...Howard Hewett, Al Green, Peabo Bryson, and many other balladeers were all famous for wooing females on stage. But, there was only one who could hold an all-female only concert; Theodore Pendergrass. The world came to know him as, Teddy Pendergrass or more affectionately “Teddy Bear”. He first became popular when singing with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in the 70’s. He was badly injured in an automobile accident and paralyzed from waist down. He lived 25 years after his injury; which is not normally consistent with an injury of this type. He later died of complications of a colon cancer surgery. I would like to discuss his triumphs of accusations of drug abuse, struggling to become an international artist, and dealing with being a paraplegic. Come with me as I take a walk down memory lane of Balladeer; Teddy Pendergrass. Pendergrass was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass in Philadelphia on March 26, 1950. He was an only child. Pendergrass’s mom had six miscarriages before giving birth to him; all of them were boys. His parents were Jesse Pendergrass and Ida Geraldine Epps. Pendergrass parents separated when he was very young. Jessie Pendergrass was killed later; Teddy was only 12 years old. Pendergrass was a student at Thomas Edison High; which was an all-boys school. Before dropping out in the 11th grade; he was a member of the Edison Mastersingers. He decided to pursue a career in the music industry after dropping out. His first gig was a drummer with...
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...Vermont Teddy Bear Report 1) How would you describe Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB)’s business model (the products and services it sells, target market/s to whom it sells them, the value proposition it offers, and its financial model)? Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB) has been found by John Sortino in 1981. This company has served as a gift delivery service with three main product lines: Bears (plush toys), PajamaGrams (apparel), and Calyx Flowers (gifts). All gift orders are made via four different channels (retail store, mail, phone, web order), each channel supported by different software. First, VTB’s customers design bears by selecting the colors and outfits from a menu of options. All bears are produced on the Shelburne campus; fabrics and raw materials are purchased from vendors worldwide. Second, VTB offers low-cost pajamas. Most pajamas are sold through department stores, mass merchandisers, and other outlets. Third, Calyx Flowers offers high-end floral arrangements for discerning customers who appreciated the long ‘vase life’. It purchases directly from growers and coordinates with shippers such as UPS to ensure that highly perishable fresh cut flowers would be refrigerated and given special care en route. The main target market of VTB is men between the ages of 20 to 64 buying for wives or girlfriends as a gift, many at the last moment. 2) How strong are VTB’s operational capabilities, given their chosen business...
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...Strategic IT Analysis: Vermont Teddy Bear David Lopez 07/07/2014 Info 563 Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB) has adapted to the changes in their industry since their early beginnings. They have been able to find different outlets for their product whether it is web, phone, retail or mail, that still holds true to this day. They operate in many industries such as the plush toys segment, general gifts, clothing apparel, and florist industry. They are able to compete in this market with three main products: toy bears, pajamas, and flowers. They operate in an industry which is highly seasonal and failure to capitalize during peak season would mean lost revenue. The Vermont Teddy Bear product is sold in the playthings industry which is expected to top $80.3 billion by 2012. This product has a high rate of sales during the months of December, February, and May due to the particular holidays that occur in those months. These products are highly customizable which allows it to appeal to more consumers. Sales trends showed that during the peak season most purchases were for adult gifts while the rest of the year were for children. The products are manufactured in Shelburne, Vermont. Another seasonal product for VTB is PajamaGrams which competes in two industries: the general gifts and clothing apparel. Most pajamas are sold through retail outlets such as Macy’s, Target, and Wal-Mart. Unlike the teddy bear brand these products are imported from China and Mexico. The best-selling clothing...
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...Strategic IT Analysis: Vermont Teddy Bear David Lopez 07/07/2014 Info 563 Vermont Teddy Bear (VTB) has adapted to the changes in their industry since their early beginnings. They have been able to find different outlets for their product whether it is web, phone, retail or mail, that still holds true to this day. They operate in many industries such as the plush toys segment, general gifts, clothing apparel, and florist industry. They are able to compete in this market with three main products: toy bears, pajamas, and flowers. They operate in an industry which is highly seasonal and failure to capitalize during peak season would mean lost revenue. The Vermont Teddy Bear product is sold in the playthings industry which is expected to top $80.3 billion by 2012. This product has a high rate of sales during the months of December, February, and May due to the particular holidays that occur in those months. These products are highly customizable which allows it to appeal to more consumers. Sales trends showed that during the peak season most purchases were for adult gifts while the rest of the year were for children. The products are manufactured in Shelburne, Vermont. Another seasonal product for VTB is PajamaGrams which competes in two industries: the general gifts and clothing apparel. Most pajamas are sold through retail outlets such as Macy’s, Target, and Wal-Mart. Unlike the teddy bear brand these products are imported from China and Mexico. The best-selling clothing...
