netrashetty

Netra Shetty
Verbatim Americas, LLC is a US company that markets storage media and flash memory products. It is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation of Japan and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Youth culture is evolving faster than ever. To engage effectively with the young people of today, we all need to learn how to speak their language.

The children’s market has always been a complex segment to target and the emergence of new media technologies is making it even more difficult to engage with this group. Where simple print and TV advertising used to be sufficient, marketers now need to dig deeper to be sure of understanding how children communicate with brands.

On Thursday 29 January, Research Conferences is holding a one-day event aimed at giving professionals across the marketing and advertising spectrum insight into today’s young consumers.

The conference features some of the UK’s best known children’s broadcasters, including the BBC, Disney and Channel 4, who will discuss how children are consuming media, how they are influenced and why they stay loyal to a brand. They will be joined by industry experts from Unilever, Google and Ofcom who will focus on how the internet is transforming learning and how to develop innovative products that resonate with children.

The event will show delegates how to create relevancy for children – whether it be through advertising, research or new product development. If you’d like to join us on the day, please contact Emily Luscombe or Maja Rode at Camargue on 0207 636 7366. Please also highlight this event to your readers, who can get further details at http://research-live.com/conferences.


istence of many potential suppliers which exists in the industry (12Manage 2009). In terms of the case of Peninsula group, the supplier has a moderate power because of the fact that there is huge number of suppliers in the hotel industry in the world. Aside from that, products and services by the different suppliers are almost similar, that gives the company the freedom to substitute.

2) Buyer Power – or known as the bargaining power of the customers or buyer focus on the idea about how strong is the position of the buyers as well as the possibility of working together in ordering large volumes of products (12Manage 2009). It is important to consider that there are different factors that must be considered in analyzing the bargaining power of the buyer. First is that the population of the buyers in the industry, the bigger the number of the buyers or customers, the lesser the influence or power of the buyer, because of the fact that the group will be able to focus or target more number of buyers. On the other hand, it is important to focus on differentiation and standardization of the products, in the case of the group, there are different direct and indirect competitors in the hospitality industry, and thus it enables the buyers to have the ability to substitute. However, the edge of the group focuses on the high demand for quality and services.

3) Competitive Rivalry – the rivalry among the existing players in the hotel industry in the world is strong. This is because of the growing number of players at the same time, low differentiation of the products and services that are being offered. However, the main advantage of the group focuses on the loyalty of the customers, at the same time, the image that was held by its brand for a long time.

4) Threat of Substitution – focus on the how easy a given product or service can be substitute, especially when it was made cheaper (12Manage 2009). In the case of the company, the threat of substitution is somewhat high, because of the presence of some cross-product substation such as cheap motels and houses for rent.

5) Threat of New Entry – pertains on how easy or difficult it is for a new entrant to start competing. In the case of the group, it will be hard for the new entrant to enter the industry because it is expensive to enter the hotel industry, due to high initial capitals, at the same time; experience is needed, together with the presence of some economies of scale. The group can also create some cost advantage, because it was already in the business for the long time, thus it some control over its pricing. Above all, the group has an advantage in terms of image, loyalty of the customers and access to different vital technologies and skills.
 
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