Red-box strategy in the movie rental industry

MGT 602 Strategic Business Management Case Study Red-Box Strategy in the Movie Rental Industry Written by Ahmad Alkharoubi Ali Alzghoul Elmer Serrao November 28th, 2011 Company’s Overview The focus of the case is on Redbox’s strategy and operations in the U.S. movie rental Industry. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, it’s a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc, which in addition to Redbox Movie Rental business, was also a leading provider of money transfer services and, most important, self-service coin-counting kiosks where people could convert coins to cash, a gift card, or e-certificates among other options, factor that turned out to be decisive for the success the company has been experimenting. It started operations in 2004 with funding provided by McDonald’s Ventures, a subsidiary of McDonalds Corp. The great advantage McDonalds took from this equity joint venture was that, in addition to the opportunity of profitable business, this alliance represented a brilliant way to bring customers back to its restaurants more often, and thus expand its customer base and strengthen the loyalty of them to McDonald’s restaurants. Nevertheless, ending a process of (partial) acquisition started in 2005, Coinstar, exercising its right of option, acquires the total (100%) ownership of Redbox Automated Retail from McDonalds for an amount of approximately 162.4 million, February 2009. Redbox strategy The structural idea that…

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Financial Analysis Report Prepared by: Danielle Davis and Liz Van Hemel Presented to: Dr. Mohammed Ahmed December 15, 2009 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Financial Analysis Report 1 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 INTRODUCTION 6 Company Background Mission Goals and Objectives Revenues Assets Growth Rate Market Position Company Strategies/Products Management and Corporate Culture Strategic Partnerships MARKET OUTLOOK General Overview Historical…

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Building brand identity in competitive markets: a conceptual model Bhimrao M. Ghodeswar School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this conceptual paper is to identify important elements of brand building based on a literature review and case studies of successful brands in India. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a review of the literature and takes a case study approach. The paper…