The general external environment surrounding Ice-Fili is affected by each of the six general external segments. The two greatest events that Ice-Fili had to overcome was the political collapse of the former Soviet Union in 1991, which had a great impact on the ice-cream industry as the economy shifted to an open market and ice cream companies from other countries moved into the Russian market. Those that survived the political collapse were then hit with the 1998 financial crisis, which caused a severe financial devaluation of those entities. After the financial collapse, many in the frozen-food industry found themselves out of work. Looking for a new market segment, many found their way into the ice-cream industry. Using previous frozen food experience; start-up was relatively easy since they already had cold storage and production capabilities. Ice-Fili and other pre-collapse ice cream producers faced legal issues that arose after the collapse, which made it almost impossible to obtain patents and trademarks of their old Soviet brands. This left established firms very susceptible to current competition and new entrants to the ice-cream industry.
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The Russian ice-cream industry has high economies of scale, and new entrants will be saddled with high start-up costs to open their production facilities. Also, product differentiation is high with a multitude of product varieties already available, and many well-established brands already in existence. This equates to the barriers to entering the ice cream market being high. However, I would still think that the threat of new entrants is high. As mentioned before, after the 1998 financial crisis, many frozen-food manufacturers were able to switch over into the ice-cream industry fairly
In my personal and (hopefully) educated opinion, I believe that the national government should look to states when considering national policy. As examined in the 1932 case New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, the United States Supreme Court found that a state may act as a testing ground for new policies as long as the citizens of that state choose to do so. The benefit of this is that new social and economic legislation can be put into place and be studied without the rest of the nation being put at risk. The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides this opportunity by stating “all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
The United States’ Constitution follows federalism, which is the division of power between state governments and the national government. Federalism is important to the Constitution because it helps prevent centralized power and allows the states flexibility to solve issues within their own states. Within federalism the states have been referred to as “Laboratories of democracy.” This term was coined by Justice Louis D. Brandeis in the New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann Supreme court case in 1932. His term made the states seem like a laboratory to experiment different policies that would have no effect on the whole country.
The sporting goods industry has a long history from the mid- 1800s until the early 1980s. Since then public ownership led to the expansion of footwear and apparel products in an exploding marketplace. This allowed the top 20 firms to have sales of at least $1 billion. (Lipsey, 2006) After 1980s, sports equipment manufacturing is estimated above a $70 billion industry and is continuously growing worldwide (statista.com, 2014). The production of sports equipment is one of the biggest and most profitable industries nowadays and it gathers all the attention of big brands with powerful marketing techniques which compete in global scale.
The price of raw materials is high with low consumer switching cost. However, the increasing demand for healthy and organic food is creating openings for smaller competitors to enter and hide from the pricing
PESTLE analysis : Is a shortcut of six words which is political , Economic , Social , Technological , Legal and Environmental .Usually this concept used in marketing .Also it used as a tool by organization to track the environment they are operating in or are planning to new project or service .Moreover it used to assess the four external factors with regard to the situation of the organization's business ,and how it will effect in the business over long term. Political factors: This factor looks at how government regulations and legal issues affect a business's chance to be profitable and successful.
Threats: First and most importantly, there is a high threat of consumers backward integrating and making their own smoothies. Second, other smoothie competitors could cut their prices or innovate new products and steal some of Jamba Juice’s market share. Third, potentially, raw material prices could unexpectedly increase due to a variety of environmental or business factors Fourth, fairly stagnant market demand and low barriers to entry could lead to new entrants entering and stealing market share. Fifth, the changing economy may leave consumers with less disposable income, which will result in a decline in the sales of Jamba Juice.
The strategy recommended would match both external and internal fit that help Ice-Fili to increase its current market share (5%), maximise its long term profits and to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. To dominate the Russian ice cream market and maintain its market leader position, it has to brand itself as the top historical Russian ice cream producer and strengthen its core product in the impulse segment. Due to little product differentiation, there is low brand loyalty for consumers. Ice-Fili could distinguish itself from creating high brand awareness via marketing and advertising.
APPENDIX: Political: There are some political factors that are important to know while considering the performance of food chains like Arby’s. These factors can have an impact on Arby’s such as the health and safety rules provided by the government of the state/country in which the Arby’s division works. These rules can have a direct role in creating the strategies and approaches. Moreover, health-associated campaigns by the government have an impact on the food chains like Arby’s. Political factors also comprise of laws, activities and groups that impact and limit companies and individuals in a certain culture and society.
These potential competitors represents the barriers to entry for instance, the requirement of a high venture, the processes set by the management and also a brand which is well-known by the public to reduce the intimidation set by potential competitors which are due to enter the market sooner or later. Seeing that chocolate is famous world-wide, the possibility for new companies to penetrate the market with new chocolate recipes that are able to capture the consumers’ hearts regardless of
In the sixties the food sector was booming. Delhaize was one of the pioneers in the Belgian market by opening its first fully self-service supermarket in 1957 in place Flagey, inspired by the American model of distribution. Other distributors started to copy Delhaize in terms of store format (400 m) and in the concept of self-service (with pre-packaged meat and frozen foods); the era of traditional store with service at the counter was over. Every players in the market understood that they had to find the best places for their stores to compete effectively. The area of competition in the Belgian market quickly became crowded and intense.
The PESTLE analysis helps a business know the six forces that have huge impacts on its business in a particular industry. A PEST analysis helps companies measure current and future markets. The importance of each part in PEST Analysis will change depending on the various industry segments. For instance, particular companies will emphasize certain elements that pertain more so to there industry than others. Political/Legal Factors -Concerning the legal and political factors, all categories of laws have to be respected in every area the business is operating in such as employment law, import/export law etc.
-Economy factors: world economic crisis that resulting in a change in the consumer income, if the
Market penetration pricing is about setting a lower price on our product with aim to attract customers to buy our product because of the cheaper price compare with other competitor. In our ice cream industry, we have many competitors such as Gelato and Llaollao, so we can use this strategy to stand out among other competitor and draw attention from the customers. After we had successfully penetrated into the market, we will slowly raise back our price to our normal pricing. (A. Pahwa, 28 January
THE THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS :- I believe that fruit juice industry, the threat of new entrants in the following areas :- Economics of Scale :- In general the economics of scale barriers the entry form or new entrants brined the risk of existing enterprises a strong counter-attack in order to enter the large scale of production. Fruit Juice industry, production lines, excellent processing technology which higher productivity, lower production costs. Industry Counter-Existing Enterprises :- Juice huge market potential, attracting an increasing number of new entrants the market leader in the use of existing resources to counter the strengths, such as control of raw material, increasing the cost of new entrants control terminal sales of the competitors blockade, increasing the cost of sales and other rivals to form barriers to entry. 3.
Competitor Analysis Marigold, is the market leader in fresh dairy and beverage market in Malaysia, however it is not entirely dominated by its own brand. There is existence of a few numbers of beverage and fresh dairy milk competitors. Dairies products are considered very low degree of differentiation with competitors. Therefore, customers are allowed to compare products’ quality and especially price, is the factor that customers considered the most between the competitors’ products. The intensity of competition in dairy industry is very tough (UK Essays, 2015).