Ivey Business School (Canada)
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John Keells Hotels in Sri Lanka: Building Brand Architecture
Ashita Aggarwal; Sulakshana "Lulu" Raghavan; Ruchi GunewardeneCase IVEY-9B19A028-EMarketing, StrategyIn the summer of 2012, the president of the leisure sector of John Keells Hotels needed to discuss marketing strategies with his senior management team. The company was a well-known brand that operated Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts and Chaaya Hotels and ResStarting at €8.20
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Seijing Motor Corporation: Reposition or Extend the Pickup Brand - Teaching Note
Ashita Aggarwal; Shriram Iyer; Projesh KarTeaching Note IVEY-8B18A012-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B18A012.Starting at €0.00
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Mahindra Rise: A Brand Architecture Decision
Ashita Aggarwal; Sulakshana "Lulu" RaghavanCase IVEY-9B14A077-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2009, the Mahindra Group, a US$16.3 billion multinational corporation based in Mumbai, India, had introduced a new positioning called “Rise” to provide meaning to its brand and help unite its various businesses under a common umbrella. Successful integration and implementation of the new positioning required the company to re-examine its brand architecture, which was currently a complex, inside?out arrangement that resulted in a diffused image...Starting at €8.20
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Seijing Motor Corporation: Reposition or Extend the Pickup Brand
Ashita Aggarwal; Shriram Iyer; Projesh KarCase IVEY-9B18A012-EMarketingIn early 2016, the country head for Seijing Motor Corporation (SMC) in India was worried about stagnant sales of the company’s Supreme pickup brand. The Supreme brand had gained only a single-digit market share over the past year, and SMC’s share of the growing large pickup market had steadily fallen, from 40 per cent in 2005 to 10 per cent in 2015. SMC’s Supreme brand was competing with the market leader in the pickup segment. The pickup needed ...Starting at €8.20
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Next Generation Green: White Dog Cafe and Its Evolving Brand Identity
Diane M. Phillips; Jason PhillipsCase IVEY-9B18A016-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn May 2017, The White Dog Cafe (White Dog) had been under new ownership for seven years, had opened two new locations, and had continued most of the initiatives that had made it one of the most well-respected and sustainably run restaurants in the United States. But the restaurant was still relatively unknown. How could White Dog’s director of marketing convince owner Marty Grims that a brand management agency could help the White Dog brand evol...Starting at €8.20
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Evoe Spring Spa: A Positioning Dilemma
Ashita Aggarwal; Renuka Kamath; Sunil RaoCase IVEY-9B13A051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe co-founders of Evoe Spring Spa need to decide on the positioning of their business in the nascent Indian spa market. Indian consumers perceive spas as an expensive indulgence for the rich, and some spa services are seen as socially and culturally unacceptable. As a result, the co-founders need to build this category by changing consumer attitudes toward spa services. To identify the target segment and the best positioning for Evoe, the co-fou...Starting at €8.20
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Walking the Walk: Putting Social Responsibility into Action at the White Dog Cafe
Diane M. Phillips; Jason Keith PhillipsCase IVEY-9B07M049-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case is designed to examine the issue of corporate social responsibility in a small firm. The key issue is how a small organization can maintain its strong social responsibility philosophy when (a) the organization is growing, (b) the environment in which the organization exists is extremely competitive, and (c) the entrepreneurial visionary who started the firm is getting ready to step down. The case describes the dilemma the owner of White...Starting at €8.20
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Balaji Wafers Taking the Pepsi Challenge - Teaching Note
Rajiv Agarwal; Ashita AggarwalTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M145-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M145.Starting at €0.00
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Café Coffee Day: Brand Transformation through Repositioning
Ashita Aggarwal; Sulakshana "Lulu" RaghavanCase IVEY-9B16A034-EMarketing, StrategyCafé Coffee Day pioneered retail café culture in India with its entry into the market in 1996. After enjoying success for more than a decade, the brand felt the need to evolve in order to suit consumer preferences and better compete in the market space. The Café Coffee Day management team commissioned a brand image study to better understand consumer perceptions. The results showed that although Café Coffee Day's “regular guy/girl” brand archetyp...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainable Growth at TerraCycle: Should Manufacturing Be Moved - Teaching Note
Diane M. Phillips; Jason Keith PhillipsTeaching Note IVEY-8B16A010-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B16A010.Starting at €0.00