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Louis Vuitton in Japan
Justin Paul; Charlotte FeroulCase IVEY-9B10M067-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case deals with the opportunities and challenges of Louis Vuitton, the leading European luxury-sector multinational firm, in Japan, taking into account the unique features of brand management and integrating culture and consumer behaviour in Japan. In the last decade, Japan has been Louis Vuitton’s most profitable market, but the global economic crisis has presented challenges.Facing a weak economy and a shift in consumer preferences, Louis ...Starting at €8.20
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Wolters Brewery (B): Traditions for the Future
Klaus MeyerCase IVEY-9B12M010-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Wolters Brewery (A): Negotiating Restructuring. It gives a debriefing of the (A) case. It is also an independent case on small- and medium-sized enterprises facing issues of local brand marketing in an industry increasingly dominated by global players, and of developing exports from scratch.Starting at €5.74
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True Fruits: A Juiced-Up Internationalization Strategy
Marc Fetscherin; Patrick SellCase IVEY-9B17A058-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2017, True Fruits, a German smoothie company, was operating in three European markets. The company had developed flash pasteurization, which was an efficient and gentle production process that made their product one of the highest quality smoothies in the world. The company successfully exported its product to premium Austrian and Swiss supermarkets, and was planning further expansion within Europe. True Fruits had strong brand loyalty, and a ...Starting at €8.20
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Sony PS4: Winning the Gaming War
Dante Pirouz; Vibusaran VimalathasanCase IVEY-9B14A048-EMarketing, StrategySony has become one of the most successful innovators of technology. Recently, however, the company’s significant setbacks have led analysts and investors to question its long-term viability. Sony’s PlayStation 4 was launched in the North American market in 2013, to be followed by releases in the United Kingdom and Japan. After experiencing high sales and profits from the PlayStation 4’s two precursors, Sony anticipates the new release will also ...Starting at €8.20
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Nestlé KITKAT in Japan (D): A Trajectory For Future Growth
Philip SugaiCase IVEY-9B17A040-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySupplement for product 9B17A037. It was 2017 and the KITKAT brand in Japan was at a critical juncture. The KITKAT marketing leaders sat down for a special meeting to review how Nestlé Japan had been able to create meaning and value for their brand. However, as they began to discuss their options for future growth, they faced difficult decisions: Should they look to export the flavor variations that had become such big hits in Japan to overseas ma...Starting at €5.74
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Wolters Brewery (A): Negotiating Restructuring
Klaus MeyerCase IVEY-9B12M009-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyPart (A) of this case series presents the situation of a multinational brewer, InBev, having acquired several breweries in Germany, and wishing to proceed with operational integration and the closure of smaller, less efficient plants. This move triggers resistance not only from the local workforce, but the local community. For InBev, this is a case of corporate restructuring and strategy implementation. Yet for a group of local entrepreneurs, thi...Starting at €8.20
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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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Innovating Tradition at Hosoo
Philip SugaiCase IVEY-9B18A058-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyHosoo was a kimono and textile company, established in 1688 as a traditional Nishijin weaving company. The 11th generation president of the company, Masao Hosoo, had transformed the business from a producer of premium kimono fabrics and kimonos for the luxury market in Japan to a globally respected textile producer for some of the world’s top brands. A great deal of the company’s success in the global market could be attributed to the master craf...Starting at €8.20
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Employer branding en Siemens: ¿quién lidera la marca (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEn 2015, Siemens se enfrentaba a una crisis de reclutamiento. En un momento en que la digitalización y la ciencia de datos eran claves para la ingeniería, se vio compitiendo con empresas como Google, Apple o Microsoft, mucho más atractivas para trabajar. De hecho, una encuesta de la propia compañía reveló que casi todos sus grupos de interés la veían como una empresa anticuada, poco atractiva y conservadora, una imagen que no reflejaba el trabajo...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20