Liza's Video Rental Chain Store

 October 4 2013 Executive summary The selected company, Reading Cinemas, is looking to ultimately strengthen its competitive position within the market place over the course of the next three to five years. A market analysis was first taken out on Reading Courtenay; one cinema under the Reading brand name situated in Wellington. From

* No differentiation of product There are a lot of strong competitors: Blockbuster, Apple, Red box, and etc… Beside, product in this industry is not differentiated. On the other hand, the products and services are not difficult to imitate. This market is very competitive.

Blockbuster implemented a new strategy for customers to access their rentals in “five channels of distribution: in-store, by mail, through vending machines and kiosks, online, and at home (direct to the TV)” (DATAMONITOR, 2009). However, this strategy was a reactive approach to the problem produced ten years behind schedule. Wooldridge et al., (2007) stated that Blockbuster should select and adapt their strategy to respond to the fast changing market and maintain a competitive position. This was an obvious failure for Blockbuster. The changes in the market produced a decline in profit at a faster pace than the strategies that Blockbuster implemented to combat these losses.

The purpose of this report is to outline the main factors that influence ALDI’s customer choice, describe the marketing process used by ALDI and evaluate the main marketing strategies that are employed by ALDI. In addition, the consumerist market of ALDI places an importance on identifying and satisfying their customers by developing a sustainable marketing plan.

Examining existing marketing strategies and tactics of Travelodge Existing marketing strategies: “Marketing strategies can have a broad impact on the business in terms of instilling a marketing orientation among all those in the firm: the way of thinking or philosophy of the whole organization. However, marketing strategies can alternatively be seen as dealing only with the development of competitive advantages directly associated with the marketing function such as customer loyalty and distribution channel control. In the latter case, the domain is sometimes even further restricted by sole attention to the various element of the marketing mix rather than the more general issues of customer and channel relationships. There are two key

Introduction Digital media not only played immense role in supporting the entertainment industry, but also added a whole new dimension to and redefined how education system was imparted and businesses were operated. It also opens doors for new methods of employment. Digital Media is also now becoming an aggressive tool for marketing. This paper evaluates strategic analysis of Direct TV, a company dealing in the home entertainment industry. While Direct TV is a US based multinational, it plans to take its operations to Philippines.

Blockbuster Incorporation Blockbuster was “the largest movie rental chain” in the Movies industry around the world (Biesada a). According to Rourke, Rothburd and Stansell (2006), Blockbuster mainly focused on “providing in-home rental, retail movie, and game entertainment”. It created 9,100 video stores and provided services to almost three million of customers in America and 24 other countries (p. 74). In 2010, the company filed for bankruptcy since it failed to adapt new technology in their strategies, and “was sold to satellite TV service provider DISH Network in 2011” (Biesada b).

Marketing Mix Strategy & Analysis [Introduction] Marketing Plays a vital role in a business, because of marketing the business can offer their offerings and to their customers and provides the services. Marketing is a combination of 4 P’s which are Product, Prize, Place and promotion, to Analysis the marketing of this business, I am explaining the

Blockbuster Case Analysis I. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose: The Blockbuster firm is a leading provider of rental movie and game entertainment with approximately 8,000 stores. The company operates in the US, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia. Blockbuster is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and employs 58,561 people; this figure includes full-time, part-time and seasonal employees. The company recorded revenues of $5,287.9 million during the financial year (FY) ended January 2009, a decrease of 4.6% over 2008. The operating loss of the company was $293.3 million during FY2009, as against an operating profit of $39.1 million in 2008. The net loss was $374.1 million in FY2009, compared to a net loss of

COMM 401 MIDTERM EXAM CASE ANALYSIS: NETLIX Prepared by: Youssef Tazi COMM 401 Section N Student ID: 9065806 Table of Contents I. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 II. External Environment……………………………………………………………………..3 1. General Environment Analysis……………………………………………………3 2. Industry Attractiveness: Porter’s Five Forces

The five forces of competition of the movie rental industry presents little force against a competitor’s market position based on buyer power, supplier power, and new entrant threats. However, threat of substitutes and rivalry among competitors can affect the amount of profits a company will gain and retain.

Marketing Goals and Objectives Entering and transforming the video rental industry was a large undertaking for the start-up company. The first marketing objective the company undertook was the process of building a brand. Netflix’s identity was crucial to future growth and success. Without a strong brand, competitors with deep pockets could have easily duplicated the company’s business model. Secondly, leveraging technology was critical to establishing the business and infrastructure growth. The consumer base was the final objective Netflix sought to achieve. Retaining and growing subscribers were fundamental to revenue and marketing goals.

Executive Summary The case discusses the success of Netflix on revolutionizing the video rental business. It clearly shows the company’s ability on utilizing superior customer service, emerging technologies, strategic partnerships, empowerment of employees and creating an ever growing subscriber base to transform the traditional video rental in to a 21st century on-demand concept. Video-on-Demand is the recent video streaming technology where pay-per-view programming merges with Internet downloading. Netflix, an online subscription-based DVD rental company, entered the video industry with disruptive technology of offering online video rental while the incumbent competitors like Blockbuster were offering retail rentals. The

Evaluating Blockbuster’s External Environment External environment is very important for managers to make decision about the company’s direction and strategy. In order to gain a deep understanding of Blockbuster’s industry and competitive environment, the following seven questions need to be answered. Q1: What are the industry’s dominant economic features?

(K.Khanzode and S.Puri,P1, 2015) In this assignment I will highlight the answer of two questions which are; evaluate customer service expectations from restaurant in relation to the case and discuss what brand image Raju Omlet developed during its starts up period. In the second question, I will discuss the various growth and expansion strategies for Raju Omlet, considering that the company may decide to expand to other Areas in the UAE also, examine the role of marketing communication in the success of Raju Omlet.