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...Vermont Teddy Bear Name Institution Vermont Teddy Bear Part A The Vermont Teddy Bear Company has a few qualities the CEO can accentuation to help the organization and enhance inspiration. The primary quality is representative preparing and unwaveringness (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). We realize that the organization's workers are not unionized (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). The organization additionally does not appear to be stressed over the likelihood of their workers unionizing, demonstrating the representatives are upbeat and substance (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). This is a great quality for the organization. Upbeat and substance representatives are fundamental to the thriving of the vacationer business that exists in their Vermont production line (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). Remote access requesting is one more of the organization's qualities. There are progressively three sorts of individuals, the individuals who need to go to the store, the individuals who need to arrange via telephone and the individuals who lean toward the web (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). Web requesting and the 800 telephone number give quick and helpful access to the organization's items and give clients the choice to utilize which ever strategy is more agreeable for them. Numerous organizations are building up online request models to give comfort to customers, this is crucial to the accomplishment of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company they keep focused of web innovation (Wheelen and Hunger, 2004). The...
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...Name: Grade: _______________ Date: 09/29/2015 Case #: 3 Case Name: Vermont Teddy Bear 1) How would you describe VTB's business model (the products and services it sells, target market's to whom it sells them, the value proposition it offers, and its financial model)? VTB relies on gift sales across its three separately managed brands- Teddy Bears, PajamaGrams, and Calyx Flowers. A customer can purchase a stock teddy bear or custom design one by selecting the color and outfit from the menu of options. PajamaGrams competes in both the general gift category and global apparel industry. Calyx Flowers offers high-end flower arrangements for discerning customers who appreciates the long ‘vase life’ that was achieved because the company dealt directly with a small number of flower growers worldwide. Therefore, VTB’s business is highly seasonal. The company makes the most money during Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s day. Although VTB targets both adults and children, most of its revenue comes from adults buying gifts for other adults. Back in the 90’s, the company relied on radio advertisements and toll-free number orders but with the technological advancement, the company is facing challenges to reinvent itself. 2) How strong are VTB's operational capabilities, given their chosen business model? What challenges do they face during so-called "peak experiences"? 3) How strong are VTB's information systems, given their strategic...
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...Vermont Teddy Bear Management information systems – MBA 615 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Current Situation 3 Business Situation 3 IT situation 3 Problem Statement 4 Proposed solutions and alternatives 4 Overview 4 ERP 6 Supply Chain Management Software 7 CRM 7 Data Warehouse 8 Localized upgrades 8 Comparative study 9 Ideal Infrastructure 10 Recommendations 11 References …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Executive Summary Vermont Teddy Bears is a private company that specializes in the manufacture of novelty items based on an e-commerce business model. Company management aims to generate new revenue streams through modifications to the retail system and the underlying IT infrastructure. The current IT infrastructure is robust enough and can handle peak times, but is constituted of an amalgamation of off-the-shelf software and home developed middleware with no comprehensive documentation available. The company CIO is studying four plans to upgrade the existing infrastructure, replacing legacy systems with an ERP, implementing a CRM system, implementing an SCM system, and creating a data warehouse for business analytics purposed. Also proposed is a mix and match alternative whereas only the necessary upgrades are done. An ideal model for the VTB IT infrastructure is built and compared against the proposed alternatives. A final recommendation combining 2 alternatives with the objective of upgrading...
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...Case study :The Vermont Teddy Bear Company® 2013 Florine Buteau Shenandoah University 28/02/2013 The Vermont Teddy Bear Company Almost everybody has had a plush bear when they were young. It’s a symbol of tenderness and gentleness. I personally had different bears made in Germany, China, England…with different forms, colors and names. Even if the teddy bear manufacturing is a saturated industry with many competitors, it has not prevented the Vermont teddy Bear Company to launch its own business. The Vermont Teddy Bear company (VTB) was created in 1980 by John Sortino. Currently the company is located in the city of Shelburne (Vermont, USA) and counts 289 employees. Vermont Teddy Bear Company represents a “Business success story,” but how did John Sortino arrive to success by the creation of a simple stuffed bear? After analyzing this company, I have concluded that the VTB Company has numerous opportunities to gain market share. Nevertheless, the VTB Company has had to contend with difficulties that cannot be ignored. 1. Opportunities The main opportunities for the Vermont teddy bear company are the following: * Before its creation, there were almost no teddy bears made in USA and most of these foreign-made bears were not good quality products. John Sortino, the “Vermont teddy bear” founder, noticed this fact while playing with teddy bears with his young son. * In the past, when you wanted to offer a teddy bear, you had to go in a store to buy it and there...
