In this assignment, an basis environmental analysis is performed on a company named M.A.C cosmetics and a country namely India. This report covers the background information of the mentioning company and country as well as a PESTEL Analysis and Porter’s Five Forces Analysis. Finally, some strategic recommendations will be addressed specifically.
2. Company background M.A.C stands for Make-up Artist Cosmetic, which is established in 1984 in Toronto, Canada by two founders. They are Frank Angelo and Frank Toskan. This company first appeared in 1985 and grew up quickly in the competitive industry. In 1995, Estée Lauder Companies acquired a controlling interest in half of the brand and they completed their acquisition of the company two
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Hence, M.A.C cosmetics easily is able to enter this country’s market and start investing. Besides, taking advantage from the stability of the Indian government is a great opportunity for this company to keep developing its long-term business as well as expand its retails network. Although India got a high corruption index, however, it seems that it doesn’t affect its local business market. The only threat for M.A.C cosmetics in political environment is it has to pay a high tax annually, at the rate of about …show more content…
The efficiency of “Consumers Protection Laws” and “Intellectual Property Right” ensures a safe and fairly competitive business in cosmetics industry. Nevertheless, the unguaranteed security in this nation can lead to a few unexpected dangers and perhaps unsafe working environment for their employees.
5. Porter’s Five Forces
The Porter's Five Forces is a simple and powerful tool which helps understanding where power currently lies in a business situation as well as the strength of the position that the business considers to move into. ("Porter's Five Forces: Assessing the Balance of Power in a Business Situation", 2017)
This analysis is useful for organizations to understand the aspects that exert profitability in a particular industry, and to inform decisions which relate to if the organizations want to enter or to increase capacity in a specific industry and to develop competitive strategies. ("Porter’s Five Forces of Competitive Position Analysis - CGMA", 2017)
Diagram 2 below, provides the Porter's Five Forces of
Jurlique had numerous ownership and management changes. Jurlique was founded in 1985 by Dr Jurgen Klein and his wife Ulrike. Originally created as a niche natural skincare range, in 2002 the company was purchased for $25 million by Australian billionaire businessman Kerry Packer. Packer 's son James, along with American companies Triarc Companies and JH Partners resold the company in 2011. Public Japanese company Pola Orbis Holdings purchased Jurlique for $355 million.
Selfridges, also known as Selfridge & Co., is located in the United Kingdom and well-known and unique because of its history and how it currently operates. Selfridges was established by Harry Gordon Selfridge on 15 March 1909. It is a chain of high-end department stores whose flagship store on London’s Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK. Since 2003, Selfridges has been under the ownership of Galen Weston and has its stores at Oxford Street in London, in Birmingham and at Trafford and Exchange Square in Manchester. Selfridges won the Best Department Store in the World at the Global Department Store Summits in 2010, 2012 and 2014 (Selfridges, 2015a,b).
Below is an analysis of Porters Five forces with the Fashion and leather goods industry as a whole. Threat of Entry/Potential Entrants The threat of entry is
Porter’s Five Forces Porter’s Five Forces framework is to identify the level of competition within the industry and to determine the strengths or weaknesses which can utilise to strengthen the position. The framework consist of five elements: threat of entry, bargaining power of supplier, bargaining power of buyer, threat of substitutes and industry rivalry. Forces Analysis Implication Threat of new entrant Low Threat Diversified of product There are high demand of furniture and electrical appliance.
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1.INTRODUCTION OF COMPANY My PESTEL analysis for this piece of writing is based on the famous international lingerie company, Victoria Secret. Victoria Secret was founded in 1977 by Roy Raymond, and his wife. Roy Raymond’s interest in a lingerie line was sparked by his embarrassment when purchasing lingerie for his wife. It was then that he studied the market before deciding to go into business, opening their very first store in Palo Alto, California. His vision then, was to have a store that would make everyone, especially men, comfortable shopping for lingerie.
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Each of the forces is determined how competitive in that industry as well as the structure of the industry. Porter’s five forces factors are consists of competitive rivalry, the threat of new entrants, the threat of substitutes, bargaining power from
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This model is considered as the most potent and useful tool and is widely used by organisations. This model deals with external factors that influence the nature of completion and internal factors how firms compete effectively to be more profitable. Porter’s 5 forces is used. Industry Rivalry : Porter (1980) reiterated that intensity of rivalry is dependent on number and size of direct competitors as numerous and/or equally balanced competitors may lead to intense competition. The rivalry for market share becomes intense when product differentiation and switching costs are
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