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Indochino: Achieving Growth with Bricks and Clicks
Kersi Antia; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20A018-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn June 2019, the chief executive officer of a Canadian menswear enterprise was examining his options mid-way through a five-year growth plan. The strategy involved a three-fold mandate: reinforce the company’s value proposition, rapidly scale up marketing, and transition to omnichannel retailing. What has worked well for the company and how does the strategy need to be refined so the company meets its goals?Starting at €8.20
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The WestJet Christmas Miracle (A)
Kersi Antia; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14A026-EMarketingWestJet, Canada’s second largest national airline, is preparing to launch a social media initiative to coincide with the year-end holiday season. As the company’s executive vice-president (Sales, Marketing and Guest Experience) reviews the plan, he is seeking answers to three questions. Does the proposed initiative fit or mismatch with WestJet’s brand image? Will the initiative deepen or dilute the engagement the airline currently enjoys with its...Starting at €8.20
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Clearly: Organizing for Omnichannel Retailing
Kersi Antia; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B17A025-EMarketingIn mid-January 2017, at the Vancouver head office of Clearly, Canada’s leading online optical products company, the chief executive officer was reviewing plans for the company’s participation in an upcoming international eyewear exhibition. The event provided more than 1,000 optical companies with an opportunity to showcase their latest offerings. The worldwide market for eyewear was growing, and customers were increasingly turning to online reta...Starting at €8.20
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The WestJet Christmas Miracle (B)
Kersi Antia; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14A027-EMarketingSupplement to 9B14A026.Starting at €5.74
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Paramount: RuPaul’s Drag Race—from Subculture to Mainstream
Chris Beless; Penny Dolan; April C. Hughes; Kelly GoldsmithCase IVEY-W26654-EMarketing, StrategyVH1, MTV, and LOGO were all popular television channels owned by the Paramount television network. One of the most successful shows on LOGO was RuPaul’s Drag Race, a reality television show featuring drag queens. Paramount was considering moving RuPaul’s Drag Race off LOGO to a different platform within the Paramount portfolio in 2017. Before deciding where RuPaul’s Drag Race would air, Paramount needed to determine whether the show could be succ...Starting at €8.20
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Liquid Death: Water Made Metal
Anne Wilson; Kelly Goldsmith; Kaylee TaoCase IVEY-W28658-EMarketing, StrategyFounded in 2017, the canned-water company Liquid Death had raised about US$125 million in venture capital funding and created a strong following within the punk and heavy metal communities. However, the brand was seeking to expand and needed to choose the best growth strategy, which involved deciding which customers to target, whether to develop new products or line extensions, how to continue to use promotions and communications to defend the br...Starting at €8.20
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Theranos Inc.: Pivoting Consumer Health Care
Kersi Antia; Rajesh Chandy; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A056-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTheranos Inc. (Theranos) was a medical diagnostics enterprise based in Palo Alto, California. Having developed an innovative blood-testing system for deployment in clinical trials by pharmaceutical companies, Theranos was keen on extending the use of its system to individual consumers in the United States and Mexico. In leveraging growth opportunities for its innovation in the burgeoning field of personalized medicine, the company’s chief executi...Starting at €8.20
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Vic Progressive - Launch of SkyTrack
Kersi Antia; Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A041-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe president of Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling, a Canadian enterprise based in Sussex, New Brunswick that provides products and services to mining companies, is reviewing the progress in the market launch of SkyTrack, a new product designed for use in difficult terrain exploration by large mining corporations. Feedback during field trials has been favourable; the innovation is, in fact, customer-led. There is also evidence that this multipurpo...Starting at €8.20