MM1 CASE STUDY SUMMARY THE FASHION CHANNEL-Introduction 1. The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a cable TV network 2. It was founded in the year 1996. 3. Jared Thomas is the CEO. 4. Experienced constant revenue and profit growth above the industry average. 5. Almost 80mn U.S. households subscribed to cable and satellite TV. 6. In the beginning of 2006‚ the company started facing stiff competition from other networks. 7. In July 2006‚ Dana Wheeler was appointed as VP of TFC. PROBLEMS: TFC was facing
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The news channels after dominating the Indian television screens for long are losing ground. There is growing disenchantment with the kind of content that is being telecast‚ and more and more viewers are switching to general entertainment channels (GEC)‚ especially Hindi GECs. Interestingly‚ Doordarshan News‚ which is a state broadcaster‚ is not slipping. It continues to hold on to its number 4 position. PriceWaterhouse Coopers in its study titled Indian Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010 attributes
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Problem Statement The Fashion Channel was a successful cable TV network. It wasn’t long before the network realized that other networks were taking note of its success and beginning to add fashion related programming as well. The Fashion Channel needed to boost segmentation‚ positioning and advertising in order to maintain their current standing. Dana Wheeler was hired to draw on their strengths to help TFC eliminate competitors. TFC realized they need to focus on their target market of women between
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1. Interpretation of consumer and market data. From its inception in 1996 until recently‚ The Fashion Channel (TFC) enjoyed great success by appealing to as a broad an audience as possible. Overall viewer numbers were the main focus‚ and so long as TFC had no significant competition in terms of the fashion-specific content it offered‚ this “something for everyone” approach was a winner. But competitors such as CNN and Lifetime made note of TFC’s success. They began to offer fashion-specific programming
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT 12th edition 15 Designing and Managing Value Networks and Channels Kotler Keller Chapter Questions What is a marketing channel system and value network? What work do marketing channels perform? How should channels be designed? What decisions do companies face in managing their channels? How should companies integrate channels and manage channel conflict? What is the future for e-commerce? 15-2 Marketing Channels Sets of interdependent organizations involved in the
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Q1) How would you interpret the consumer and market data if you were Dana Wheeler? I would first try to see if I could classify the data into various segments. The fashion channel is very popular among women. Hence‚ I would differentiate between the women viewers based on age‚ spending capacity‚ fashion nerdiness‚ etc. These will become subsets of the superset “women viewers”. Once‚ I determine the segments I would look for any noticeable trends in the segments that will prove profitable for the
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The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a stand-alone cable channel‚ which was started in 1996. It known to be the only “fashion only” channel‚ with fashion related content 24/7. The majority audience for TFC was women aged 35-54. TFC had done well in 2006 with revenue of 310 million‚ way above their expected revenue. But in 2006 more competitors had popped up on the scene and offered fashion related content. These channels‚ CNN and Lifetime‚ were not fashion only channels‚ but they had segments in their broadcast
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Energy of flow in Open Channels Experiment Lecture’s: Dr Robin Wakelin Group Number: 1 Group Members: Omar Abo Madyan‚ Blain Davis‚ Joshua James‚ Alisa Magar‚ Christopher Peckham‚ Tun Soe (15% of module mark) Submission deadline: 12am‚ Monday‚ 28th/January/2013 Student name: Omar Abo Madyan Student ID: 1114107 Abstract The experiment conducted was in order to find the relationship between the specific energy and the depth in an open channel flowing through an undershot
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Distribution Channel The marketing mix is composed of all the elements of a successful marketing process including price‚ packaging‚ product and place. And while everything is important‚ it is the distribution channel that finally makes the product available to the customer and hence makes an integral part of the marketing mix. The distribution channel refers to the ways the product reaches the shelves. And this may include retailers and wholesalers and sometimes the manufacturers themselves (Lamb
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Channels of Communication Types of Communication: Internal and External Need for Internal Communication Organize Decision-making Motivation Morale Reduce labour turnover Reduce abseentism Harmony Channels of Communication • Management can use one or more channels to communicate with his employees and obtain a feedback.Some experts prefer to use the phrase “lines of communication” instead of channels of communication. • We have Upward ‚ Downward‚Vertical‚ and horizontal.
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