staying under the Loveliest umbrella, there will...
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...Flare Fragrances Company Inc Definition of Success: In order for MEC to change the negative impression of their private-label and increase market share to 3 percent and profit by approximately $92 million (Exhibit 7) within 5 years, MEC will need to address the following: 1. How to educate and communicate to the consumers regarding production and design so that market share increases by 0.36 percent per year for the next 5 years. 2. How to decrease cost of sales by 16.7 percent of the private label merchandise so that the gross margin increases to 50 percent by 2014. 3. How to enhance the competitive advantage of green initiative by increasing sales by approximately $619,325(in thousands) to put toward the environmental fund and patronage return in order to contribute to a market share increase of 0.36 percent per year for the next 5 years. Decision Criteria * Operational/Ethical- Support the creation and stewardship of parks and recreation opportunities in Canada, to foster a change toward environmental, social and economic sustainability in the marketplace by maintaining the 1% contribution for the planet. * Marketing- Change the perception customers have on how MEC performs its business, shown through an increase in sales and/or the number of members to contribute to the required 1.8 percent increase in market share. * Financial/ Marketing- Increase market share through increasing sales by 1.8 percent over the next 5 years. * Financial-...
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...Case 5. Shiseido Company, Ltd.: Facing Global Competition • 667 INTRODUCTION Shiseido was founded by Yushin Fukuhara as Japan’s first Western-style pharmacy in 1872, and has shifted its focus back and forth between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since 1915. Its strength in both areas has enabled it to weather the Great Earthquake of 1923 and World War II. It leads the cosmetic industry technologically, and has offered Japan many “firsts’’ in products. It introduced Japan to its first toothpaste in 1888. In 1902, Shiseido introduced Japan’s first soda fountain/ drugstore. Three years later, it established the chain store system, which became the backbone of the firm and the standard distribution system for the industry. Shiseido began international expansion in 1957 and is currently represented by 17 subsidiaries and more than 8,700 outlets in 69 countries. Offshore production accounts for about 50 percent of its global sales, which amounted to 64.9 billion yen in fiscal 1997. In 1987, Yoshiharu Fukuhara, grandson of the founder, took over as president. The same year, Shiseido announced a 6 percent decrease in sales and a write-off in inventory worth $239 million; net income fell 34 percent to $72 million.The company also abolished separate sales volume budgeting for sales companies and retail outlets, which had been faulted for the tendency of salesmen to push sales to retailers in order to meet in-house quotas. The 1998 product mix consisted of cosmetics ...
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...Case 5. Shiseido Company, Ltd.: Facing Global Competition • 667 C ASE 5 SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.: FACING GLOBAL COMPETITION INTRODUCTION Shiseido was founded by Yushin Fukuhara as Japan’s first Western-style pharmacy in 1872, and has shifted its focus back and forth between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since 1915. Its strength in both areas has enabled it to weather the Great Earthquake of 1923 and World War II. It leads the cosmetic industry technologically, and has offered Japan many “firsts’’ in products. It introduced Japan to its first toothpaste in 1888. In 1902, Shiseido introduced Japan’s first soda fountain/drugstore. Three years later, it established the chain store system, which became the backbone of the firm and the standard distribution system for the industry. Shiseido began international expansion in 1957 and is currently represented by 17 subsidiaries and more than 8,700 outlets in 69 countries. Offshore production accounts for about 50 percent of its global sales, which amounted to 64.9 billion yen in fiscal 1997. In 1987, Yoshiharu Fukuhara, grandson of the founder, took over as president. The same year, Shiseido announced a 6 percent decrease in sales and a write-off in inventory worth $239 million; net income fell 34 percent to $72 million. The company also abolished separate sales volume budgeting for sales companies and retail outlets, which had been faulted for the tendency of salesmen to push sales to retailers in order to meet in-house...
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...Review Social Enterprise Knowledge Network Thunderbird School of Global Management Tsinghua University University of Hong Kong Customer service is available 8 am to 6 pm ET, Monday through Friday. Phone: 1-800-545-7685 (1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada) Tech support is available 8 am to 8 pm ET, Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 7 pm ET Friday. Phone: 1-800-810-8858 (1-617-783-7700 outside the U.S. and Canada) Email: custserv@hbsp.harvard.edu Web: hbsp.harvard.edu C ASES Cases, slices of business life, focus on actual problems and decisions facing a company. Students are challenged to put themselves in the protagonist’s place and suggest business strategies, tactics, and solutions. New Cases ABICI The co-founder of an Italian bicycle manufacturer evaluates whether reducing...