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...Theodore Roosevelt Our 26th President of the United States was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, the son of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Senior. Born in an affluent family, Teddy Roosevelt was a very frail child. Afflicted with asthma and being in an immensely physical shape he was home-schooled. While being home-schooled he deeply fell in love with the study nature. To improve his physical conditions he began to box and exercise. He would soon attend Harvard College in 1876 where he continued on with boxing and began rowing, and developed an interest in naval affairs. Before becoming president Mr. Roosevelt was a very busy man with various job titles. After graduating from Harvard in 1880, he entered Columbia Law School, but soon dropped out to pursue his goal as a New York State Assemblyman. He would also be a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, a lieutenant colonel of First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and would also publish quite a few books. While running for Vice President with William McKinley as President, they were elected. Roosevelt was only Vice President for about six months before President McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt would then be sworn into office as the youngest U.S. President at the age of forty-two. As President, he strived to improve working conditions, trust busting and acted as a peace maker. He helped negotiate the end of the Russo-Japanese War, earning him the Nobel...
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...each of these three concepts. What are the implications of each on Build-A-Bear’s actions? Answer: Why children like staffed animals? Why children like Teddy bear over other staffed animal? The answer of the above two question will give you the answer “what is the needs and wants of Build-A-Bear customers?” as well. First of all, children like to play. They always wish to play with those animals and superheroes that they see in the Television screen and other media especially in cartoons. As Build-A-Bear’s customers are almost children, their need is to play. Now, come to the second question, it focuses of a specific toy renowned as “Teddy Bear”. If you think deeply about the question, you will surely find something irrelevant. You may question, who have told you that all the children throughout the world like Teddy bear? Yes you are right, and the difference between needs and wants is embedded into your question. Most of the children of western country like Teddy bear, but from our perspective as an inhabitant of a third world country, the situation is much different. The reason behind it is want – the form of human needs shaped by culture, habits and individual personality. As children of western countries are familiar with the animal teddy bear physically their want is to play with the animal and that’s why Teddy bear is a renowned staffed animal in those countries. One term lefts to explain, that is demand. When human want backed by buying power then it becomes...
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...differentiating each of these three concepts. What are the implications of each on Build-A-Bear’s actions? Answer: Why children like staffed animals? Why children like Teddy bear over other staffed animal? The answer of the above two question will give you the answer “what is the needs and wants of Build-A-Bear customers?” as well. First of all, children like to play. They always wish to play with those animals and superheroes that they see in the Television screen and other media especially in cartoons. As Build-A-Bear’s customers are almost children, their need is to play. Now, come to the second question, it focuses of a specific toy renowned as “Teddy Bear”. If you think deeply about the question, you will surely find something irrelevant. You may question, who have told you that all the children throughout the world like Teddy bear? Yes you are right, and the difference between needs and wants is embedded into your question. Most of the children of western country like Teddy bear, but from our perspective as an inhabitant of a third world country, the situation is much different. The reason behind it is want – the form of human needs shaped by culture, habits and individual personality. As children of western countries are familiar with the animal teddy bear physically their want is to play with the animal and that’s why Teddy bear is a renowned staffed animal in those countries. One term lefts to explain, that is demand. When human want backed by buying power then it becomes demand...
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...Swot Analysis of the Build-a-Bear Workshop Strengths Venturing into an untapped market for hands-on customisation of teddy bears, Build-a-Bear has established itself as a market leader. Its success derives from its dynamic retail concept where customers create their own teddy bears from choosing the outer casing of the bear down to stitching it up, personalising it along the way. The interactive nature of the process brings out the creativity and individuality of the customer and at the same time, allows them to have fun. Build-a-Bear is family oriented and does not restrict the age of customers to below 12, hence is an ideal place to go for family bonding. Guests enjoy the highly visual environment, the sounds and the fantasy of this special place while they create a memory with their family and friends. Why Build-a-Bear has been successful so far is probably the fact that the customer walks out of the store happy and satisfied. Due to the popularity of the Internet for networking, especially amongst today’s Internet savvy kids, Build-a-Bear has launched a virtual world- buildabearville.com- to pique their interest in their products and build customer loyalty. There, guests can bring their furry friends to life online to play together, create their own online character, play games, chat with friends and more. Knowing the market is essential in keeping up with the changing wants of kids, which is why the “Virtual Cub Advisory Council” was created, where a panel of children...
