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Earthwear Face & Body: Communicating Corporate Culture (A)
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14C045-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementBy the spring of 2014, the founder of EarthWear Face & Body is in desperate need of part-time employees to help run her successful skin care retail business, which she runs out of her home in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. After eight years of hard work, she has turned her part-time hobby making all-natural skin care products into a thriving business. She sells her products online, through retail stores, at craft and trade shows and at the Saska...Starting at €8.20
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dpms. - The Price of Earned Media
Julia Cutt; Mary WeilCase IVEY-9B14A038-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn April 2014, the co-founder of lifestyle brand dpms., situated in London, Ontario, has a dilemma. Started as an opportunity to showcase her partner’s graphic designs, dpms. first produced silk-screened t-shirts, then branched into jewelry and other locally produced products as the company succeeded. They maintain a booth at a weekly farmers’ and artisans’ market and travel to other festivals around the province but rely mainly on word-of-mouth ...Starting at €8.20
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The Toronto Ultimate Club
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jamie HyodoCase IVEY-9B09A029-EMarketingThe general manager of a not-for-profit Ultimate Frisbee club seeks a marketing strategy to increase membership. For-profit clubs had claimed an ever-growing portion of the market, and the general manager has been asked to review current offerings in the marketplace and to develop a formal marketing plan that would ensure the club's viability in the coming years.Starting at €8.20
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. - Moving Forward With Humility
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14A036-EMarketing, StrategyOn March 27, 2014, the new chief executive officer of Lululemon Athletica Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has just announced the previous year’s flat fourth quarter results. These unimpressive financial figures have amplified the need to address the company’s damaged reputation. In 2013, the apparel brand faced a product recall and a public relations backlash after a controversial interview and botched apology by its founder, ...Starting at €8.20
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Earthwear Face & Body: Communicating Corporate Culture (B)
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14C046-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementSupplement to 9B14C045.Starting at €5.74
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Monforte Dairy
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jamie HyodoCase IVEY-9B10M037-EStrategyThe owner of Monforte Dairy Company Ltd. in Stratford, Ontario, was torn between two alternatives for the future of the company. She depended on the company for her livelihood, but she also wanted to use the company to further several culinary movements. All major growth options under consideration would require debt financing, and the owner wondered what affect this would have on her company.Starting at €8.20