maandag 20 september 2010

SWOT-Analysis

SWOT Analysis of Bass Pro Shops

  • Strengths:

­ Stable sales force

Well educated sales force

­ Comprehensive product lines

­ Technical expertise with different product lines

­ Wide variety with many price points on different lines

­ Good marketing leverage with outdoors man

­ Privately owned company that has abundant financial resources

­ Well known brand name for outdoor fishing, hunting and boating supplies

­ Respected company with a strong brand name

­ Committed Employees

­ Alliances with other firms to carry their products

  • Weaknesses:

­ Old fashioned management that does not follow technology

­ Inflexible store ideas that do not stay with market trends

­ No innovation in store set ups or displays

­ Deals only with large accounts and misses the more specialized producers of hunting, fishing and boating equipment for the avid outdoorsman

­ Limited in-depth product usage and experience

­ Vulnerable to technological changes

­ Rapid growth loses the strategic direction

­ Limited distribution of products

­ Higher costs than competitors

  • Opportunities:

­ Rapid Market Growth in large outdoor areas

­ Rival firms are complacent and not attacking

­ Opening of foreign markets

­ Demographic shifts in who is hunting, fishing, and boating

­ New technology for the outdoors man

­ Sales decline for competitors and substitute products

  • Threats:

­ Entry of foreign competitors in new markets

­ Introduction of substitute stores

­ In the decline stage of the product life cycle

­ Changes in federal policy on the environment, hunting, fishing and boating

­ Demographic shifts in the customers

­ Poor performance by all firms in sales, promotions and distributions

­ International political turmoil in new markets

Sources:

http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/bass-pro-shops-marketing-strategy-outline

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