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...1 of 83 file:///D:/000004/Buy__ology.html 08/08/2009 10:45 2 of 83 file:///D:/000004/Buy__ology.html CONTENTS TITLE PAGE FOREWORD BY PACO UNDERHILL INTRODUCTION 1: A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD The Largest Neuromarketing Study Ever Conducted 2: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Product Placement, American Idol , and Ford’s Multimillion-Dollar Mistake 3: I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING Mirror Neurons at Work 4: I CAN’T SEE CLEARLY NOW Subliminal Messaging, Alive and Well 5: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Ritual, Superstition, and Why We Buy 6: I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Faith, Religion, and Brands 7: WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU? The Power of Somatic Markers 8: A SENSE OF WONDER Selling to Our Senses 9: AND THE ANSWER IS… Neuromarketing and Predicting the Future 10: LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER Sex in Advertising 11: CONCLUSION Brand New Day APPENDIX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT FOREWORD PACO UNDERHILL It was a brisk September night. I was unprepared for the weather that day, wearing only a tan cashmere sweater underneath my sports jacket. I was still cold from the walk from my hotel to the pier as I boarded the crowded cruise ship on which I was going to meet Martin Lindstrom for the first time. He had spoken that day at a food service conference held by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, the venerable Swiss think tank, and David Bosshart, the conference organizer, was eager for us to meet. I had never heard of Martin ...
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...1 of 83 file:///D:/000004/Buy__ology.html 08/08/2009 10:45 2 of 83 file:///D:/000004/Buy__ology.html CONTENTS TITLE PAGE FOREWORD BY PACO UNDERHILL INTRODUCTION 1: A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD The Largest Neuromarketing Study Ever Conducted 2: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Product Placement, American Idol , and Ford’s Multimillion-Dollar Mistake 3: I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING Mirror Neurons at Work 4: I CAN’T SEE CLEARLY NOW Subliminal Messaging, Alive and Well 5: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? Ritual, Superstition, and Why We Buy 6: I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Faith, Religion, and Brands 7: WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU? The Power of Somatic Markers 8: A SENSE OF WONDER Selling to Our Senses 9: AND THE ANSWER IS… Neuromarketing and Predicting the Future 10: LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER Sex in Advertising 11: CONCLUSION Brand New Day APPENDIX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT FOREWORD PACO UNDERHILL It was a brisk September night. I was unprepared for the weather that day, wearing only a tan cashmere sweater underneath my sports jacket. I was still cold from the walk from my hotel to the pier as I boarded the crowded cruise ship on which I was going to meet Martin Lindstrom for the first time. He had spoken that day at a food service conference held by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, the venerable Swiss think tank, and David Bosshart, the conference organizer, was eager for us to meet. I had never heard of Martin ...
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...SAMAR COLLEGE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION CATBALOGAN CITY _________________________________________________________________________ English Correct Usage, American vs. British English, Politically Correct Words, Confusing Words, Things to Remember When Using Numbers, Phrases, Clauses, Sentences, Punctuation Marks _________________________________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for: ENGLISH 101 – STRUCTURE IN ENGLISH Presented by: JERRY S. PACRIN BSED – 3 (CIT) Presented to: ALONA MEDALIA CADIZ – GABEJAN, M.E. September 12, 2013 ENGLISH CORRECT USAGE There are three (3) main language styles: * Formal * Semi-Formal * Informal The diagram below illustrates how these styles are rated on a scale of 0 to 10. Rules of Language Styles The following rules apply to both written and spoken English. Know person well and on familiar terms Know person well and on familiar terms Know name of person and have exchanged greetings. Know name of person and have exchanged greetings. Know title or name of person, Never met or exchanged info. Know title or name of person, Never met or exchanged info. Don’t know anything about the person who receives letter Don’t know anything about the person who receives letter Different Styles between Formal and Informal English The followingn examples illustrate the main difference between informal and formal English. Dictionary of Formal and Informal English ...
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...M. K. Gandhi AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR The story of my experiments with truth TRANSLATED FROM THE GUJARATI BY MAHADEV DESAI GANDHI BOOK CENTRE Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal 299, Tardeo Raod, Nana Chowk Bombay - 7 INDIA 3872061 email: info @ mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org www: mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org NAVAJIVAN PUBLISHING HOUSE AHMEDABAD-380014 Chapter 1 BIRTH AND PARENTAGE he Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers. But for three generations, from my grandfather, they have been Prime Ministers in several Kathiawad States. Uttamchand Gandhi, alias Ota Gandhi, my grandfather, must have been a man of principle. State intrigues compelled him to leave Porbandar, where he was Diwan, and to seek refuge in Junagadh. There he saluted the Nawab with the left hand. Someone, noticing the apparent discourtesy, asked for an explanation, which was given thus: 'The right hand is already pledged to Porbandar.' Ota Gandhi married a second time, having lost his first wife. He had four sons by his first wife and two by his second wife. I do not think that in my childhood I ever felt or knew that these sons of Ota Gandhi were not all of the same mother. The fifth of these six brothers was Karamchand Gandhi, alias Kaba Gandhi, and the sixth was Tulsidas Gandhi. Both these brothers were Prime Ministers in Porbandar, one after the other. Kaba Gandhi was my father. He was a member of the Rajasthanik Court. It is now extinct, but in those days it was a very influential body for...
