Comparison of Nandos and KRR

Comparison of Nandos and KRR KRR is a rotisserie chicken restaurant that was founded in 1991 by country music singer Kenny Rogers and former Kentucky CEO John Y. Brown, Jr. More consumers are concerned about the healthy lifestyle and foods thus Kenny Rogers used this opportunity to start up the first restaurant that served healthy yet delicious foods in Coral Spring, Florida, August of 1991. As the first mover in the market, KRR had extended and franchised over 350 restaurants around the world, such as Middle Eastern countries, Canada, Asian countries such as China, Philippines and Malaysia. Initially, the menu offered mainly on wood-fired rotisserie chicken but later on had introduced more variety such as turkey, seafood, ribs, home-made muffins, jacket potatoes and vegetable salads. Due to economic downturn in 1999, KRR went into bankruptcy. Nathans Famous Inc. had bought it and initiated downsizing of their locations offered. With the words of consumers see, we localize; consumers dont see, we globalize, KRR now operates entirely outside of the USA and operates primarily in Asia. The franchise holder for KRR in Malaysia is Berjaya Roasters (M) Sdn. Bhd. In 1994, Berjaya Group Berhad had wholly owned subsidiary and incorporated. In 2008, Nathans Famous divested itself and selling it to Asian franchiser, Berjaya Group Malaysia. At the time, only one outlet was still operating in United States. The franchise holder of KRR in Malaysia, Berjaya Roasters (M) Sdn. Bhd. operates 60 restaurants in West and East Malaysia. Besides that, the executive director of the company decides to expand six to eight new outlets in year 2010. The vision of restaurants is Roasters stands for real food and high quality service that bridges the gap between quick service restaurants and casual dining. Nandos Nandos is a Portuguse-style chicken restaurant that founded in 1987 and originating from South Africa that specialized in flame-grilled chicken and hot sauces. Nandos went global and operating in more than 30 countries such as Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Pakistan, Israel and Malaysia. Nandos originally named as Nandie in 1975 after the name of the son of Fernado Duarte, a Portuguese living in South Africa. He bought a restaurant in Rosettenville, Southern Johannesburg and collaborated with his friend naming it Chickenland in 1987. That was when the first Nandos restaurant appeared. Consumers love Nandos flame-grilled peri-peri chicken and the unique sauces as it is very delicious. Nandos offered variety of flavor such as lemon and herb, mango and lime to satisfy the different needs and wants of consumers. Peri-peri choices are mild, hot and extra hot peri-peri marinades. Nandos ensures the demand is always available by tailoring their selection of location to suit the consumers. Currently, there are 32 outlets in Malaysia located in Selangor, Melaka, Johor Bahru, Pulau Pinang and Kuala Lumpur. Their vision is Our vision is to be the premier provider of chicken to our consumers with superior product outstanding services, while their mission is To be the best chain in the world by offering a world class chicken experience at affordable prices with consistent quality, value and commitment to its customer base. Segmentation and Target Market The themes for both companies which are Peri-peri and Less fat. Less salt. Less Calories have determined their way of segmenting their market. Both have used a few segments to target. Both identified their consumers needs and serve them with differentiated food selection. Food is also defined as physiological needs according to Maslow Hierarchy of Needs. Nandos Benefit. Nandos is targeting consumers who crave for tasty food. The varieties for consumers who crave for spiciness are extra hot peri-peri, hot peri-peri and mild peri-peri. Meanwhile, the non-spicy consumers are left with lemon and herbs flavour. Besides that, the flame grilled chickens are offered for healthy concern consumers. Geographic. Nandos outlets are located in over 20 countries worldwide including Australia, Malaysia and Canada. KRR Benefit. It focuses on targeting consumers who are more health concern, where some consumers insist on having balanced meal while parents are concerned about their childrens nutrition. KRR used this opportunity to serve a balanced meal of roasted chicken with low calories, low fats and less oil and other sidelines such as vegetable salad, fruit salad, mashed potatoes and rice. KRRs philosophy is weaved on preparing wholesome, hearty and well-balanced meal which mirrors todays discerning consumers changing attitude towards healthy eating lifestyle. KRR also has daily food guide pyramid which enhances their products reliability (Appendix I). Demographic. KRR meal is tailored to consumers of all ages. Senior citizens can enjoy the roasted chicken without the fear of high calories and high cholesterols. Consumers of all income levels can enjoy a well-balanced meal by paying only RM14.90 for a quarter roasted chicken meal with three sidelines (Appendix II) Geographic. There are numerous of KRR located in 6 countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. It is very obvious that they are more focused in Asian countries where there are already over 64 stores alone covering West and East Malaysia. In the metropolitan area of Klang Valley, there are 32 stores because the density of population is higher. In-Store Atmosphere Survey Methodology In-store atmosphere observations were conducted at one of the outlets in Central Malaysia for each company by two of our members (Appendix III). This method serves us the primary survey that allows us to have the direct in-store experience. During the observation the elements of perception are put into the test such as sensation. In