International Marketing - Krispy Kreme In: Business and Management International Marketing - Krispy Kreme 1. Where should Krispy Kreme go next? List the next ten countries they should enter in order of most viable. What criteria did you use to compose your list? 1. Canada 2. United Kingdom 3. Australia 4. New Zealand 5. Mexico 6. Japan 7. Spain 8. Taiwan 9. China 10. Germany The criteria and questions used to compose the list of viable countries for Krispy Kreme to enter were: 1. Does
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Armstrong sold Krispy Kreme to Vernon Rudolph’s father Plumie Rudolph. Second, in 1976 due to Vernon Rudolph’s death, the company was then sold to Beatrice Foods of Chicago. Third, in 1982 Joseph A McAleer Sr. who led a group of Krispy Kreme franchisee bought back Krispy Kreme from Beatrice Foods. Finally, Krispy Kreme Inc. became a publicly traded company in 2000 by joining the NASDAQ as well as joining NYSE in 2001. 3-18. What mistakes did Beatrice Foods make after purchasing Krispy Kreme? Why wasn't
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Krispy Kreme Case Study FINA 470-01 Strategic Financial Management Company Overview: Krispy Kreme is a retailer and wholesaler of “high quality doughnuts and packaged sweets” (2010 10-K report) as well as various beverages. Krispy Kreme consists of stores and franchises that include domestic and international franchises, company stores and the KK Supply Chain. Krispy Kreme is also the sole provider to all their stores and franchises of the ingredients and equipment needed for store operations
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Running head: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.: A CASE ANALYSIS Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.: A Case Analysis Presented to By October 09, 2009 Table of Contents II. Table of Contents 2 III. Executive Summary 3 IV. Situational Analysis 5 A. Environment 5 B. Industry Analysis 5 C. The Organization 7 D. The Marketing Strategy 9 V. Problems Found in Situational Analysis 10 A. Statement of primary problem. 10 B. Statement of secondary problem 12 C. Statement
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Going Global? Where should Krispy Kreme go next ? List some next countries they should enter in order most vialbe. What criteria did you use to compose your list ? On our opinion, Krispy Kreme should enter next in Asia-Pacific market and Eastern Europe. As we know, luxury and brand western including American products attract firstly asian people. Moreover, most of asian have positive thinking and image for American. Nowaday, they believe that for being in trends, they
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The Krispy Kreme, INC. Case By Group 10 Aydin Abdollahi Farrah Shareef Yiming Wang The Krispy Kreme, Inc. case examines the chain of events that caused this once prized stock to come suddenly plummeting down by 80% in 2004. In the year 2000, Krispy Kreme went public and quickly became the hot stock to own, the company already had an iconic status and this helped to fuel their success on Wall Street. Wall Street had nothing
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* Diagnosis: In my opinion, Krispy Kreme’s rapid expansion may be the biggest problem for them. The rapid expansion also caused its rapid fall. From the case we can see Krispy Kreme’s start to selling doughnuts in location other than its own shops in November 2000. This strategy causes the company get difficult to control the quality, freshness and the displayed of the doughnuts. This cause customs loss trusts with the brand, in the long-term, they will loss loyalty customs which would be the most
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CASE 8: KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS Krispy Kreme is a doughnut manufacturer and retailer that were founded in July of 1937. Within its seventy year life time KK went from a small rented out building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to a global recognizable firm. Through that time KK has become a franchising company that has made changes within its life time. Most of the changes came in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A few years after those changes were made KK management realized that they had made
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.................................... 6 B. Figure 2: Business Strategies ............................................... 9 BUSN 6200 i Fall I 2009 Team Andrews KKD Case Analysis I. INTRODUCTION Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) is a unique brand offering doughnuts, beverages, collectibles, and franchise opportunities. Pioneered as a small bakery in Winston Salem, North Carolina on July 13, 1937; KKD has evolved into a publicly traded firm boasting 395 retail stores and over
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..................................... 6 B. Figure 2: Business Strategies ............................................... 9 BUSN 6200 i Fall I 2009 Team Andrews KKD Case Analysis I. INTRODUCTION Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) is a unique brand offering doughnuts, beverages, collectibles, and franchise opportunities. Pioneered as a small bakery in Winston Salem, North Carolina on July 13, 1937; KKD has evolved into a publicly traded firm boasting 395 retail stores and over four
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