This report examines Nike through the lens of Porters five forces to assess how the five forces affect Nike and the sports clothing retail industry.
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Founded in 2009, Uber has become the biggest and most successful taxi and ride sharing company in the world, and in 2018 commanded around 73% of the US market share, its biggest market. The ride sharing firm together with rivals has the potential to disrupt a potential $650+ billion global market for human and non-human mobility that includes taxi cab hailing, car-as-a-service, last mile package delivery, or short-term car rentals (Kulkarni 2017). Despite its success, all is not well with Uber recently. Uber CEO was forced to resign in 2017 following the DeleteUber campaign that resulted in a loss of more than 500,000 customers and market share decline across numerous US states (Statista 2018c). Using a SWOT analysis sample, this report analyses Ubers strength and weaknesses.
Primark is an Irish clothing and accessories retailer operating in UK, US, Ireland, Germany, Spain, among others. It operates in the low-cost end of the market which has made it familiar to shoppers seeking the latest fashion items at modest prices. The US fashion and clothing industry is a prominent oligopoly having major players Nike, Adidas, Zara, H&M, among others. However, various macro factors affect the growth of Primark and using a PESTLE analysis, we describe how external factors such as the new enacted laws by the state of California affect its profitability, how trends like growth of the plus size population in US can influence its revenues, among others. Through the SWOT analysis, we identify Primark’s major strengths, weaknesses, threats and discover major key drivers and opportunities for growth. In addition, Primark being a low-cost clothing brand faces intense competition in the market and through a Porters Five Forces Analysis, we describe how competition has affected the growth of Primark and the points at which its most intense.
In this report, we analyze EasyJet using Pestel to gain an in-depth understanding of the macro environment and the effects it’s been having on EasyJet operations. An EasyJet pestle analysis reveals a number of serious threats emanating from its industry environment in the UK and EU including Brexit, unfavorable currency movements, rising labour costs and many others which will be detailed in the report. It is vital for a firm such as EasyJet to analyze the macro environmental influences as any change in the external environment can be fatal for organizations. However, the environment can be a source of opportunities once a firm such like EasyJet identifies key drivers of change in the airline industry, which may become sources of future competitive advantage.
China Mobile is an investment holding company engaged in telecommunications and related businesses such as mobile businesses which offer voice, roaming and data services, wireline broadline businesses and Internet of Things. China’s telecom market is a prominent oligopoly with China Mobile accounting for over 80% of all net profit in China’s telecom market (Yoo 2017) China Mobile has over 887million customers (Statista 2018) with competitors China Unicom and China Telecom having 284.16million and 249.96million customers respectively. It accounts for 70% of China’s telecom market. Various external factors have hindered the growth of China Mobile and by using a pestle analysis, we realize how the political factors like Trump’s order to block China Mobile from operating in the US affects its profitability, the effect of unemployment on China Mobile. In addition, we look at how developments in technology and demographics like increase of consumers using smartphones can favor further growth of China Mobile. Using the swot analysis, we identify China Mobile’s major strength and weaknesses that can be improved upon.
Barclays Barclays is a British bank with operations in more than 50 countries including the US, Japan, India, Europe and many African countries. It is part of the UK big four, referring to the four largest UK-based banking groups which also include HSBC, Lloyds and RBS. Founded in 1690 by James Barclay, Barclays has operations in a diverse set of consumer and wholesale businesses including retail, wealth management, corporate lending, credit cards and mortgages. It currently operates its business via two clearly defined divisions-Barclays UK and Barclays International.
The level of profitability that Amazon enjoys in the ecommerce industry will be determined by systematic sources of competition that exert pressure on all ecommerce firms, making the industry either profitable for incumbents or a nightmare of price competition that leads to weak profit margins. Due to various factors including a winning strategy that has enabled Amazon sustain a competitive advantage over the years, the systematic sources of competition that influence competition and profitability in an industry have had minimal influence on the online retailer. Using Porters five forces, this report examines these sources of competition starting with competition from substitutes, competition from new entrants and competition from established rivals. The report then examines why the influence of buyer and supplier power on Amazon has acted to strengthen the book retailer rather than weaken it.
In this report, we analyze EasyJet using SWOT to gain an in-depth understanding of the company's strengths and weaknesses. We also make a summary analysis of the current threats emanating from its industry environment in the UK and EU including Brexit, unfavorable currency movements, rising labour costs and many others. The analysis then examines the external environment for positive key drivers of change in the airline industry, which may become sources of future competitive advantage.
The food and beverage industry market is a prominent oligopoly with three major players Nestle, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Pepsi is one of world’s largest food and beverage companies with many subsidiaries such as Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Sabritas, Walkers, among others that manufacture various products such as water, fruit juice, potato chips, carbonated soft drinks, extra. PepsiCo faces competition in different markets such as the carbonated soft drink market, bottled water market, among others that has affected its growth in the food and beverage industry. The following analysis shows points or areas where competition from rivals such as Coca-Cola majorly affects Pepsi and shows how various factors like buyer and supplier bargaining power have affected its growth while highlighting major opportunities and threats. This report also examines Pepsico using a BCG matrix analysis.
Tata Motors has experienced success through the years. Operating in the hyper competitive market of India. Using PESTLE analysis, we are going to analyze how macro-economic factors including political, economic, social, technological and environmental issues are affecting the company. We are also going to analyze the competitive environment in the industry of Tata motors is operating in and how it is affecting its profitability and as well use SWOT analysis to analyze its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and how it can use these opportunities and strengths to mitigate the arising threats.