addition, we also had a simple evaluation of the in-store atmosphere (Appendix IV). Schiffman et. al. mentioned that consumers often judge the quality of products base on intrinsic and extrinsic informational cues of the product. Thus, the observation details below are a mixture of both, explained in chorological order of our observation journey. Nandos [Nandos Chickenland (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Mid Valley)] Entry. At the moment we have arrived to the outlet, there was already a waitress standing by the menu stand. Immediately, she gave a tight-lipped smile and ushered us to our tables after confirmation of number of person dining. There aroma from the closed kitchen was not ventilated to the dining area. Table. When we were seated on the dining area, the menu is immediately given by the waitress. After that, we were left unattended for about five minutes as we were selecting our choices of meal. A simple hand gesture to signal the waitress to take order was acknowledged and the taking order process began. There were not any recommendations of highlights. The drinks are served within five minutes while the meal is about ten minutes upon ordering. Environment. Although there was not any music during our survey yet our previous experience is vice versa. The lightings were warm and comfy. The hard seats are made of wood. The overall decorations were well blended with their Peri-peri concept. The air is moderately ventilated with decent temperature. Exit. The time taken for bill payment services is less satisfied. A simply gratitude was given by the waiter. However, the waitress standing by the menu stand did not. KRR [Berjaya Roasters (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Mid Valley)] Entry. Despite waiting in-line for 10 minutes at the menu stand, a waitress keeps taking order to reduce the line congestion while another ushered the consumers to their available seats. There is a muffin display area located beside the menu stand that gave attraction to us while waiting. We did not order at the stand as there is a two-seated table available. Table. The menu is given as soon as we are seated. We were left a few minutes to decide our order until we signal the waitress to take order. Similarly, there were no recommendations of highlights. However, the menu is rather attractive as it is covered in leather and the overall menu presentation is informative, providing food guide pyramid and nutrition information (Appendix V). Environment. The lightings are too bright and created a warmer environment (Appendix V). The surrounding walls are displaying the photos and album of Kenny Rogers. Exit. The bill payment service is less satisfied as it takes longer time. The entry and exit point are overcrowded with consumers queuing-up. We found it difficult to make an exit from the outlet. Store Image/Positioning Both the restaurants positioned their store image differently in terms of product selection, interior and exterior design, fixtures and fittings, lighting and pricing. Product selection can be further refine for food industry to theme selection. Nandos is using Peri-peri as their theme which is a term describing the African birds-eye chili. Thus, the degree of taste and spiciness of the food are emphasized. The degree includes mild, hot or extra-hot peri-peri for those craving for spiciness whereas lemon and herb are for others. In contrast, KRR used the theme of Less fatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦Less saltà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦Less caloriesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦ to attract healthy conscious consumers to consume roasted chicken in a more healthy way. Nandos chose its origin country as the base of its interior and exterior design. It created an African feel throughout the outlet with wooden based furniture and African-like ornaments. Moreover, the music broadcasted is also emitting African environment. Part of their uniform is to wear a scarf which resembles the African scarf. On the other hand, KRR used the theme of its entrepreneur, Kenny Rogers. The interior mostly consists of pictures and records of him. Furthermore, the famously homemade muffins are displayed at the entrance of the outlet to further attract consumers. The displaying at the entrance is part of the fixtures and fittings placement strategy as the visibility and aroma of tempting foods generated greater consumption (Schiffman, Bednall, OCass, Paladino, Ward, Kanuk, 2008). Through our observations and direct experience, we found that KRR offers more comfortable and family-oriented environment whereas Nandos provide more variety for 3-4 persons with Makan-makan together, riang riang forever!. The seatings are the main comparison of comfortable environment: Nandos wooden seats and KRRs cushion seats. In terms of family-oriented environment, KRR provides more seating for group consumers (more than 4) in contrast with Nandos seating availability of 2-4 seaters assuming it is static. Although both provide group meals but their target perspectives are slightly different where KRR confined to family while Nandos targeting 3-4 persons. Despite the comparative lower prices of Nandos with higher prices of KRR yet both have distinctive pricing strategy. Take the quarter chicken with sidelines as example; Nandos  ¼ chicken with 2 sidelines is at RM14.95 but KRRs RM15.90  ¼ chicken meal comes with 3 sidelines and a muffin (Appendix II). According to Schiffman et. al., if the absence of direct experience or other information, consumers will likely take price as an indicator of quality. However, the store images and brand names are likely to be known to consumers assuming that they have paid their first visit or heard it from their peers. Thus, pricing