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In the local region, Qantas managed to outweigh its competitor by gaining a toll of 65% compared to its competitor. Evidently this shows Qantas is the number one preferred airlines compared to other competitor airlines like Virgin, Tiger Airways and Emirates airlines. However the situation is not the same in South East Asian region as Qantas only managed to obtain about 15% of market share compared to likes of Air Asia who leads the market share with 60% in this region. Conversely, this is not a concern for the airlines as the airlines managed to generate revenue of 5 billion dollars, with a predicted passenger growth of 4.9% which is equivalent to 2.9 billion passengers by 2034.

The specialty coffee industry had seen steady growth for years and the trend was expected to continue until at least 2015. Of the various segments within the specialty coffee industry, most of the growth was attributable to beverage retailers “Coffee and kiosks”. In 1979 there were approximately 250 specialty coffee retailers. The number quadrupled by 1989 to approx 1000 outlets, and it exploded to roughly 15000 by 2002. Nationally, specialty coffee sales totaled over $ 10 billion in 2005.

Coffee House opened its first store in Singapore. It was founded by three people who met at the same university. The retail stores were selling coffee making equipment and coffee beans for ten years as their core business before they ventured into selling coffee drinks. It took them ten years of experience to have the conclusion that they should be selling coffee drinks rather than the beans and coffee machines.

The airline industry has been a major factor in the globalization of the world economy. It connects the sellers and the buyers as well as transports goods across countries. It also breaks the time and distance barriers. In the past, air travel was considered a luxury but it is now a common necessity.

Brand identity is important in the airline industry, and benefits larger airlines. Major carriers allocate considerable resources to marketing efforts. Frequent flier programs and other incentives have been successful in enticing travelers to fly with certain carriers. The frequent flyer incentive can often be strong enough to cause a customer to choose one carrier over another -- even when the other carrier offers a lower fare.

My devotion to bubble tea is just as tenacious as to the endeavours of the pathway in becoming a doctor. I moved to Twin Falls, Idaho when I was around two years old from New York for my parents’ new restaurant. Often, my family and I would go back and visit, but that was the only times where I would get authentic bubble tea. I prefer to only go to name brand stores such as, Kung Fu Tea, Chatime, Quickly, Coco, and Vivi Bubble Tea because from past experience from dreadful milk tea. UChicago is the place where I can be away from my family and still feel at home surrounded by my

Founded in Taiwan in 2003, Chatime is ‘one of the fastest growing’ ‘bubble tea’ franchises. Since its launch into the Australian Market in 2009, Chatime has established over 45 stores. In Australia, Chatime’s marketing and location strategies; primarily focuses on Chinese Australians and positions its franchises in locations with ‘high concentrations of Asian residents’ Today Chatimes master franchisor Charley Zhao is concerned with expanding Chatimes franshises ‘beyond the traditional Asian suburbs’ and into the mainstream Australian market.

Differentiation strategies refer to the strategies that are adopted by businesses in a bid to gain competitive advantage in a given industry and over their competitors. Through differentiation, the company’s products or services stand out among other products that are offered by their competitors. Therefore, differentiation in essence refers to a scenario whereby, a company offers products or services which are unique or have features which are unique and which makes them stand out among its competitors. The airline industry is termed as an industry that experiences rapid and volatile changes amidst growing competition among many competitors in the globe. With this in mind, different airlines have to adopt different strategies that are to differentiate them among the many competing airlines in the world. This paper will focus on Southwest Airlines in the discussion of the differentiation strategies that it has adopted. Also, recommendations will be made will be done in reference to Southwest Airlines.

How would you describe the competitive priorities of Southwest? How does this differ from other airlines?

Coffee consumption is expected to increase through 2015 at an average annual rate of 2.7%, while tea consumption is expected to increase through 2015 at an average annual rate of 3.1%. Positive expectations for continued growth in coffee sales, despite its “mature” product position in the market, are due to the innovations in premium coffee products (pods, single-serving instants, etc.)

20 million Americans drank gourmet coffee daily in 2003. As a result of this amount of coffee lovers that can’t start their day without coffee, Keurig. Inc had the idea that they should be able to brew their own perfect cup of coffee any time they need. People started paying $1.50 or more for a cup of gourmet coffee at coffee shops like Starbucks. This gave Keurig. Inc the idea of offering coffees in a single-cup proportion size to offices. After the placement of Keurig brewers, gourmet coffee sales increased by 40% in the U.S at-home coffee market. According to that big percent Keurig management wanted to develop an at-home single cup coffee brewer for coffee lovers. Keurig Inc. targets customers

For supermarket and restaurant chains, the sale typically is made to the purchasing department/buying division of the retailer. These sales often involve a significant amount of field testing by the direct sales force, giving Tasteless a competitive advantage. Tasteless heavily advertises its products in trade magazines and attracts individual sales through advertising in media such as health care magazines. Individual clients include CEOs of Fortune 1000 companies, as well as individuals from coast-tocoast. Management’s objective is to establish Tasteless as the most recognized and respected tea brand in the U.S. market, eventually supplanting Lipton Tea as the market leader in tea brand recognition and tea sales in both the higher-end and lower-end tea markets. While Tasteless currently is experiencing some sharp growing pains, the good news is the growing interest in different types of non-traditional beverages, combined with increasingly health-conscious baby boomers and younger adults. These factors have tripled sales over the past five years ending December 31, 2008. At the same time, new local and regional competitors with a bevy of new products are offering fast delivery from local production centers and in some cases lower prices, challenging Tasteless for retail shelf space. Without this shelf space, especially in supermarkets, Tasteless’ tea products cannot be retailed on a volume basis. Tasteless has

The company has also a distinctive marketing approach. It is through these marketing approaches that the company tries to distinguish itself from the rest from the airline industry. In their marketing, the company tries to assure the consumers that they offer real

This essay will explore two texts, the introduction to the Parson's Tale and Chaucer's Retraction. Through the use of the Norton Anthology texts, and outside sources, we will look at the content and tone of the Parsons tale to determine tone, analyze the character of the Parson. For Chaucer's Retraction, we will observe the content and history to determine the reason for using this particular style to end the tales.

The demand for coffee shops is born from the increased number of individuals seeking coffee brewed outside of the home. This creates a larger market for coffee shops. An increased amount of people are starting their mornings off by purchasing breakfast and a cup of coffee away from home (Tuttle 2014), more people are enjoying gourmet coffee (NCA National Coffee Drinking Trends 2015 Infographic), and younger generations are demanding more coffee and coffee drinks from coffee shops (Tuttle 2014, S&D Coffee and Tea inc. 2014, Statista 2015). Coffee shops must compete with at home coffee, work place coffee, and teas for the caffeinated beverage markets (LN 2015). Demand for coffee within different markets varies, and provides competition for coffee shops. Single cup coffee makers, increasingly qualitative instant coffees, and gourmet beans are all sources of competition that could satisfy the demand for coffee. However, coffee shops are becoming more ingrained in social