Case Analysis Template Under Armours Willful Digital Moves

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Case Analysis Under Armour’s Willful Digital Moves Step 1: The Facts Summarize the key information from the case and the current situation. WHO is the decision maker? Kevin Plank WHAT is the business decision we are trying to make? What are some of the underlying issues? Plank’s goal is to move Under Armour to the number-one spot in front of Nike. He needs to consider what part of the business would focus on women and how to keep viral momentum. As well as if Under Armour should continue targeting and growing the female market segment. WHY is this a decision that needs to be made? What led to the current situation? Thanks to the “I Will What I Want” campaign, Under Armour surpassed Adidas and moved from the number-three spot in the U.S. sportswear market to the number-two spot. Which let them to have the perfect chance to keep advancing to number one. WHEN does the business decision need to be made? Is it urgent? Why? The business decision is not urgent, in fact I believe they need to take as much time as possible with this and not do anything impulsive. Step 2: In-Depth Analysis - Questions related to the case: Question 1: This case was written in 2016. What is Under Amour’s current position in the athletic-wear market? - The brand is still at number 2 with Nike as number one. Question 2: Should Under Armour pay famous athletes to advertise products or should they focus on everyday people? - I think it depends on the brand image they are looking for since a celebrity’s endorsement can increased brand awareness since consumers associated the celebrity with the brand. In addition, signing a famous name to a brand increases a company’s sales by $10 million annually and increase the company’s stock returns by 0.25%. But brands still needed to be cautious, because the image of the celebrity representing their brands could change overnight and celebrities had not been proven to influence online video advertisement sharing. So for me the brand should do a combination od two normal people and celebrities showcasing that Under Armour is for everybody.
Question 3 : Create a buyer persona for Under Armour using information from Chapter 9 in the Stukent text. Include as much relevant information as you can find in the case and with online sources. See Chapter 9 for descriptions of each category. UNDER ARMOUR BUYER PERSONA Background & demographics Middle to upper class that is youth, student male and female athlete as well as fitness groups Identifiers Athletes, people who tend to workout and care about health and body performance. Goals & challenges Achieve fitness goals while enjoying themselves. Know they are progressing. Use innovative sports products to enhance their athletic performance How we help Under armor helps them keep training, not skips the gym or at least not as much and keep being health conscious. Real quotes Under Armour is new, aggressive, slick, classic but athletic kind of how I always wanted to be perceived. Common objections The company tends to be quite pricy compare to what the products are actually like and how they perform during a workout. Marketing messaging Under Amour’s marketing messaging includes: Dynamic advertising, strong product positioning, quality products, celebrity endorsements and tactful product placements Elevator pitch To make all athletes better through passion, design, and the relentless pursuit of innovation. Step 3. Relevant Criteria Use your analysis of the current situation to identify 3 relevant criteria that should be considered in deciding among alternatives related to the key decision. CRITERIA MEANING WHY SELECTED? Social Media Presence Would the decision make the brand more present in social media and consequently on people s mind? To be able to reach their goal of number one the brand need to make themselves more known and love by the public. Revenue How much revenue for the business this decision would bring. If their decision of perusing the female market does not bring enough revenue then it would not have been worth it. Consumers How many more people would the decision bring? Would it bring more new costumers and remind the old ones that they should keep buying from them? If their pursue of female market and being number one, does not bring more clients or it scares away the old one s then it would have not been worth it.
Step 4. Analysis of Options Analyze the options the decision-maker can consider utilizing the criteria you identified above. CRITERIA OPTIONS: Criteria 1: Social Midea Presence Criteria 2: Revenue Criteria 3: Consumers Option 1: Expand reach on female market segment (market PENETRATION strategy) The brand can keep trying to make campaign that would bring more woman on board, obtaining a bigger precense online. Bringing more female clientele would increase the revenues of the brand in that sector Starting to have a campaign more focus on woman would bring more consumers since woman tend to shop more than man. Option 2: Extend reach to broader population (market DEVELOPMENT strategy) If the reach to broader population is extended the social media platforms, can make sure to remind the clients that they are still there, as well as what new. By extending their reach to a broader market the company can be looking at massive revenue if campaign are being done right. Extending the reach can bring tons of new consumers and make the olds ones happy if done correctly. Option 3: Move Under Armour to the number- one spot in front of Nike To be able to surpass Nike, the brand needs to attract it s consumers towards them and what better way to do it than trough social media. Moving in top of Nike is going to be costly, cost that need to bring massive revenue with them to achieve the goal. Nike has a lot of loyal consumers that know the brand very well, if a campaign gets develop to make those consumers prefers Under Armor, the number one stop would be theirs. Step 5. Recommendation Provide a recommendation for which option you think the decision-maker should execute and thoroughly explain why. How does this proposed solution address the business problem you identified? - As someone who tend to shop female activewear I think Under Armor problem is that they have always look very masculine and very man drive, which has stop them from conquering the female market. I think they need to work on their brand branding, as well as their social media presence and start to develop a better strategy to attract the female audience. In addition, Nike is brand that feels ideal not only for activewear if not too for the casual every day, and that s why they keep being at the number one spot, as well as their shoes, to my knowledge either Under Armor doesn’t have shoes or they have not promote them enough, which is making them be one spot behind Nike.
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