...Case Study LVMH: Managing A Multi-brand Conglomerate Team 5: Ilario Fulvio Giannetti Chen Peng Priyesh Salunke Harjeev Sabherwal Inna Zinina What does globalization mean to the luxury industry? Opportunities • Market expansion • Low-cost raw materials, equipment and labor available in the local market • To achieve economies of scale and scope • Increased margins due to pricing policy • New consumer groups available in the local market • Extension of the definition of luxury • To adapt local and new trends for the local market • To source talent globally • Transfer of skills and strengths Threats • Counterfeiting • “Grey” market • Vulnerable to PEST-EL Factors • Successive decrease in brand value • Increased competition • Creation of new competition by sharing know how Conclusion Although there are significant number of threats to the luxury industry, globalization is unavoidable for continuous growth. Assessment of LVMH’s diversification LVMH diversification 25% 8% 5% 4% 18% 60% 35% 38% 18% -2% Sales Operating profit Wines&Spirits Perfumes&Cosmetics Selective Retailing Fashion&Leather Goods Watches&Jewelry Assessment of LVMH’s diversification Strengths • Share operational resources and competencies' across brands and divisions • Maintaining exclusivity by multiple brands under one division • Strong Balance Sheets help to absorb losses from unprofitable divisions and maintain position • Selective retailing complements other brands...
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...Overall strategy of LVMH LVMH’s website states the following as their missiom statement, “The mission of the LVHM group is to represent the most refined qualities of Western ‘Art de Vivre’ around the world. LVMH must continue to be synonymous with both elegance and creativity.Our products, and the cultural values they embody, blend tradition and innovation, and kindle dream and fantasy. “ In 1987, Racamier agreed to a merger with Moët Hennessy, a company that was much more larger than LV, to form the Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group. Bernanrd Arnault, ranked as the fourth richest man in the world ( by Forbes, 2007) , was invited to invest in LVMH by the company’s chairman, Henri Racamier. Investing through a joint venture, Arnault ousted Racamier in 1990 and started to sweep a slew of fashion companies into the LVMH fold. Arnault is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lvhm since 1989. Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVHM) ; a world leader in high-quality products, possesses a unique portfolio of over 60 prestigious brands. The Group is active in five differentsectors: -Wines & Spirits -Fashion & Leather Goods -Perfumes & Cosmetics -Watches & Jewlery -Selective retailing First of all, the target audience is comprised of well to do individuals with high disposable incomes. Demographics of this target audience have some variability based on cultural differences in different geographical locations. The target audience is relatively focused...
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...Case 3-4: LVMH: Managing the Multi-Brand Conglomerate 1. LVMH’s diversification represents the group’s strong presence in the luxury goods market as a whole with products from the fashion and leather range, wines and spirits range, watches and jewelry range, perfumes and cosmetics range, and finally the selective retailing range. This strategy aims to claim market share in market segments that are interrelated with the specific customer segment as the common denominator. LVMH is a market leader in some markets and has a decent market share in others and aims to be the leader in the luxury market as a whole where the elite customers can recognize its brands from all of its product ranges and the company plans to build brand loyalty within those customers so that a customer who chooses LVMH for watches for instance, is also inclined to choose an LVMH product for wine and spirits. Diversification also spreads the company’s costs over a number of brands and the revenues as well so that it can always insure good rate of return for investors. 2. For a company like LVMH to compete on a scope that includes champagne, jewelry, fashion, cosmetics, and retailing is logical and even necessary for it to keep a competitive edge because its competitors have implemented the same strategy to fight for market share in the luxury market in all of its segments. The company’s policy aims to build the idea in their customers’ heads that they can always expect the same consistent high-end...
