UNIT I INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------- Understanding Brand - What is a Brand? Brands are different from products in a way that brands are “what the consumers buy”, while products are “what concern/companies make”. Brand is an accumulation of emotional and functional associations. Brand is a promise that the product will perform as per customer’s expectations. It shapes customer’s expectations about the product. Brands usually have a trademark
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CHAPTER –1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT Project Title : “Comparative analysis of packaged drinking water of Kingfisher with other market players” Name of the Organization: UNITED BREWERIES GROUP (UB GROUP) Name of the Company : KINGFISHER LIMITED Manufactured & Marketed By: ICEBERG FOODS LIMITED Project Head & Supervisor: Mr. Mangesh Arnalkar (Regional Sales Manager) Project Duration: 7th June 2010 to 30th July 2010 2 The study
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(NYSE: MCD) is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (BM7033) CASE STUDY 1: BURGER KING COURSE: MBA (2014/2015) FACULTY: BUSINESS, ECONOMICS & ACCOUNTANCY LECTURER: PROF. DR SYED AZIZI WAFA GROUP MEMBERS: BIL | NAME OF STUDENT | MATRIC NO. | 1 | Hasbiah Hasan | MB1412018T | 2 | Ho Tian Ai | MB1412077T | 3 | Fazha Binti Jazah | MB1412062T | 4 | Nurul Azreena M. Azlan Tsen | MB1412160T | 5 | Ahmad Zahrawi Ahmad Azahri | MB1312075T | 6 | Bryan Osital | MB1312082T | 1) CASE SUMMARY The well-known
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from primark and H&M, which are produced by low-paid factory female workers exploited by working on less than minimum wage.. This I believe is a fair starting point for any gender/class analysis of the power relations through which global commodity chains are structured. Not to mention elements of race and imperialist (as well as neo-imperialist) attempts to control and manipulate international trade links and destroy industrial sectors of poorer countries. The rise of the export-oriented Garment industry
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What are counterfeiting and piracy? Counterfeiting and piracy are terms used to describe a range of illicit activities linked to intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement. Those are longstanding problems which are growing in scope and magnitude. Quantitative analysis carried out by the OECD indicates that the volume of tangible counterfeit and pirated products in international trade could be up to USD 200 billion. With a figure like this, sales of counterfeit goods world-wide exceed
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McDonald’s and Its Critics: 1973–2009 is the most influential case study written about the McDonald which makes the readers aware of the reasons and strategies behind the success of the McDonald, even with the criticism McDonald faced throughout the history of its existence. This case study analyzes the strategic initiative taken by each CEO and assessment of these initiatives. Ray Kroc, 1955–1973 Ray Kroc founded McDonald’s Corporation in 1955. He bought the rights from MacDonald’s brothers to
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A distribution channel is the route that a product takes from the producer to the final consumer. It can also be referred to as a chain of all the different stages that exist in the distribution process and each stage is referred as an intermediary. Wholesalers: They act as a link between the producers and the retailers. Retailer: They allow customers the opportunity to purchase goods and services in a familiar environment. They also break bulk but at a lower level, they also store the goods before
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1. Discuss the trends in the golf equipment industry and how it may impact a company’s strategy. Ans: According to new the United States Golf Association (USGA), Golf equipment manufacturers are forced to launch the equipment within the limitation. Therefore, the product differentiation is not quite high while recreational golfers do not enjoy playing due to lack of innovational equipment. Also, the USGA states that there are various factors that result in the declining of golfers such as:
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Models of retail competition This chapter examines the effects of competition on a retailer’s performance. As noted in Chapter 1, retailing in the United States was once a growth industry that was able to increase profits solely on the basis of an increasing population base. Today’s slower population growth rates have turned retailing into a business where successful regional and national retailers can grow only by taking sales away from competitors. However, retail competition at the local level
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