1 / 10

Blockbuster

Matt Canchela, Staci Schmaltz, Jachin Walters. Blockbuster. Mission. “To be the global leader in rentable home entertainment by providing outstanding service, selection, convenience and value.”. Background. The first Blockbuster store was opened in Dallas, Texas In October, 1985

sook
Download Presentation

Blockbuster

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Matt Canchela, Staci Schmaltz, Jachin Walters Blockbuster

  2. Mission • “To be the global leader in rentable home entertainment by providing outstanding service, selection, convenience and value.”

  3. Background • The first Blockbuster store was opened in Dallas, Texas In October, 1985 • 1996, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation was renamed Blockbuster Inc., then called Blockbuster Video by 1998 • Blockbuster has over 5,000 U.S. stores (3,291 international) • Including: Canada, Britain, Australia, and Denmark

  4. Background cont. • In December 2004, Blockbuster announced it wanted to pursue a hostile takeover of Hollywood Video, its major U.S. competitor • In August 2004, Blockbuster introduced an online DVD rental service in the U.S. to compete with the established market leader, Netflix

  5. Sales Figures • 2008 revenues: $5.29 billion • 6.4% increase in year-over-year sales • Free cash flow of $110 million

  6. S.W.O.T. • Large inventory levels • “Depth of copy” for new releases • Family – friendly • International brand name • Variety of rental plans/ prices • Online option • Blu-ray

  7. S.W.O.T. • High prices for new releases • Saturated market • Non-competitive hours (redbox, netflix, etc.)

  8. S.W.o.T. • International expansion • Blu-ray & HD conversion • Growing on-line market • Franchising

  9. S.W.O.T. • Hollywood Video • Netflix • Redbox • Online downloading

  10. Sources • http://www.blockbuster.com/corporate/ internationalOperations • http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/ RDMHomeApr2007.htm • http://www.seanbajuice.com/2008/02/ netflixlogo.jpg • http://www.matthewaengel.com/blog/tag/ jobs/

More Related