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...BI4242 Global Strategic Management Section 404 Submitted to A. Pattana Boonchoo November 25, 2005 Mission: The mission of the company is to be a successfully managed multi-brand group in the fashion industry, producing luxury products that will be enjoyed by affluent, style-conscious consumers. Internal analysis: Performances: After the new CEO get on the stage, the company starts increase its revenue. Now the company use acquisition strategy to growth. And now they already acquire 2 companies YSL and Sergio Rossi. Current strategies: At the corporate level, the company operates in two directions, which is vertical and horizontal. Horizontally, the company purchased companies in the same industry such as YSL Beaute, Sergio Rossi and YSL couture. This acquisition not only broadens the product lines the company carries; it also provides the company with more specific targets with each of its brands. Vertically, the company has integrated both forward and backwards. It established partnering relationships with some of its suppliers and also tried to gain more control over its DOS (directly operated stores). In integrating vertically, the company is able to more control the entire value adding process, thus able to provide the most value to its customers. Also, they will be able to control costs and the overall image of the brand. Although there are a lot of positive reasons for integration, the company still has to consider factors like management resources and the...
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...rewards they are offering their employees and whether the employees find these rewards motivational. Sephora, a leader in compensation in their industry, understands what type of rewards encourages their cast members to produce results, and ensures that these rewards are communicated and visible to the workers. While having a successful team-based reward program, Sephora needs to look at improving its individual rewards. By looking at Sephora’s compensation strategy through the compensation strategy formulation process, it is also evident that the strategy they have in place is appropriate and serving them well. About Sephora and Their Compensation Strategy & System Sephora was founded in France in 1969 and acquired by Paris-based LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton which is the world's leading...
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...MODULE TITLE: Strategic Management MODULE CODE: MAN4169M MODULE LEADER: Dr. Nikolaos Papageorgiadis DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Tuesday, 30th April, 2013 TOPIC:Strategic Evaluation of Louis Vuitton STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY: I certify that this assignment is the result of my own work and does not exceed the word count noted below. PAGE COUNT: 24(Including Title Page) UB NUMBER:12017925 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The personal luxury goods industry is one in which the luxury products created are goods of very high quality but are very expensive as a result of these high levels of quality. The customer range in this particular industry is usually of high net worth or high earners. Louis Vuitton is a French company that is one of the major producers of personal luxury products and as of recent data, is the industry leader in sales and revenues worldwide. At all times, their mission is to keep their values which is basically to provide refined quality products to the customers that they know can obviously afford to pay large amounts for these levels of quality. The company seeks to stick to their core values while remaining at the top of this particular industry and continue to make their high amounts of revenues and sales. The main objective of this report, is to advice the company on the factors that will possibly affect the company internally and externally before we use this to lead to a strategic plan of implementation for the company to attain its goal of remaining...
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...15th April 2014 The aim of the Competition and Strategy course is to provide students with deep knowledge on strategic decision-making in a business environment and the strategic principles behind it. Within this course my team members Kristijan, Yaniv, George and me (Team KUGY) had the opportunity to apply our academic and theoretical understanding and knowledge in an online business simulation game, wherein we created our own car business and competed on the European car market fictionally. This paper aims to elucidate the advance of our strategic decision-making, observes the reasoning behind it and examines the following implementation of our approach. Founded on the definition of strategy being “A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim”, we questioned ourselves in the commencement of the game what our strategy would be (Andrews, 2010). Subsequently, after considering the theories studied in class we decided that we needed to express our own and coherent strategy in less than 40 words, fitting to the restrictions objective, advantage and scope (Tregoe, Zimmerman, Schuster, 2008). “Attaining maximised profitability by carefully trying to get to know our customers’ needs, consequently adapting our products to suit their expectations to an extent where we would stop serving and start appreciating, so as to charge a premium price” (Yaniv, George, Kristijan and Ugo). The theoretical model we chose to establish our strategy was Porter’s generic strategy...
