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Analysis Of Porter 's 5 Forces Analysis On Fitness Industry

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INTRODUCTION Effective and efficient companies will need information on the country and the industry before setting up their operation in the stated area. This report focuses on Fitness First as one of the leading global health club companies and Singapore as the chosen country. The purpose of this report is to provide the PESTLE analysis on Singapore along with the Porter’s 5 forces analysis on fitness industry in the country, to understand how the company entered the industry’s market. The structure of this report will be as following; company background, country background, PESTLE analysis, Porter’s five forces, strategic recommendations, and the conclusion. COMPANY BACKGROUND Fitness First was born in 1993 in Bournemouth, Southern …show more content…

PESTLE stands for Political, Economy, Social, Technology, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE analysis, 2014). The importance of PESTLE analysis comes when, firstly, there’s a demand to analyse the specific issues on the country such as race and religion difference, to guide the company to enter the market without offending any race and religion. Secondly, to find out how the government policies works in the country and how to make deals accordingly based on it. (Partridge, 1999). Thirdly, to identify the economy of the country, such as the income levels of the people and the standard of living to decide whether the products offered is at the same standard, and worth the expenditure. Political Economy Socio-Cultural Technology Legal Environment Low corruption, control of corruption: 99% (Transparency International, 2010). Gross Domestic Products: Highly remarkable. (The World Factbook, 2014) Ethnic groups comprises of: Chinese (74.2%) Malays (13.3%) Indians (9.2%) Eurasian and others (3.3%) (A Multicultural Kaleidoscope, 2013). Smartphone Usage: High. Integrity of law: High. Environmentalism: High. Government stability is highly stable. Exchange rates: Highly stable. Religion Variances: High. Computer Ownership: High. Fairness of law: High. Urbanisation: High. Government spending on infrastructure: High. Standard of living/quality of life: High. Language Variances: High. Internet usage: High. Piracy of IP:

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