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Stemina Lubricants: Sales and Marketing Challenges of a Small Enterprise
Srinivasa Reddy; Surya Mahadevan; Jayanthi Thanigan; Soumyo Chakraverty; Jayasree ChakrabortyCase IVEY-W26106-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingStemina Lubricants (Stemina) was an automotive lubricant manufacturer in Udupi, Karnataka, India. All Stemina products were a blend of high-class base oil and imported branded additives. Stemina competed with leading brands—one that was strong in the market and at mechanics’ locations, having leveraged its consumer brand equity and strong advertising support to win over mechanics and dealers, and another that had a strong presence in the forecour...Starting at €8.20
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Tea Connect: Exploring New Options
Swati Soni; Sandeep Puri; Shweta Pandey; Tina JainCase IVEY-9B20A059-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyTea Connect, a chain of five tea cafés in India, had ended 2019 with sales revenues of ₹48.1 million. The co-founder of Tea Connect had the ambitious target of opening 20 cafés and achieving sales revenues of ₹200 million by 2020. The co-founder planned the renovation of the cafés to improve the speed of service, but he also wanted to launch Tea Connect–branded consumer packaged products. Three franchising offers for stores in Jaipur, Jodhpur, an...Starting at €8.20