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Salty Snacks
John DawesExercise IVEY-9B10A015-EMarketingThe Salty Snacks case is a data analysis exercise using Excel. The case uses real data from a consumer goods panel. It presents the student with a table of purchase duplications for a set of salty snack brands, and the student's task is to identify the competitive structure of the market, that is, which brands compete more intensely with each other. The task is similar to what brand managers in consumer goods companies face on a regular basis. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Vertu: Last Call for British Luxury Mobile Phone Maker
Margaret Osborne; Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B19A005-EMarketing, StrategyVertu Corporation Limited (Vertu), a manufacturer and retailer of luxury mobile phones, was founded as a subsidiary of Nokia in 2000. It was later acquired by a Swedish private equity firm in 2012, and then sold to Godin Holdings in 2015. Despite these multiple corporate ownership transitions, Vertu had remained uniquely positioned, differentiated by its phones’ bejewelled embellishments and a worldwide concierge service available at the touch of...Starting at €8.20