factor to perceive quality of the products is lowered. SWOT Analysis and Marketing 4 Ps By examining their SWOT (Appendix VI) and 4 Ps, the list of advantages and disadvantages are able to be generated. Marketing 4 Ps Product Both Nandos and KRR are fast food industries. Both of the main courses are served with chicken and some sidelines. Nandos chicken is emphasis on the taste and spices so that consumers can choose the degree of spiciness they want, ranging from lemon and herbs, mild peri-peri, hot peri-peri and extra hot peri-peri. While KRR emphasize on healthy concern; low on calories, cholesterols, oils and fats. KRR also offers consumers with their famous home cooked muffins. Both restaurants soft drinks are refillable. Promotion The website of Nandos is more attractive than KRRs. Customer can purchase Nandos peri peri sauces online in Australia, United Kingdom and USA. Those who ate at KRR and spent a total of rm60 above are entitled to get one roasters reward card, which have a chance of winning up from RM2-RM1000. Nandos is a partner of United against Malaria, which raise fund for the malaria victims by create and selling specially-commissioned beaded African bracelets. The sale of each bracelet will be used to help United against Malarias programmes to eradicate malaria in Africa. This is the social responsibility of Nandos. Place Nandos operates more than 26 countries and in five continents Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, Cyprus, Fiji, India, Ireland, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, Swaziland, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, USA, Zimbabwe, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and others more. Nandos is more towards globalization. While KRR only operates in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines and Australia, which is almost 4 time lesser than Nandos market. Price The overall prices of Nandos are lower than KRRs. However, KRR is providing a noticeable additional proportion than Nandos (Refer to Appendix). Competitive advantages disadvantages One of the competitive advantages of Nandos is the homepage of Nandos. It is more interesting and attracting than KRR. Nandos provides a few recipes at the homepage for customer to click and learn, and online purchases for peri-peri sauces; while KRR does not provide any recipes and online purchase either. In term of market development, Nandos outlets operate in more than 27 countries worldwide. The disadvantage of Nandos is not well-known in Malaysia, because there is no advertisement in television, therefore less consumers know about Nandos. Nandos needs to face with different government policies in different countries thus need to go through a lot of agreement and documentation. Adapting to another country cultures and values consumes a lot of time and resources. KRR provides food which low in calories, cholesterol, oils and fats have competitive advantages in capturing healthy conscious consumers, where more and more consumers are more health conscious in the future. This is an opportunities for KRR. The brand name of KRR is more well-known to consumers in Malaysia because of advertisements in the television. In our opinion, the disadvantage of KRR is less youngster local consumers, where they prefer strong taste and spicy food. Conclusion Without proper in-store atmosphere that can compliance with their themes, food alone will not make heighten the brand image. Understanding the consumers needs and wants provide better information for an improved marketing strategy thus better competitive advantages. The changing trends of needs and wants need to be evaluated from time-to-time so that companies can reposition themselves in the eyes of consumers. Recommendations The actual quality of service can vary from day to day (Schiffman et. al., 2008) thus standardization of services is important to improved quality. A daily briefing prior to opening hours can be done to improve the standardization and morale of service employees. As such, mentioning the motto of Customers are always right can be a good way to remind the employees about the quality service should be delivered everyday. A good non-verbal language should also be conveyed such as a warm and shiny smile to greet the consumers. Schiffman et. al. also mentioned that services are normally perishable thus it is good to distribute the service more equally over time. Assume that consumers will usually have their dinner from 7-8p.m., the seatings will mostly be full. Thus, offering a less expensive early bird dinner at 6p.m. can shift the customers from peak hours. Often during peak hours, the quality of services will decline due to insufficient service employees. KRR excelled at providing positive effect while customers waiting in-line. Whereas, Nandos only provides a menu stand that can be considered insufficient to give positive effect. Therefore, by replicating KRR strategy at the entrance can further enhance the effect such as displaying the peri-peri sauces and give consumers a try on the level of spiciness. Evaluating the delivery services done by Nandos is a must since there are several dissatisfied consumers with the service provided. If the evaluation seems to show that the profit margin generated is less than expected yet it is hurting the image of store by not delivering on time, then it is better off to focus on the restaurant rather than providing this services. Since food industry is a mixture of products and services thus food quality and image must be improved in differentiating the service from competitors. A constant feedback form from consumers can tell the restaurant whether they are satisfied or unsatisfied about the food and services. From the feedback generated, the management can focus on specific improvements.

Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese”

The gentle, tone in Oliver’s poem â€Å"Wild Geese† is extremely encouraging, speaking straight to the reader. In this particular poem, the lines don’t rhyme, however it is still harmonious in not only rhythm but repetition as well. Take note of the rhythm in the lines starting with the word â€Å"You†: â€Å"You do not have to be good,† â€Å"You do not have to walk,† â€Å"You only have to let. † This rhythm is also heard in the lines starting with the word â€Å"Meanwhile†: â€Å"Meanwhile the world goes on,† â€Å"Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles,† â€Å"Meanwhile the wild geese. The reiteration of the words â€Å"You† and â€Å"Meanwhile† presents a soft rhythmic element to the writers expression. It attracts readers with its tenderness while also inspiring the understanding with what this poem really means. The metaphors Oliver uses are hardly ever unexpected. She uses a comprehensible d ialect in its place. It may not seem too convincing, yet it makes an absolute piece become meaningful and worthwhile. It is not complicated to picture wild geese flying across the atmosphere.However, it is flattering when sitting alongside the scenery of sun and rain â€Å"moving across the landscapes over prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. † Oliver uses this identical representation in order to illustrate humanity reaching out to those that are feeling completely alone. Once more, this is not very complicated, but a fascinating metaphor. Oliver may be considered a poet of irony; however there is no way her work can be considered to be â€Å"boring. Her established word choice contains traditional gracefulness while at the same time adding modern thoughts about both nature and the human race. I feel the first line in the poem â€Å"Wild Geese† is probably the most memorable and intentional of the entire sonnet. The second and third line seems t o prove this by maintaining the perception that one can choose whether they want to be a â€Å"good† person. The second line â€Å"you do not have to walk on your knees,† gives meaning to one exhibiting worshiping.The third line â€Å"for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting† is implied as the agony along with the motivation to be penalized for their corrupt actions. The fourth and fifth lines â€Å"you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves,† include the opening association of man to nature. While the first three lines tell you what you do not have to do, these two lines explain what you only have to do. The sixth line draws readers especially into this poem. The words â€Å"tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine,† make an exceptionally moving demand.This calls attention to human desolation and displays strong enthusiasm to share stories of it with predominantly the reader. The lines seven to elev en imply that anguish is precisely a human characteristic. The seventh line explains that while mankind may wait around and mourn their misfortune and discouraging situations, â€Å"the world goes on. † The â€Å"world† here, nevertheless, belongs to the environment. The eight through eleventh line tell us that â€Å"meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. The eleventh and twelfth lines say, â€Å"Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. † So far, the poem has addressed the environment in somewhat broad expressions, but in these lines, a specific animal is identified. Like the sun, rain, and landscapes, the wild geese are going about their business, unconscious to man’s desolation. The representation of geese flying â€Å"high in the clean blue air† is a pleasing setting. If we paid more attention t o everything that is going on in nature, humankind could greatly benefit from this.Line fourteen states â€Å"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,† is directed towards the reader. Although most of the time Oliver may not personally know her readers, she says that â€Å"whoever you are,† if â€Å"you† are lonely and despairing, this poem is for â€Å"you. † Lines fifteen and sixteen state, â€Å"the word offers itself to your imagination, calls you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting. † Even though, the word â€Å"harsh† usually refers to a negative implication, here it seems to imply simply piercing and firm.In these two lines, Oliver uncovers the process by which individuals relate to the environment. The concluding lines, seventeen and eighteen, state â€Å"over and over announcing your place in the family of things,† this assures the readers that they are not all alone in their lonesomeness. Oliver entails that our world is u nyielding about welcoming people to it. Here the â€Å"family† is made up of all of nature—the sun and rain, rivers and mountains, and every member of the animal kingdom. One needs only to have an interesting imagination in order to fit in with society.