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...My Teddy Bear By Carisa A. Paterson I got my first teddy bear today. My mom and dad got it for me. She is a chocolate brown bear. She feels like a fresh pick peach she is as soft as a soft sheet. She is my best friend in the world, and her name is Mrs. Peach. Hey I am only five what do you take me for I am not that popular at kindergarten. We do everything together and it is so much fun. Such as play outside. We eat together and we love to take mud baths those are the most fun kind of baths. One day my mom told me if you keep that kind of playing with her that is she is going to get all ratty and dirty. I told her so what mom she is my best friend and we must do everything together. She said that we need to put her up so she doesn’t get to much more dirty. I hugged her tighter than ever and said no she is my best friend please do not take her away from me mommy. I’ll miss her very much. I went to bed with her one day and woke up the next morning she was gone. I ran down the stairs crying telling my mom why you took her away after I told you how much she means to me. To my surprise there was Mrs. Peach sitting at the table. She looked like the way she did the first day I got her. My mom had stayed up all night putting new stuffing in her sowing her up and given her a well-deserved bath. That was 89 years ago and she is still my best friend she is also my daughters best friend and my granddaughters best friend and in about five years she will be my great granddaughter’s...
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...Examples of needs, wants, and demands that Build-A-Bear customers demonstrate, differentiating each of these concepts. What are the implications of each on Build-A-Bear actions. Needs: Understanding needs as states of felt deprivation, not created by marketers but basic parts of the human makeup, we can say that Build-A-Bear customers demonstrate the individual need of self-expression, authenticity, creativity, empowerment, choice, individuality, freedom. They also demonstrate the underlying need that people have to entertain themselves. Wants: Although Build-A-Bearclients need to find a way to self-express and entertain themselves, they want to “step into a (...) genuine fantasy world organized around a child-friendly assembly line comprised of clearly labeled work stations”, where they can choose unstuffed animals from a bin, stuff them, include voice boxes, stitch them, dress them, name them, and even receive a birth certificate for their creation. This example is aligned with the idea that wants are the form human needs take as shaped by culture and individual personality. Demands: Giving their wants and resources, Build-A-Bear customers demand specific products that add up to the most valuable and satisfaction. Among the most relevant examples we can mention are both new store locations and accessories. “Mini-scooters, Hello Kitty bears, mascot bears at professional sport venues, and sequined purses” are also specific ideas that were interpreted as customers´...
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...Drtduxfy.d,ljk/’;fyux,ldryujy * * Assessing The Goal Of Sports Products, Inc. Case Study September 24, 2012 John Rapa Assessing the Goal of Sports Products, Inc. case study Introduction Sports Products Inc. is a large producer of boating... Premium * Assessing The Goals Of Sports Products Inc Assessing the Goals of Sports Products, Inc. Case Study Paper What should the management of Sports Products, Inc., pursue as its overriding goal? Why What... Premium * Case Analysis: Assessing The Goal Of Sports Products, Inc. Case Analysis: Assessing the Goal of Sports Products, Inc. Submitted by: Group 1 Acebedo, Gladys Bandiola, Penuel Bautista, Jherwienne Cruz... Premium * Assessing The Goals Of Sports Products, Inc. Assessing the Goals of Sports Products, Inc. Assessing the Goals of Sports Products, Inc. Establishing and monitoring goals of any organization can be a... Premium * Assessing The Goal Of Sports Products, Inc. Maples University of Phoenix Finance for Decision Making FIN/419 Thomas Ster November 19, 2012 Assessing the Goal of Sports Products, Inc. Loren Seguara... Premium * Assessing The Goal Of Sports Product the firms stock price is falling. The management of Sports Products, Inc. should pursue its overriding goal by understanding the objectives needed for the firms... Premium * Assesing The Goal Of Sports Products, Inc specific recommendations would you offer the firm? Ans: From the information available in the case study, we...
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