Best Optical
The new vice president and general manager of Best Optical Ltd. is trying to formulate a strategy in response to his competitors’ actions. Best Optical is a distributor of vision hardware and other distributors are buying up retail outlets and threatening to shut Best Optical out of the market. The vice president has to decide how to respond to the threat and what implications his response will have on Best Optical’s business.
Collection: Ivey Business School (Canada)
Ref: IVEY-9B11A013-E
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 5
Publication Date: Nov 21, 2011
Language: English
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Description
The new vice president and general manager of Best Optical Ltd. is trying to formulate a strategy in response to his competitors’ actions. Best Optical is a distributor of vision hardware and other distributors are buying up retail outlets and threatening to shut Best Optical out of the market. The vice president has to decide how to respond to the threat and what implications his response will have on Best Optical’s business.
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Year: 2009
Geographic Setting: Canada
Industry Setting: Retail Trade;
Learning Objective
There are several topics that can be discussed with this case: ·Competitive response. ·Operations management. ·Channel issues.
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