Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Native Deodorants: Sell or Swell
June Cotte; Toshaan HarjaiCase IVEY-9B20A073-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the direct-to-consumer deodorant startup Native Deodorant (Native) had grown the brand to one million active users in about two years. The company was founded in 2015 in San Francisco and had disrupted theStarting at €8.20
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Hanson Production: Pricing for Opening Day
June Cotte; Peter FamigliettiCase IVEY-9B10A011-EMarketingThe president of production at Hanson Productions, an off-Broadway production company, was faced with the same situation for every Broadway production: where to locate, how many seats, what to charge and how to promote and market the production. There are three separate venues, with three separate value propositions to the studio, case and audience. While bigger means more seats and more revenue for each show, there is a capacity percentage that ...Starting at €8.20
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Fret and Regret: A Consumer Decision-Making Dilemma
June Cotte; Seung Hwan (Mark) LeeCase IVEY-9B12A018-EMarketingAs a birthday present, Mike has just been given a new smartphone by his girlfriend, Molly. However, it is not the phone he wants. Over the course of a few days, Mike struggles with the decision of whether to return the phone and get the one he wants, or keep the one he received as a gift. The case is written from the perspective of the consumer, and deals with consumer behaviour issues such as anticipatory regret. It would be useful in an introdu...Starting at €8.20
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Health Care Center for the Homeless: Changing with the Times
Mary Conway Dato-on; Eileen Weisenbach KellerCase IVEY-9B10A032-EMarketingBakari Burns, CEO of the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH) in Orlando, Florida, was faced with the daunting task of rebranding the organization. He knew that the organization experienced difficulty with recognition and marketplace distinction, primarily due to the public’s misconceptions about the relationship between HCCH and the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. An external consulting team offered several recommendations f...Starting at €8.20
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Abercrombie & Fitch: Is It Unethical To Be Exclusive
Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee; June Cotte; Danae BlanchardCase IVEY-9B14A009-EMarketingThe CEO of clothing manufacturer and retailer Abercrombie and Fitch defends his decision that the company will not offer plus sizes for women, although extra large sizes are available for men, because average- to large-sized female consumers do not fit the company’s target market. This insistence on a standard of female beauty as young, svelte and tall has enraged consumers who have criticized the company, and the CEO in particular, in both the t...Starting at €8.20
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Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati: The First Year and Beyond
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B10A008-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTen Thousand Villages (TTV) is a nonprofit fair trade retail organization with a store located in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the store's opening and first two years of operations (2002-2004), Karen, the chair of the board of directors, and Cheryl, the store manager, struggle to develop a customer-focused plan to ensure sales increases for their unique operation. Marketing issues ranging from store location selection to inventory selection and promo...Starting at €8.20
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Lake Eola Charter School: Securing the Brand Through Environmental Analysis
Mary Conway Dato-on; Eileen Weisenbach KellerCase IVEY-9B10M070-EMarketing, StrategyIn late 2009, the principal of the Lake Eola Charter School (LECS) in downtown Orlando, Florida completed a course on nonprofit branding at the Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center at a local college. She was energized and ready to apply the information she had learned to evaluate the school's competitive position and to determine its level of mission fulfillment and progress toward goals. Well-suited for running a school, with a doctorate ...Starting at €8.20
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Marketing Twitter: Competing as a Social Media Platform
June Cotte; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B17A005-EMarketingTwitter Inc. (Twitter), based in California, was a social media platform whose growth had stalled over the past few years. Once a promising tool for individuals looking to broadcast short messages to a network, Twitter had been eclipsed by other platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. Unlike other social media platforms, Twitter limited its users’ messages to 140 characters. This format served Twitter well in its early days, but users...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación Bringas Hahgenbeck (FBH): Serving the Needs of Mexican Senior Citizens
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B14A005-EMarketing, StrategyThe director of the Fundación Bringas Haghenback (FBH), a non-profit community service organization in Mexico City, was preparing to present alternative market strategies to the board of directors for the three senior citizen homes run by the foundation. She hired a consulting team to research the services and marketing of each home as well as the external environment. She knew the demographic shifts in the Mexican population projected a drastic ...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación Bringas Hahgenbeck (FBH): Serving the Needs of Mexican Senior Citizens (Spanish version)
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B14AS005Marketing, StrategyThe director of the Fundación Bringas Haghenback (FBH), a non-profit community service organization in Mexico City, was preparing to present alternative market strategies to the board of directors for the three senior citizen homes run by the foundation. She hired a consulting team to research the services and marketing of each home as well as the external environment. She knew the demographic shifts in the Mexican population projected a drastic ...Starting at €8.20