Disney Case Study

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Disney case

Q1
 They always develop strong stories for each character and then later also release movies
for characters having a minor role in other movie like many characters from mickey
mouse now have their own series.
 Their main target market is children so they make movies, shows, merchandise and
theme parks to attract them.
 They always focus on making their brand image better through their stories and movies
so that kids can like them and hence, buy their offerings.
 They have opened retail stores in malls to target children visiting with their parents and
make their products more accessible.
 Their Disney difference strategy helps them differentiate their offering by keeping them
at high standards and increasing their recognition.
 Like hanah montana, the brand tends to expand its ideas into all divisions such as games,
merch, movie series, tv shows etc to properly and completely monetize their selling
stories.
 They try to keep in touch with the core consumers at all times by regularly releasing
podcasts and interviews of employees and also giving trailers, shows and the theme park
experience through their website.
 Within all of this, they still keep their core image o being a source of entertainment and
wholesome content intact very well which helps them retain their core customers

Q2
 Expanfding a brand into various types of offerings through brand extension is an efficient
way to monetize its current and successful offerings.
 Disney being the market leaders of their markets, know the value and power of its brand
and hence use it to expand into tv shows, games, toys, theme parks, hotels etc.
 Benefits of this include lower cost of introduction since the brand is already widely
known and trusted so the risk of failure or less turnover is reduced.
 The new brand can benefit from the disneys existing distribution system so lower costs.
 Since the company’s portfolio expands the demand and hence sales would aso rse
 However risks include the risk of the hard earned image of Disney being tarnished if one
of its newer brands don’t do well
 Even with the huge parent brand name, the new brand offering might not be good
r=enough to gain customers
 Huge market leaders in the expanded market may pose a threat to the new brand.

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