Mr Price has been around and popular for about 29 years with their impressive range of products. The Mr Price Group is continuously seeking new markets-Evidence of this is their large geographical spread all over the world. Not only is Mr Price known for keeping up-to-date with the latest “trends” of “fashion” but they are known for their unbeatable prices. From the beginning, Mr Price has been a cash-driven retailer with over 80% of their sales being cash.
The Mr Price timeline:
1979: Founders Stewart Cohen and Laurie Chiappini met.They developed a relationship based on trusting one another and sharing similar interests and a positive vision
1985: Stewart and Laurie were both interested in starting a factory shop but were unable to afford
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If customers are unhappy with the quality found at Mr Price they will seek better quality elsewhere.
• Many companies are competing for the same target market in the clothing industry and so Mr Price needs to ensure that they use the most effective marketing and advertising techniques and that their quality and service is almost unbeatable
• Mr Price should compile a competitors profile in order to keep a “close eye” on their competition and the moves that they make. This is a good way for Mr price to stay ahead of the market
THE AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS:
• A substitute product is a “different” product that satisfies the same need, in MR Prices sake a substitute product would be if a customer goes to Mr Price to find a scarf and they don’t find anything they may walk over to Markham’s and buy a warm jacket instead of wasting money on a
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It is simply new businesses that may open and potentially take your customers
• If there is lots of profit in a market a new business may open
• If there are not enough suppliers to meet the demands it also gives room for new companies to open
• This threat of new entrants is diminished if there is brand loyalty towards Mr Price
POWER OF SUPPLIERS:
• It is important to have a extremely good relationship with your suppliers to avoid late deliveries, poor quality, over pricing and allowing your competition to grab your opportunities and customers
• Mr Price can suffer financially or get a negative public perception if this is not done
• It is important for Mr Price to get their stock delivered at the right quality, quantity, time and place to ensure the business runs
In the day and age of shopaholics and fashion trends changing every week, looking into the history of JcPenney, a retail giant, is long overdue. JcPenney was founded by James Cash Penney. Before opening his highly successful retail store, he first worked as a sales person for the Golden Rule Mercantile Company ("J.C. Penney Company,”). After three years as a salesman, the founder of the company and his partner promoted Mr. Penney to a manager and partner of the company. Ultimately, this prompted him to opening his own branch of Golden Rule with a cash only policy which bankers in the area were sure that his plan would fail.
Drool Over Louis Vuitton 's Most Expensive Item to Date Let 's face it, almost every woman that we know would certainly dreamt of owning a Louis Vuitton bag once in their lives. Having a designer bag tucked away in one 's closet have been flipped as a status symbol over the years. True enough, many women have subscribed to the idea that these bags, no matter how costly, is definitely worth their money, attention and lust. If you 're one of the luck few who belongs to the uppermost echelons of the society, then the brand Louis Vuitton might never struck your body 's frenetic chord as you 're somewhat used to it. But if you 're just a fan of everything fancy in fashion, then you might drool so much upon Louis Vuitton 's take in monstrosity---the release of their most
• Customer segment needs to be targeted appropriately. Usually for fashion it is the middle/high income customers • Customer shopping experience needs to be high • Quality of products needs to be high Threat of Substitute The threat of substitutes for LVMH is moderate due to the below • Fashion and leather goods have very high product differentiation. Companies need to focus on customer demand • Customers are loyal and have also realized that there is no substitute brands when it comes to fashion • Local market fashion brands can tend to “copycat” the industry giants who have just entered the respective market • Substantial product
A supplier with strong bargaining power has the advantage of charging their price higher or selling low quality of the product to them. The bargaining power of suppliers will be low as there are many suppliers in the market offers similar products and this allows courts to switch to other suppliers that offer lower cost. Intensity of rivalry within industry High Threat Competitors in the industries There are quite a number of businesses involve home furnishing and electrical appliance.
