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Dulux TileShield: Relaunching a Brand
Kirti Sharma; Puneet SapraCase IVEY-9B17A008-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2012, the marketing department at AkzoNobel India Ltd., a major paints company, faced a key decision concerning the possible relaunch of TileShield, a premium roof tile paint in the company’s exterior paints division. Since its inception, TileShield had led the market, especially in the southern part of India, but despite growth in the demand for roof tile paints, TileShield sales had stagnated in 2011–12. Faced with falling sales and intense ...Starting at €8.20
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Air France: The Load Factor Puzzle in Business Class
Ratan Kumar; Kirti Sharma; Shiv S. TripathiCase IVEY-9B19A032-EMarketing, StrategyIn late 2016, the marketing head at Air France India needed a strategy to acquire additional business-class customers. Although Air France India had been performing well in the economy-class segment, revenues in the business-class segment remained a challStarting at €8.20
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Parle-G
Miranda R. Goode; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10A022-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2009, Parle Products Pvt. Limited (Parle), a leading Indian biscuit manufacturer, had the distinction of producing the largest selling glucose biscuit brand by volume in the world, the Parle-G. Parle-G biscuits sold for approximately US$1 per kilogram and as very few processed and ready-to-eat foods were available at this price point, Parle-G was strongly associated with offering value for money (VFM). A looming problem in this brand category ...Starting at €8.20
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Housing.com: Marketing a Service Offering
Astha S. Gupta; Kirti SharmaCase IVEY-9B16A011-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingHousing.com was a Mumbai-based online real estate listing company that verified the authenticity of every property listing on its website. Despite proving itself as a threat to big players in India’s online property portal space, it was struggling in late 2014 to establish itself as a preferred option among brokers. Conflicts of interest between sellers (i.e., brokers, builders, developers, and landowners who listed property online) and buyers (i...Starting at €8.20
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Bimbra 4x4: The Growth Dilemma
Sunil George Mathew; Kirti SharmaCase IVEY-9B16A007-EMarketing, StrategyBimbra 4x4 was established in 2010 as an after-market customization service providing aesthetic and functional modifications for off-road vehicles. The platform of choice was a utility vehicle called the Mahindra Thar, popular for its bare-bones design that allowed for a wide range of modifications. Bimbra 4x4 adopted a buffet-like approach to its business, where customers were able to pick and choose options to completely customize their vehicle...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Planning at Apple Inc.
Kyle Murray; Miranda R. Goode; Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B09A026-EMarketing, StrategyApple Inc. is one of the world's most successful and most recognizable companies. Over its 30 year existence, the company had seen a lot of changes in the computer industry. What would the future hold for the computer giant in a rapidly changing world? How should the company allocate resources between its more traditional offerings (computers) and its newer products (iPods, iPhones, Apple TV, etc.) in order to maintain and improve its market posi...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft Windows: The Launch of Windows 7
Miranda R. Goode; Matthew BallCase IVEY-9B09A023-EMarketingIn early 2009, Microsoft began preparing for the launch of its next operating system, Windows 7. Successfully marketing Windows 7 had become essential for the company, which had faced numerous challenges in recent years, including a commercial and public relation failure of its last operating system, Windows Vista. While Windows 7 had received strong pre-release reviews, its success depended on Microsoft's ability to overcome the lingering skepti...Starting at €8.20
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Aspire Food Group: Marketing a Cricket Protein Brand
Miranda R. Goode; Emily MoscatoCase IVEY-9B20A071-EMarketingWhile the practice of eating insects was still in its infancy in North America, Aspire Food Group (Aspire), with its Aketta cricket-protein products, was positioned for success in this emerging market. In 2018, having recently acquired Exo, a maker of cricket-based protein bars, Aspire's co-founders faced an important decision regarding the Aketta brand. While Aspire had experienced some success in marketing cricket powder, whole roasted crickets...Starting at €8.20