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Rx Pharmacy: Physical versus Online Options
Sandeep Puri; Siddhant PuriCase IVEY-9B16M115-EStrategyIn May 2015, Alankit Life Care Limited was concerned about the future of Rx Pharmacy, its online pharmacy retail venture. The company had both a physical and an online platform for Rx Pharmacy, but the physical stores were not doing well due to aggressive marketing strategies adopted by competitors. Government regulations also presented a threat to the future of the online pharmacy. Rx Pharmacy was targeting a customer base of 50,000 customers an...Starting at €8.20
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Air India: The Image Damage of “Pee-Gate”
Shraddha Puri; Shweta Pandey; Siddhant Puri; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-W33710-EDecision Analysis, MarketingThis case describes unruly passenger behaviour on National Aviation Company of India Ltd.’s New York-Delhi flight. It elaborates on the airline crew’s failure to effectively address an elderly woman’s predicament and assuage her concerns after an inebriated passenger urinated on her. As a result, Air India was exposed to social media ridicule, public scorn, loss of customer loyalty and trust, and a severe dent in its brand image. With the plummet...Starting at €8.20
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StoreKing: Reaching Rural Consumers with Assisted E-Commerce
Sanal Kumar VelayudhanCase IVEY-9B20A066-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2019, the founder and chief executive officer of StoreKing, a distribution company that sold consumer products to rural India through designated retailers, faced the challenge of attaining 100,000 retailers by 2020. The chief executive officer (CEO) haStarting at €8.20
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Wonder la: A Brand in the Service of Fun
Sanal Kumar Velayudhan; Kochouseph ChittilappillyCase IVEY-9B14A004-EMarketing, StrategyThe performance of Wonderla, the leader in the amusement park industry in South India, for the year 2011/12 could not be better. It grew at 30 per cent with more than one million customers visiting each of its two parks in Kochi and Bangalore. It also completed the development of a three-star hotel in its Bangalore park. Its growth is creating challenges that it has not faced before. The chief executive officer is concerned with the issue of prio...Starting at €8.20