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...S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II www.ibscdc.org 1 Transformation Corporate Transformation Korean Air: Chairman/CEO Yang-Ho Cho’s Radical Transformation A series of fatal accidents, coupled with operational inefficiencies snowballed Korean Air into troubled times. Then, at the beginning of the 21st century, its CEO/ Chairman, Yang-Ho Cho undertook various transformation initiatives - for instance, improving service quality and safety standards, technology integration, upgrading pilot training, better business focus; putting in place a professional management team, improving corporate image through sponsorship marketing, etc. He gave a new corporate direction in the form of '10,10,10' goal. However, Korean Air is held up by a slew of challenges. Among which are inefficiencies of - Chaebol system of management, possible clash of its cargo business with its own shipping company, limited focus on the domestic market and growing competition from LCCs. How would Korean Air manage growth as a family-owned conglomerate? The case offers enriching scope for analysing a family business’s turnaround strategies, with all the legacy costs involved. Pedagogical Objectives • To discuss the (operational) dynamics of Korean Chaebols - their influence/ effects on the country’s industrial sector and the economy as a whole • To analyse how family-owned businesses manage the transition phase - from a supplier-driven economy to a demanddriven...
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...How to write a Good Value Chain Analysis The ability of a company to understand its own capabilities and the needs of the customers is crucial for a competitive strategy to be successful. The profitability of a firm depends to a large extent on how effectively it manages the various activities in the value chain, such that the price that the customer is willing to pay for the company’s products and services exceeds the relative costs of the value chain activities. It is important to bear in mind that while the value chain analysis may appear as simple in theory, it is quite time-consuming in practice. The logic and validity of the proven technique of value chain analysis has been rigorously tested, therefore, it does not require the user to have the same in-depth knowledge as the originator of the model (Macmillan et al, 2000). The first step in conducting the value chain analysis is to break down the key activities of the company according to the activities entailed in the framework. The next step is to assess the potential for adding value through the means of cost advantage or differentiation. Finally, it is imperative for the analyst to determine strategies that focus on those activities that would enable the company to attain sustainable competitive advantage. It is important for analysts to remember to use the value chain as a simple checklist to analyse each activity in the business with some depth (Pearson, 1999). The value chain should be analysed with the core competence...
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...2 Graduate Thesis By Teia R. Merring Copenhagen Business School Strategic and financial analysis and valuation of B&O 0 1 Executive Summary................................................................................2 Introduction............................................................................................6 1.1Motivation.................................................................................................................. 6 1.2Problem Specification................................................................................................ 8 1.3Problem Identification................................................................................................ 8 1.4Problem Handling .................................................................................................... 10 1.5Structure and Methodology...................................................................................... 12 1.5.1Introduction and Presentation........................................................................... 12 1.5.2Strategic Analysis............................................................................................. 12 1.5.3Financial Statement Analysis ........................................................................... 13 1.5.4Prognoses and Budgets..................................................................................... 14 1.5.5Valuation.......................................
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...be the most significant determinant of corporate performance in the sampled companies. In addition, the results reveal that ROA, EVA, ROS and Inventory are the most significant variables affecting ISO. The findings also revealed that ISO companies out perform non-ISO registered companies. Keywords: Corporate Performance; ISO 9000; Return on Assets; Economic Value Added; Return on Sales; Inventory. 2 DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE PERFORMANCE OF MALAYSIAN COMPANIES INTRODUCTION The subject of corporate performance has received significant attention from scholars in the various areas of business and strategic management. It has also been the primary concern of business practitioners (managers and entrepreneurs) in all types of organizations since corporate performance has implications to organization’s health and ultimately its survival. High performance reflects management effectiveness and efficiency in making use of company’s resources and this in turn contributes to the country’s economy at large. In Malaysia, the subject of corporate performance is becoming a matter of anxiety and concern to decision-and strategy-makers in the private and public...
