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This overview of Blank Media provides insights into the retail landscape, showcasing total market sales in 2007 of $614,823. The analysis includes audited demographic data and gross margins for major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target, focusing on SKU allocation and display space. The report identifies Blank Media as a category crucial for maintaining brand dominance. Recommendations urge Best Buy to prioritize national brands over private labels and embrace emerging technologies like flash drives and cloud servers to remain competitive in 2012.
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Blank Media Jonathan Libertini Oliver Richard
Overview Why Blank Media? Total Market Sales in 2007: $614,823.1 What Stores Audited Demographics Gross Margins New Technology Recommendations
Audited Stores Supplier in control Wal-Mart (4 stores) Best Buy (2 stores) Target Office Max Radio Shack Total Unique SKU’s= 125
Demographics INC - $30,000-39,999 INC - $100,000+ SIZE - 5+ MEM SIZE - 2 MEM AGE FH - 45-54
Category Role According to Blattberg’s category role we believe that Blank Media falls in the category of Cash Machine and Maintain.
Brand Domination Memorex was found at all nine locations. Had capacities of 5,20,30,50, and 100 Disks
Display Space Single facings of almost all brands and sizes Display space is not a significant part of blank media. Only product that are of 50 to 100 units in capacity have more then one display facing. Private Label at Best Buy and Radio Shack also had multiple facings due to margin values. 60% GM vs. 40-50%
Private Label One Private label in Best Buy (Dynex) One Private label in Radio Shack (Gigaware) Not a significant amount of movement but has a high margin. Maintain
Recommendations Final Recommendations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjU0OLRdNAg All “kidding” aside we would recommend Best Buy to eliminate Private Brand and stick with National Brands.
New Technology Flash Drives Smart phones Portable Hard drives Cloud servers