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OVERVIEW OF BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO GROUP & BAT BANGLADESH

BAT is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in more than 180 markets. With over 300 brands in the portfolio, BAT makes the cigarette chosen by one in eight of the world’s one billion adult smokers. It holds robust market positions in each of the regions they operate and have leadership in more than 50 markets. BAT has sustained a significant global presence for over 100 years. The business was founded in 1902 and by 1912 it become one of the world’s top dozen companies by market capitalization.

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BAT BANGLADESH) has been operating in this region since 1910 and currently …show more content…

has four guiding principles ….
• Strength from Diversity: Actively utilizing diversity - of people, cultures, viewpoints, brands, markets and ideas - to create opportunities and strengthen performance.
• Open Minded: Being an active listener, genuinely considering others' viewpoints and not pre-judging.
• Freedom through Responsibility: The freedom to take decisions and act on them obliges BATB to accept personal responsibility for the way they affect BATB’s stakeholders.
• Enterprising Spirit: The confidence to seek out opportunities for success, to strive for innovation, and to accept the considered risk-taking that comes with it.

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Weakness:
As BAT works for a controversial industry, they are bound by many rules and regulations, like they can not do the marketing of their product in a bigger scale due to tobacco law. Moreover they faces many problem to promote their brands. Last but not the least they often face many legal problems to run their business smoothly.
Opportunity:
Through approximately 100 years of operations, BAT BD. has built a strong international reputation for high quality tobacco brands to meet consumers’ diverse preferences. They believe that it is the strength for BAT BD. to do business in BANGLADESH. They know the customers’ choice as well as the business environment over here in this region better than any other similar company. As a result launching a new brand or promoting a new

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