Coinstar A Review of Some Related Literature Webster University February 20, 2013 ABSTRACT Coinstar, Inc. is an American company that was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Redbox is an Automated Retail, LLC, and is a leading vendor of rental DVDs through automated kiosks. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. Redbox has kiosks active in more than 14,000 locations in North America; Redbox has served more
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Integrated Company Analysis December Integrated Company Analysis15, 2010 December, 15 2010 Scott Meyer Scott Meyer Angela Faloye Anjali Krishnan Nathan Schaff Matt Reuer Scott Meyer 26 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Executive Summary .........................................................................................
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Cairo Team November 9, 2012 Redbox Coinstar, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated retail solutions primarily in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The company owns and operates self-service Redbox kiosks that allow customers to rent or purchase movies and video games; and self-service coin-counting kiosks where consumers can convert their coin to cash, a gift card, or an E-certificate. Coinstar, Redbox's parent company, is led by a savvy
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internationally. Redbox’s parent company Coinstar Inc. has teamed up with Verizon; both companies have a large presence in each of their own areas of business and will have followers into this new unnamed venture. Both companies plan this to be an addition to their current established fields; Verizon has more than 118 million customers they plan to pitch the idea too. Verizon, the main investor, plans to back this new company with 65% of the monetary start up; where Coinstar is initially only putting in 35%
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COINSTAR INC (CSTR) 10-K Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d) Filed on 02/09/2012 Filed Period 12/31/2011 Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 FORM 10-K x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended: December 31, 2011 OR ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission File Number: 000-22555 COINSTAR
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distribution strategy that McDonalds used was Direct Channel strategy and Single Channel strategy. As the concept continued to be successful, McDonalds continued to use Direct Channel strategy and also started using the Multiple Channel Stategy. In 2005 Coinstar purchased 47.3% of Redbox. When you think of McDonalds, a person usually thinks of fast food like hamburgers and their signature French fries. But in 2002 McDonalds wanted to find a new way to bring more customer traffic to their restaurants
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Netflix Domestic Strategy Prepared for: Netflix Senior Management Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO Kelly Bennett, Chief Marketing Officer Jonathan Friedland, Chief Communications Officer Bill Holmes, Chief Business Development Officer Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer David Hyman, General Counsel Patty McCord, Chief Talent Officer Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer David Wells, Chief Financial Officer August 4, 2012 Through this report, our consulting
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Blockbuster’s lack of blockbuster Frankie L. Jones February 11, 2013 BUS: 642 Thomas Hennefer Abstract Blockbuster video, the once dominant force behind consumers’ movie rental needs has suffered a significant loss in revenue to the rise of RedBox and Netflix. The competitive advantage offered by the two companies has tapped into Blockbuster’s market and cause a lack of blockbuster for the company. Since 2009 the company has continue to reported decreased revenue and profits against its
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they are charged double the rental amount which doubles revenues instantly. b. Rapidly increase the number of shopping locations with a Redbox kiosk. Most Redbox locations are between the cash registers and front entrance of the store much like Coinstar. They have recently added locations outside the stores to replicate soda machines and newspaper stands. This provides customers with convenient locations to rent and return their movies. c. Create a recognizable brand name. Redbox has created
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dollars on license agreements with each movie studio. Therefore the question to be asked is “How to reduce the company’s content acquisition cost?” Summary of Facts – Redbox is leading the way in the premier industry of DVD rental kiosks. With Coinstar as its established parent company, Redbox is currently surpassing its competitors with its number of self-service kiosks. “At the time of the February 2009 acquisition, Redbox had some 12,000 kiosks in supermarkets… with plans to add 6000 to 8000
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