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Jumbo vs. Líder. La Batalla por el Mercado Chileno
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-004MarketingEn la primavera de 2004, el mercado chileno del retail parecía no tener descanso. Las noticias de trascendentales cambios propiciados por grandes actores se sucedían unas a otras sin tregua. A vuelta de Fiestas Patrias, Almacenes París “levantaba” a Pablo Turner de la Gerencia General de Falabella. El último día de agosto, Cencosud anunció la compra de la cadena Montecarlo con 14 locales y dos en construcción, y un 2,7% de participación de mercad...Starting at €8.20
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Quatro (A): Lanzamiento en Chile
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-005AMarketingA principios de 1996, Coca Cola buscaba una nueva bebida para lanzar en Chile con el objetivo de generar un volumen incremental rentable a costa de algunos productos de la competencia. Habían escogido a Quatro, una bebida diferente con sabor a pomelo, que había tenido éxito en Argentina y Colombia. Se preguntaban si el lanzamiento que habían preparado para Chile podía alcanzar resultados similares.Starting at €8.20
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CMPC Celulosa S.A.
Martínez, J., Barchiesi, F., Campos, I., Eitner, E., Yuraszeck, F.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-07-014MarketingEn una fría mañana de agosto de 1997, Luis Llanos, Gerente de Estudios de CMPC Celulosa S.A., conducía su automóvil por las congestionadas avenidas que llevan al Centro Cívico de Santiago, donde se ubica el edificio corporativo del holding forestal más grande y tradicional de Chile. No podía dejar de reflexionar sobre las implicancias que la recomendación que debía hacer en las próximas horas al Directorio de la Matriz, tendría en la estrategia d...Starting at €8.20
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iQmetrix and Straker Translations: Evaluating First Contact
Ann C. Frost; Chris Street; Maurice ThibodeauCase IVEY-9B18A069-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUsing raw, uncut footage, this video case asks students to evaluate the effectiveness of the first contact that took place in November 2016 between representatives from two technology companies—iQmetrix and Straker Translations. The two firms are contemplating a business partnership in which Straker will provide iQmetrix with translation services. First contact calls generally precede every business partnership and are normally completed only aft...Starting at €8.20
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Tokyo Smoke: Building a Retail Cannabis Brand (A)
Eric Janssen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19A049-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2016 (A case), the founder of Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis retailing enterprise based in Toronto, needed to attract investors. The former Google Inc. employee had taken advantage of public policy changes in Canada and was modelling his retail business on StStarting at €8.20
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SalonScale: Start-Up Customer Relationship Strategies for Niche Market Growth
Simon Parker; Peter W. MorozCase IVEY-9B21A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAlicia Soulier, owner of Capelli Salon Studio, a hair salon in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has developed an application (app) that can help save hair salons thousands of dollars per month in hair colour costs. However, she is struggling to recruit enough subscribers to her new software as a service (SaaS) company, SalonScale. With the diversion of her attention from her hair salon to the app threatening her core business, Soulier must soon decide on...Starting at €8.20
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Polycorp Ltd.: A Pricing Dilemma
Peggy CunninghamCase IVEY-9B21A022-EMarketingIn January 2016, the founder and chief executive officer of Polycorp Ltd., near Toronto, Ontario, needed to decide whether to cut prices for products produced by the largest of the company’s three divisions, the mining division. Polycorp had become a global leader in providing protective rubber liners for mining mills. The liners were consumable products, thus generating a constant stream of revenue. The company’s mining division accounted for al...Starting at €8.20
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Social Advocacy and Guerrilla Marketing: The No Fly List Kids Canada
Fareena SultanCase IVEY-9B19A022-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingA group of Canadian parents wanted the Canadian government to create a redress system related to Canada’s no-fly list, which affected some of their young children whenever they flew. The parents formed an advocacy group called the No Fly List Kids group in 2016, and the group undertook various campaigns—including innovative guerrilla marketing campaigns and uses of both digital and traditional marketing—to highlight the issue of Canadian children...Starting at €8.20
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An Influencer Strategy for Budweiser in Canada
Mary Weil; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A014-EMarketingIn January 2018, a senior manager at Labatt Breweries of Canada, headquartered in Toronto, was thinking of how to launch an influencer strategy for the Budweiser brand in Canada. The manager needed a strategy to connect with a group of influential bloggers and other influencers in Canada. These influencers’ opinions affected the way different brands were viewed. Getting the influencers on-side would require finesse as Budweiser was typically seen...Starting at €8.20
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CapitalCare: Getting Lost in the Crowd
Mark Arnison; Sherrell Steele; Bob GravesCase IVEY-9B20A029-EMarketingIn July 2018 Sherry Schaefer, the Director, Foundation & Community Engagement at the CapitalCare Foundation (the Foundation) was facing an organizational branding/positioning problem. The Foundation, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was responsible for raising donations to support equipment and enrichment programs in long-term care facilities that provide long-term housing and medical care for sick and elderly people. The Foundation was compet...Starting at €8.20