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...The prince’s baby of shame Cassie Kyriakis was wrongly accused of murdering her father and jailed, leaving her wild-child roots and Seb, her one true love, behind her… Now, the throne awaits Prince Sebastian Karedes! Seb had once loved Cassie so passionately he would have chosen her over his kingdom. But she rejected him. Now she’s been released from prison, he discovers that she may be innocent of her crime – but she gave birth to his baby in her cell! Sebastian must choose between his own honour and his duty to his kingdom. He will claim his love-child – but what about his bride? Two crowns, two islands, one legacy A royal family, torn apart by pride and its lust for power, reunited by purity and passion The islands of Adamas have been torn into two rival kingdoms: TWO CROWNS The Stefani diamond has been split as a symbol of their feud TWO ISLANDS Gorgeous Greek princes reign supreme over glamorous Aristo Smouldering sheikhs rule the desert island of Calista ONE LEGACY Whoever reunites the diamonds will rule all. THE ROYAL HOUSE OF KAREDES Many years ago there were two islands ruled as one kingdom – Adamas. But bitter family feuds and rivalry caused the kingdom to be ripped in two. The islands were ruled separately, as Aristo and Calista, and the infamous Stefani coronation diamond was split as a symbol of the feud and placed in the two new crowns. But when the king divided the islands between his son and daughter, he left them with these words: “You will rule each island...
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...id=ebdaae62-b650-4f30-99a4-376c0a084226 “How To Stop Worrying And Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 2 Contents Sixteen Ways in Which This Book Will Help You Preface - How This Book Was Written-and Why Part One - Fundamental Facts You Should Know About Worry 1 - Live in "Day-tight Compartments" 2 - A Magic Formula for Solving Worry Situations 3 - What Worry May Do to You Part Two - Basic Techniques In Analysing Worry 4 - How to Analyse and Solve Worry Problems 5 - How to Eliminate Fifty Per Cent of Your Business Worries Nine Suggestions on How to Get the Most Out of This Book Part Three - How To Break The Worry Habit Before It Breaks You 6 - How to Crowd Worry out of Your Mind 7 - Don't Let the Beetles Get You Down 8 - A Law That Will Outlaw Many of Your Worries 9 - Co-operate with the Inevitable 10 - Put a "Stop-Loss" Order on Your Worries 11 - Don't Try to Saw Sawdust Part Four - Seven Ways To Cultivate A Mental Attitude That Will Bring You Peace And Happiness 12 - Eight Words that Can Transform Your Life 13 - The High, Cost of Getting Even 14 - If You Do This, You Will Never Worry About Ingratitude 15 - Would You Take a Million Dollars for What You Have? 16 - Find Yourself and Be Yourself: Remember There Is No One Else on Earth Like You 17 - If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade 18 - How to Cure Melancholy in Fourteen Days Part Five - The Golden Rule For Conquering Worry 19 - How My Mother and Father Conquered Worry Part Six - How To Keep From Worrying About Criticism 20 - Remember That No One Ever Kicks...
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...coFood and Beverage Operations DHM 102 The Official Guide Boston Business School 520 North Bridge Road #03-01 Wisma Alsagoff Singapore 188742 www.bostonbiz.edu.sg All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publisher. This guide may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form of binding or cover, other than that in which is published, without the prior consent of the Publisher. The Guide is a useful resource for those seeking to gain the internationally recognised CTHCM qualifications. The Guide however must be used together with the recommended textbooks. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Food Production Methods 3. Food Service Outlets 4. Food Service Methods 5. Food and Beverage Service Staff 6. Menus and Beverage Lists 7. Food and Beverage Service Area and Equipment 8. Food Service – Accompaniments and Covers 9. Food and Beverage Service Sequence 10. Beverage Service – Non Alcoholic Beverages 11. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Wine and Beer 12. Alcoholic Beverage Service – Spirits, Liqueurs and Bar Operations 13. Customer Care and Selling Skills 14. Functions and Events 15. Supervisory Aspect of Food and Beverage Management 1 5 31 46 65 77 92 113 128 167 181 207 228 244 262 1 Introduction Description The aim of Food and...
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...cMARKETING 7E People real Choices This page intentionally left blank MARKETING 7E People real Choices Michael R. SAINT JOSEPH S SOLOMON ’ U OLLINS NIVERSITY Greg W. MARSHALL R C STUART OLLEGE Elnora W. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editorial Director: Sally Yagan Editor in Chief: Eric Svendsen Acquisitions Editor: Melissa Sabella Director of Editorial Services: Ashley Santora Editorial Project Manager: Kierra Bloom Editorial Assistant: Elisabeth Scarpa Director of Marketing: Patrice Lumumba Jones Senior Marketing Manager: Anne Fahlgren Marketing Assistant: Melinda Jensen Senior Managing Editor: Judy Leale Project Manager: Becca Richter Senior Operations Supervisor: Arnold Vila Creative Director: Jon Christiana Senior Art Director: Blair Brown Text and Cover Designer: Blair Brown Media Project Manager, Production: Lisa Rinaldi Media Project Manager, Editorial: Denise Vaughn Full-Service Project Management: S4Carlisle Publishing Services Composition: S4Carlisle Publishing Services Printer/Bindery: Courier/Kendalville Cover Printer: Courier/Kendalville Text Font: Palatino Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook...
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