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Essay about The Modern Canadian Family - 1690 Words

The Canadian family has been changing drastically over the 20th century. The definition of family has changed, along with the functions of families. Many modern families have veered from what we once considered the tradition family. This essay will discuss the different types of newly developed families, and some factors contributing to this change. Same-sex couples are increasing among families. In 2001, the definition of census family was changed to incorporate same-sex couples whom live in a common-law relationship. If previous statistics before 2006 did not include same-sex common-law relationships, how accurate could the statistics have been? Herizons (2008) stated that the 2006 Canadian census was the first to allow marital status†¦show more content†¦The differences between gender roles are not so apparent anymore. Men are not always the typical breadwinners and many women are not stay-at-home mothers. 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Case Study The Automobile Manufacturing Industry

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Speaking Spanish Has Always Been A Struggle Free Essays

She played a huge role in teaching me how to speak Spanish. The only language she would speak to me while growing up was Spanish. As I grew up I never realized the method that was being used which was direct method until now. We will write a custom essay sample on Speaking Spanish Has Always Been A Struggle or any similar topic only for you Order Now She was teaching me on how to communicate with others while speaking another language. My grandmother only spoke to me in Spanish though I had a rough time understanding and trying to speak it back to her, she was determined to teach me. The role of the teacher who in this case is my grandmother is to teacher me on how to become a communicator. Not merely to learn vocabulary or grammar but to know whom, when and what to say or how to ay certain things. The role of my grandmother was to acquire a learning system which was not focused too much on how to write or learn vocabulary but to learn the proper way to use Spanish first. The students role is to accept the corrections as well as absorbing and putting my Spanish speaking skills to test. Though till this day I am not that great at speaking my second language, know the basic fundamentals of this language, my language in this case would be â€Å"Spangling†. This is where I incorporate both Spanish and English while speaking to Spanish speakers, which my grandmother isn’t too fond of. One characteristic that is good for teaching Spanish would be proficiency, in order to teach a foreign language you must know the language yourself. One must learn how to speak it, read it as well as write it. It was easy for my grandmother to teach me because she was well educated in that language. She was able to exhibit a high level of accuracy in Spanish because of her background with the language. As for the learning process I was able to surround myself with other family members to communicate and improve in my foreign language. As well as watching my grandmothers intense Spanish wows which educated me more and taught me on how to express myself. The nature interaction between my grandmother and I wasn’t too bad, though I struggled in the beginning as time went by I was able to learn it eventually, not as good as I had wished though. It was harder for my because growing up because had a New Yorker accent so for some words had a hard time saying in Spanish, and for that my grandmother made fun of me but thought it was adorable. Plenty of corrections were made during my process of learning Spanish which better my knowledge and understanding in this language. While learning Spanish it was pretty difficult and frustrating especially since I had an accent which was harder for me to comprehend in also my sisters made fun of me because of it Especially when it came to rolling the Or’s that was the most difficult part of Spanish was being able to roll letters. 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The area of language that is emphasized are vocabulary and grammatical structure. Vocabulary is very important for every language especially so you’re able to use it in the correct form. I know for myself whenever use the incorrect word while speaking to my grandmother she looks at me with a confused face and waits for me to correct myself. Vocabulary is an important factor because you want your sentences understandable while using the right terms. As for grammatical, its important to govern the compositions of harass, clauses and words so you can acquire a better sense of how to use these while speaking to an individual. As a child my grandmother would have me repeat every word after her in Spanish and once we did that, she told me what each word meant. Of course we started off with the easy terms first such as animals, fruits and parts on our bodies. As we did those every day as a child my vocabulary increased and little by little began to understand the basics, once we did that we moved onto the harder stuff. Learning different terms helped me improve in this engage and gave me a better sense on how to use them and when to use them. As only able to speak Spanish whenever I would see my grandmothers, or went to visit people in my country. My native language which is English is Of course my strongest skill but speaking Spanish has given me the opportunity to explore more in my foreign language and not rely so much on my native language. The role of my native language should not be used when learning another language, should be able to get out of the habit of not depending so much on it and being able to be open to learning different languages especially my own language. How to cite Speaking Spanish Has Always Been A Struggle, Papers

