History, Products, and Major Competitors
Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, hereinafter referred to as Pleasant Valley, is an old family bowling alley that introduced the sport of bowling to the blue ocean community of Altoona, Pennsylvania. According to the plaque and picture on the wall, Pleasant Valley opened in 1945 with just six bowling lanes. Under the ownership of Robert Di Ventura Sr., Pleasant Valley expanded its bowling alley to 32 lanes, installed automatic pin setting machines, innovated to computerized scoring, added an arcade, built a large snack bar, opened a separate lounge for alcoholic beverage purchases, and transformed the floor beneath the bowling alley into a complete restaurant for fine dining. The bowling alley also includes a pro shop to sell equipment and drill bowling balls. Despite the many impressive additions, the company’s claim to fame is still bowling. League bowlers once flooded the establishment every evening, and families frequented the lanes for the many special offers and promotions. When the owner unfortunately passed away in 2001, his son soon took over the company in 2002.
As the current owner, Robert Di Ventura Jr. has failed to sustain the competitive advantage over the local competition. Holiday Bowl opened in 1959 with 40 lanes and currently offers a pro shop as well as food and beverages at The Strike Zone Bar & Grille (Holiday Bowl, 2016). Holiday Bowl provides many of the same amenities as Pleasant Valley and constantly
My grandparents moved to Arizona a few years ago. They moved to Arizona because they got so sick of the weather in Minnesota! In Minnesota there was a really bad snowstorm and they agreed that winter was the last. While in Arizona my Papa Zimmer discovered a fun sport that he would like to play, this sport is pickleball. Pickleball in Sun City is a big sport. My grandpa told me pickleball is like big table tennis (but not tennis). You have a large paddle and you use a ball that is slightly larger wiffleball. You can have either two-on-two if you like a team or one-on-one if you like to be really competitive.
They have secured a loyal customer base as well as made a name for themselves in the downtown Raleigh area. Furthermore, there is value in the fact that they are a family owned business. Many consumers are supportive of family owned businesses and therefore Westlake Lanes should definitely exploit this capability. Their location is also very valuable due to the fact that they are the only bowling alley in the downtown area. Furthermore, their introduction of bowling leagues has been a very valuable asset to them because it ensures a steady flow of business. Givens has also managed to make this asset more valuable to them by greatly reducing the time frame of the leagues and pitching the concept to firms and students. Finally, Westlake Lanes’ long-standing and loyal staff has also proven to be very valuable. Although Givens has made changes to the staff team, three of the four full-time employees have proven themselves of high value to her in terms of maintenance of the building, business knowledge and supplier research.
The Urban Bowling Lounge option is potentially quite lucrative; however, it is also arguably the
Westlake lanes been in business for more than thirty years so, it wins the competition over the other direct and indirect competitions in that area. They also have the loyal customers who contribute to increase the revenue for Westlake.
Councilman Steve Johnson said he was involved with the Rec Center before it was established, and the understanding was it would never break even. Those who were in on creating the center looked at it like an “indoor park — it’s going to cost you money, a quality of life thing.”
Brunswick Corona Lanes is a great place to come together with family and friends to have some fun at a low affordable price, including discounted games and shoe rentals. Each week on Monday and Wednesday nights, the Brunswick Corona Lanes will be holding bowling leagues that are designated to certain age groups that take up 20 bowling lanes; therefore leaving 30 other bowling lanes open for cosmic bowling. On Tuesday and Thursday nights, Brunswick Corona Lanes will be hosting
to change the national bylaws so that USBC can charge $15.00 instead of $10.00 per bowler. The reasons given for this change can be viewed on the www.bowl.com website under
For over a hundred years, the H. E. Butt Grocery Company stores have provided people in Texas and Mexico with superior products and service. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, H-E-B was the 11th largest grocery chain in the United States. Florence Butt founded the company in 1905 with a $60 investment. A few generations later and four failures later, Charles Butt became president of the company in 1971 and took the family name to a higher level.
Discuss what is meant by the term “customer orientation”. Illustrate with examples how companies demonstrate their customer orientation by reference to at least two elements of the marketing mix.
Home Depot competitors are primarily in the home improvement and hardware retail industry, but also compete in the building materials retail and distribution, consumer electronics and appliances retail, and convenience stores and truck stops sectors. Some of Home Depot’s main competitors include: Lowe’s, True Value, and Ace Hardware. Now, these competitors are the main competition of Home Depot and all three stores carry about 75% if not more of what Home Depot sells. Keep in mind, that there are also smaller companies, often family-owned lumberyards or hardware stores that compete with Home Depot and the other large chain stores. However, Home Depot’s biggest competition is Lowe’s. “Home Depot and Lowe’s are home
This document represents The i-Fusions Consultant’s Report on BRITA. The company’s current business situation is analysed and various options for action considered. The report aims to identify a clear marketing strategy for Brita in order to address the current issues facing the company the associated falling sales.
| Westlake Lanes had the capability to bring back old memories by playing the seventies and eighties music which is unique. Also, loyalty is not easy to buy. West lake also has a very good relationship with its lenders.
(Assume that the amount of debt issued to reach the target debt-to-capital ratio is going to be maintained forever. Use the tax rates assumed in the attached Excel file).
The company that I selected is Johnson & Johnson and the product I will be writing about is Listerine. Listerine was originally marketed by Lambert Pharmacal Company later known as Warner-Lambert. In December 2006, Johnson & Johnson acquisition of Pfizer’s consumer healthcare division is what led to the manufacturing and distribution of Listerine for this company. The inputs put into making Listerine is Raw Materials, design, and the manufacturing process, with these inputs we will analyze them to see how the effect the production and cost of making and selling Listerine.
Today, the global business sphere is growing swiftly in terms of organizations and management in general. New market trends and strategies are being implemented from old fashion to modern ways, in order to best manage and take control of the organization, along with boosting the employees ' confidence. Ever since the dawn of trade and services, the customer has been the main priority in the promise of a fruitful business. In order to efficiently serve the valuable customer, organizations have opted to allocate more and more cash towards Research & Development in millions of dollars, along with efficiently knowing when to change management in correspondence with the organization 's progress. This has all helped with an advancement in corporate technology and asset growth in the desire of pursuing a healthy growth of profits in the long term.