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...MBA LEARN MORE, DO MORE, BECOME MORE 90 exceptional people who will shape the future of business The IMD MBA Class of 2011 Developing your future global leaders The IMD difference Why recruit at IMD? Find truly global experienced leaders able to address your company’s challenges in today’s complex environment 90 talented pre-screened participants Besides strong academic ability, we assess the leadership potential with a focus on real management capacity in a multi-cultural and complex environment. In total we spend at least 10 manhours per candidate to make sure each one is right for the program. The admission process consists of: - an online application with 12 essays - letters of recommendations - a full day assessment center Once accepted, each candidate goes through a full background check conducted by an independent agency. International and experienced In a class of 90, you will find 40+ different nationalities and 90% of the participants will have spent at least 6 months outside their home country. With a minimum of 3 years of work experience, our participants have on average 7 years of experience prior to IMD. Trained to become truly global hand-on leaders Besides strong academic business fundamentals, our intensive one-year program is designed to constantly push our MBAs beyond their comfort zone. A diversity of hands-on projects takes them through various settings: - a 6-week startup project - a 9-week international consulting project with medium to...
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...Resource and Capability Capabilities in Strategy Formulation Basing Strategy on Resources and Capabilities Resources and Capabilities as Sources of Profit l The Resources of the Firm Tangible Resources Intangible Resources Human Resources Analysis to Work: A Practical Guide Step 1 Identify the Key Resources and Capabilities 123 CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 124 124 PART II THE TOOLS OF STRATEGY ANALYSIS Step 2 Appraising Resources and Capabilities Step 3 Developing Strategy Implications l Developing Resources and Capabilities The Relationship between Resources and Capabilities Replicating Capabilities Developing New Capabilities Approaches to Capability Development l Summary l Self-Study Questions l Appendix: Knowledge Management and the Knowledge-based View of the Firm l Notes Introduction and Objectives In Chapter 1, I noted that the focus of strategy thinking has been shifted from the...
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...Chapter 2—Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage TRUE/FALSE 1. The manufacturer of Macho brand martial arts products was implementing a strategic plan when it sponsored a local karate tournament for teenagers. ANS: F Such a short-range decision is typically a tactical plan or operating decision, not a strategic plan. PTS: 1 REF: 35 OBJ: 02-1 TYPE: App TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking | TB&E Model Strategy 2. The marketing plan is a written document that acts as a guidebook of marketing activities for a marketing manager. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 36 OBJ: 02-1 TYPE: Def TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking | TB&E Model Marketing Plan 3. A firm's mission statement should answer the question, "What products do we produce best?" ANS: F Mission statements should not focus on specific product offerings but on the market or markets served. PTS: 1 REF: 37 OBJ: 02-2 TYPE: Comp TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking | TB&E Model Strategy 4. A production costs analysis could be a part of a company’s SWOT analysis. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 38 OBJ: 02-3 TYPE: Comp TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking | TB&E Model Strategy 5. Environmental scanning entails the collection and analysis of information about factors that may affect the organization as well as the identification of market opportunities and threats. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 39 OBJ: 02-3 TYPE: Def TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking | TB&E Model Strategy 6. To be useful, marketing objectives should meet four criteria:...
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...gerry JoHnson KeVan sCHoles rICHard WHIttIngton Fundamentals oF strategy ACCESS CODE INSIDE unlock valuable online learning resources Once opened this pack cannot be returned for a refund Welcome to FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATEGY Strategy is a fascinating subject. It’s about the overall direction of all kinds of organisations, from multinationals to entrepreneurial start-ups, from charities to government agencies, and many more. Strategy raises the big questions about these organisations – how they grow, how they innovate and how they change. As a manager of today or of tomorrow, you will be involved in influencing, implementing or communicating these strategies. Our aim in writing Fundamentals of Strategy is to give you a clear understanding of the fundamental issues and techniques of strategy, and to help you get a great final result in your course. Here’s how you might make the most of the text: ● Focus your time and attention on the fundamental areas of strategy in just 10 carefully selected chapters. Read the illustrations and the case examples to clarify your understanding of how the concepts of strategy translate into an easily recognisable, real-world context. Follow up on the recommended readings at the end of each chapter. They’re specially selected as accessible and valuable sources that will enhance your learning and give you an extra edge in your course work. KEY CONCEPT AUDIO SUMMARY ● ● Also, look out for the Key Concepts and Audio Summary icons...
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