Swot Analysis of Louis Vuitton

Question: Describe the various aspect of the Louis Vuittons (LV). Answer: Introduction This paper described the various aspect of the Louis Vuittons (LV). The main purpose is to evaluate the external and global environment of the LV. This paper covers the environmental issue under the industry, remote and operating environment. These papers depicted the external and global environment in the LV in Japan. Indeed, Louis Vuitton was an international famous fashion boutique brand that provides craftwork leather bags and trunks. It is established in France in 1854 by LV. It is oldest luxury houses of fashion in France. The founder of the company was born in 1821 in Anchay, France. Further, In the 1885, the organization started its overseas store in London. In the 1888, Louis Vuitton produced Canvas Damier Pattern to make unique and recognizable by anybody. In the 1913, the company was building started on the Champs-Elysees. LV was the largest travel good store in all over the world. The company introduced Keepall bag in the 1930. (Baker, Baker, Saren, 2010) External environment External environment of the Louis Vuitton is depicted by following points that are described below: Demographic and social environment: LV includes men and women range of young people that belong to 22 to 65 age years from middle class and above them. LV is facing many challenges from demographic concern such as aging population and ethnic proportion changes in the world. LV products have good demand in Asian as compare to France. LV logo is also contributing to raise its sales and profit margin. LV product provides to only few people because its price is too high and cant be afforded by low class people. (Ireland, Hoskisson, Hitt, 2011) Political and legal elements: Due to its high price no one can afford it so many fake companies came up in the market to produce low price product as their competitor. They got licensed from government due to poor intellectual property rights. Due to weak law against this kind of company no one is punished. Those fake companies are producing similar product in low cost. So, company setup new anti-counterfeiting (fake) to handle those kinds of agencies which providing fake or similar product without any legal licensed. (Armstrong, et al 2014) Moreover, they should work with government that helps to LV fight against fake companies. They forced to French parliament that conduct a criminal article against counterfeit. Economic elements: The most important elements that impact the LV sales in India is the tariff. Due to high taxes and lower incentive is to purchase those goods its sales is not going quickly in future. LV main aim is to produce their product for richest people in the country so it has limited market to sale their product. However, there are rich people group who would marking luxury outlets in the worldwide because there are only few outlets out of France. (Ireland, Hoskisson, Hitt, 2011) Global environment Before growing into abroad market, we need to consider that organization will enter the market. Each firm has strength and weakness that must carefully weighted according to business and legal climate of the nation we are entering our business policy. (Armstrong, et al 2014) The three kinds of business firms were used by Louis Vuitton in their entry to international environment or business that is described below: First, Louis Vuitton applied the joint venture to partner with business in several nations. Most of nations are prohibited the abroad firm to operate their business in our country without any partner of local business. This strategy made more capable to the LV Company. Through the joint venture they prefer to sell their product so LV became partner with Damat. LV and Damat from Orka Group firm in Turket joint venture developed to increase their business in the Turkish area. (Hall, 2011) Second, the pre-operation of LV was conducted through channel of distribution in abroad market. Michelle trading firm was the selected distributor of LV. Through the license of Michelle Company acquired sample product of LV and resold the product of residents to purchase the costly product to allocated price of transportation. But instead of this the product came available by channel distributors. (Armstrong, et al 2014) Third, LV Company has successfully entered operational transaction in abroad market. LV had several subsidiaries in different nations in Asia and North America. The etiquette of the firm of new business entity would be explained by the desire of LV and rules and regulation of the abroad nations. (Hall, 2011) Conclusion On the basis of above analysis, it can be concluded that clear external and global environment as well as high ability to adopt new technology in Louis Vuitton helps to maintain its competitive position in all over the world. 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