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Sunripe Marketplace: A Private Label Strategy
Kyle Murray; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07A003-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe founder/owner of Sunripe Marketplace (Sunripe) is thinking about the stores' product offerings. He has two fresh produce-focused stores and a unique set of distribution and store-level systems that differentiate Sunripe from other supermarkets. Being a small retailer allows the owner to only choose the best and freshest products for his two stores. His stores have several private labels that customers like. Sunripe's owner must now consider h...Starting at €8.20
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Wattpad, Teaching Plan
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraTeaching Note HBS-920301-EMarketingTeaching plan for case 919413.Starting at €0.00
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Personal Shoppers at Sears: The Elf Initiative
Kyle Murray; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B07A019-EMarketingThe senior vice-president of Corporate Store Sales, Sears Canada, was reviewing a new retailing initiative scheduled to launch within a month in all full-line Sears department stores across Canada. For the holiday season, Sears would offer the services of an elf, the equivalent of a personal shopper, to its customers. Although personal shoppers were common in upscale department stores, especially in the United States, this concept had not been tr...Starting at €8.20
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Customization at BMW
Kyle Murray; Jason ChanCase IVEY-9B08A007-EMarketingThe product planning manager for BMW Group Canada (BMW) wondered how to revive the once-promising BMW Individual program. Despite a strong start when the BMW Individual Collection (IC) was launched in 2002, and significant growth in total BMW sales over the past three years, IC sales had declined substantially. At the corporate level, no specific measures had been taken to ensure a constant focus on the Individual program. At the customer level, ...Starting at €8.20
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Indigo Books & Music Inc.: Optimizing Its Loyalty Program
Kyle Murray; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07A005-EMarketingThis case allows for a discussion on loyalty programs. How should irewards, a consumer loyalty program, take advantage of the new capabilities promised by Indigo's new customer relationship management (CRM) system. Would adjustments to the pricing structure or the membership discounts be appropriate? Ultimately, how could Indigo ensure that its irewards program was both meaningful to customers and contributed to sales growth? The basis of the ire...Starting at €8.20
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Wattpad
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-919413-EMarketingHow to run a platform to match 4 million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and film makers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories, and of helping writers to produce better stories by supplying feedback on their chapters as they write, all by processing a billion data points daily. But it's hard to acquire new customer groups when alg...Starting at €8.20
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Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave (Spanish Version)
Deighton, John; Voermann, Karsten; Gilyard, ReginaldCase HBS-508S08MarketingRogers Communications, Inc., el mayor proveedor de televisión por cable de Canadá, es decidir cómo debe responder a los acontecimientos que parecen presagiar la convergencia de la industria con las industrias de la informática y de telecomunicaciones. En particular, se está investigando cómo debe probar el mercado de acceso a Internet de alta velocidad a través de módem de cable. Este caso se describen las decisiones que deben hacerse para llevar...Starting at €8.20
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Conroy's Acura: Customer Lifetime Value and Return on Marketing
Kyle Murray; Mike MoffattCase IVEY-9B08A001-EMarketingIn the fall of 2006, the president of Conroy's Acura was examining reports of the company's quarterly sales. He was concerned that despite a healthy economy, sales at his dealership were stagnant. The vice-president of sales of Conroy's Acura was constantly coming up with new marketing schemes to boost sales. But the president had difficulty determining how successful past marketing efforts had been in increasing profitability. He needed a way to...Starting at €8.20