May 2008 - Posts - Strategy Muse

May 2008 - Posts

How they boost income: 30-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
British Telecom, Britain's former state-owned phone company and biggest fixed-line provider: 1. It is looking for new areas for growth. 2. It will focus on home entertainment, delivering broadcast TV and movies to customers' homes after boosting the speed of its broadband services, potentially spending tens of billions of dollars pushing fiber...

More>>

How they boost income: 29-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Holiday Group of Cos., Siberia's largest supermarket chain, which includes Holiday Classic supermarkets, Sibiriada convenience stores and more upscale Kora and Turne grocery outlets: 1. It will focus on Siberia for growth 2. It added 61 outlets last year in Siberia, where competition is less intense than in Moscow and St. Petersburg 3. It will increase...

More>>

How they control cost: 29-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia's biggest carrier, trying to cope with surging fuel prices: 1. It has hedged 34 percent of its 2009 fuel needs at $90 a barrel. 2. It will reduce national and international services 3. It will reduce the size of its fleet 4. It will speed up the retirement of four 747s as part of a wider drive to reduce its use of...

More>>

How they boost income: 28-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Multinational corporations seeking marketing mileage from the Chinese Olympics: 1. They are harnessing Olympic fervor in China and playing up Chinese national pride in their advertising campaigns to demonstrate deep-seated commitment to the people of China, the Chinese government, and the Chinese Olympics as part of their localization strategy. The...

More>>

How they boost income: 27-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Northern Foods Plc, the largest U.K. maker of prepared meals: 1. It will continue to push through sales price increases despite retailer pushback to pass on higher costs for wheat and cheese 2. It entered negotiations before its competitors to raise sales prices and has therefore not incurred the time lags. 3. It carried a mix of 60 percent mainstream...

More>>

How they control cost: 27-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
PNC Bank, Pittsburgh-based financial institution: 1. It sends out electronic statements and credit-card bills. 2. It began printing all other documents on both sides of the page by default 3. It replaced printers and copiers with multifunction devices that combine the jobs of a printer, copier, scanner, and fax machine into a single unit. [PNC Bank's...

More>>

Pick of the Week 3

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
INCOME BOOSTING STRATEGIES Israel Corp., the holding company, which wants to double its market capitalization to $20 billion by 2012: 1. It is venturing into acquisitions in China, Latin America and Africa, in industries such as energy and cars. 2. It is seeking opportunities in car manufacturing, shipping and chemicals industries in India. 3. It is...

More>>

How they boost income: 26-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Carlsberg A/S's OAO Baltika Breweries, Russia's biggest beer company: 1. It is adding breweries to take advantage of a 10th consecutive year of economic expansion in Russia and a trend toward drinking less vodka and more expensive beers. 2. It opened a plant in Siberia to gain market share in a region with huge potential. It will make a new...

More>>

How they boost income: 25-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Gap Inc., the largest U.S. clothing retailer: 1. It sold more of its jeans and T- shirts at full-price. 2. It is trying to bring more color and modern classics to the clothes 3. It has improved quality 4. It will consider increasing discounts as its competitors are "uncharacteristically promotional" 5. It has appointed new heads and designers...

More>>

How they control cost: 25-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Gap Inc., the largest U.S. clothing retailer: 1. It is cutting inventory 2. It is closing unprofitable stores 3. It is curbing marketing spending. It will have no television ads for its Gap brand 4. It lowered payroll spending. [Click here for full story at Bloomberg.com] Lower inventory and less of unprofitable stores = cost savings Lower marketing...

More>>

How they boost income: 22-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Johnson & Johnson, consumer products company: 1. It is revamping its packaging design to boost income (and save the planet with sustainable packaging). 2. It has hired a Chief Design Officer and established a 120-person in-house design think tank in a pristine office in New York's Starrett-Lehigh Building to attract great designers. 3. It is...

More>>

How they boost income: 21-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Israel Corp., the holding company, which wants to double its market capitalization to $20 billion by 2012: 1. It is venturing into acquisitions in China, Latin America and Africa, in industries such as energy and cars. 2. It is seeking opportunities in car manufacturing, shipping and chemicals industries in India. 3. It is exploring acquisitions in...

More>>

How they control cost: 21-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Tiger Brands Ltd., South Africa's biggest food producer: It will sell a 10 percent stake to black investors after spinning off its Adcock Ingram health-care unit as South Africa's government is pushing companies to sell stakes to black investors to compensate for discrimination under apartheid, which ended in 1994. [Click here for full story...

More>>

Prof C.K.Prahalad's new big idea: Max(R=G) @ Max(Cc) = Max(N=1)

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
The more the resources you source globally and put at the disposal of the more the number of co-creationists* you can attract, the more the number of customers you will be able to provide with the unique products or services they seek. And that (providing unique products or services to customers with the help of global resources and co-creationists...

More>>

How they control cost: 20-May-08

Posted by Sourav Mitra at 
Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest clothing retailer: 1. It reduced the total payout to store workers by more than half to 12.8 million pounds 2. It will stop bonus payouts for the year after missing targets set in April 2007. [Click here for full story at Bloomberg.com] Reduction of pay = refreshingly different cost saving strategy...

More>>

More Posts Next page »