Their prices on petroleum allow them to be a substantial substitute in the industry because of the low switching costs. Consumers are also able to go to other quick service restaurants that either stand alone or operate in another convenient store. Bargaining Power of Suppliers The bargaining power of suppliers is high because the industry is heavily controlled and the products that are needed are imperative to the company’s operations.
The adoption of new technologies and trends is being facilitated in the industry for the competition and the customer’s overall experience. Many suppliers that are having similar strategies face a strong competition. The barriers for exiting the markets are high. Products and services of are undifferentiated leading the customer to focus on the prices offered. Low market growth, so it can be increased only by taking another firm’s market share.
The company Fast Retailing Co., Ltd was found and established on 1 May 1963 in Japan by Tadashi Yanai. Presently, they have launched several apparel and lifestyle brand of UNIQLO, GU, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam and J Brand. UNIQLO was first, to be introduced by Fast Retailing in 1984. It was a brand created to provide comfortable causal clothing to everyone, women, men, kids and babies. A lifestyle wear that was made for all, for everyday activities.
The strength of high price product strategy is that Nike can earn more on each single item. Also, it can ensure the quality of the products. The low-priced products policy could widen the customer group and attract more buyers to boost the sales. The weakness of selling premium is that only high-end buyers could afford to buy it.
Abstract The PRADA Group is an Italian luxury fashion house, founded in Milan in 1913. The Group is composed by four brands which are: Prada, Miu Miu, Church’s and Car Shoes. Prada is an international large sized firm that operates in 70 different countries around the world, with 551 directly operated stores (at 30 April 2014) . The company presents a total number of 11,518 direct employees and had net revenue equal to 3,587 million Euros in the end of January 2014 .
Terms of Reference H&M also known as Hennes & Mauritz is one of the most leading apparel companies globally; one of creativity and style. The company is one which believes that it should offer to its customers fashion and quality at the best price. The aim of this report is to assess H&M’s company organizational culture as well as the core competencies and capabilities of the company; and how it has used these to attain the position at which it is at today in the fashion and apparel industry.
Stakeholder define as a person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Some examples of key stakeholders are shareholders, employee, suppliers, customers and government. Not all stakeholders are equal. A company 's customers are entitled to fair trading practices but they are not entitled to the same consideration as the company 's employees.
Consequently, Nike’s pricing is intended to be economical and competitive to the other sport gear retailers. The pricing is built upon many factors that have been taken into consideration before setting a selling price on the root of the high-class segment as target customers. Nike as a brand orders high premiums. Nike’s pricing strategy makes use of perpendicular amalgamation in pricing in which they target participants with different channel levels or take part in more than one type of channel level operations. This can govern costs and effect product
Threats of substitute product - high • Buyers are likely to shift to other products considering the weather conditions. • Low price jeans. • Substitute like formals and trousers Bargaining power of customer – high • The power of buyers is comparatively high considering the fact that they can simply change to other brands. • Converting cost is low. • substitutes Competitive rivalry – high • high chance for customers to shift to substitute brands – ( CK jeans , guess jeans, DKNY jeans and Diesel) • mid – class employees prefers low rated jeans • Low level of product difference will increase competition because of no brand ID.
Strategic marketing is a broad and practical subject which included the concept of marketing subjects of previous semesters such as business marketing. The study of this subject has contributed to marketing knowledge in many ways, as well as it has strengthened my skills in application of marketing concepts. My knowledge was increased that I was able to develop a complete strategic marketing plan of not only on the part of marketing analysis or strategy of a product or service, but also the whole corporate plan. My skills and capabilities that were developed and integrated during lectures and tutorials include the analytical skills, coordination skills, presentation skills, organization skills, etc.
Mr Price is known to be the best retail company that has a wide range of products sold in South Africa. They were established in 1885, they have been trading on the JSE since 1952. There are Mr Price stores located all around Africa, such as Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia and of course in South Africa. The founders Laurie Chiappini and Stewart Cohen opened the very first Mr Price in 1985 in Durban.