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Blossom Inners: Designing Nonsensual Communication for Lingerie Marketing
Ajith K. Thomas; Manu Jacob Mathew; Mary WeilCase IVEY-9B17A015-EMarketing, StrategyUntil 2014, Blossom Inners Pvt. Ltd. (Blossom), a leading lingerie brand in India, had followed the accepted standard of advertising lingerie with images of skin-revealing models. Influenced by their personal philosophy and concern about increasing crimes against women, the company’s directors decided to break from the time-tested lingerie industry standards of communicating with sensual appeal. According to the managing director, Blossom would g...Starting at €8.20
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Nokia Life Tools: A Strategic Innovation to Tap into India's Rural and Newly Urban Population
Ariff Kachra; M.B. Sarkar; Kirti Madhok SudCase IVEY-9B11M055-EMarketing, StrategyThe vice president and managing director of Nokia India needed to decide whether to undertake an all-India launch of Nokia’s newest service offering for emerging markets, called Nokia Lifetools (NLT). The NLT pilot was very successful, with consumer adoption and retention rates over 70 per cent. However, offering services and applications that came directly loaded onto a handset was new for Nokia, put it in direct competition with service provide...Starting at €8.20