Strengths include their Croslite material, eco-friendly packaging, brand recognition, and in-house production. Weaknesses include their lack of online sales and diversity. Opportunities include expanding online, into new categories, and markets. Threats include toxic chemicals, copies, and negative publicity regarding their design. The document provides strategies to capitalize on strengths and opportunities, and address weaknesses and threats such as expanding distribution channels, highlighting Croslite's safety, and launching new attractive shoe varieties.
Strengths include their Croslite material, eco-friendly packaging, brand recognition, and in-house production. Weaknesses include their lack of online sales and diversity. Opportunities include expanding online, into new categories, and markets. Threats include toxic chemicals, copies, and negative publicity regarding their design. The document provides strategies to capitalize on strengths and opportunities, and address weaknesses and threats such as expanding distribution channels, highlighting Croslite's safety, and launching new attractive shoe varieties.
Strengths include their Croslite material, eco-friendly packaging, brand recognition, and in-house production. Weaknesses include their lack of online sales and diversity. Opportunities include expanding online, into new categories, and markets. Threats include toxic chemicals, copies, and negative publicity regarding their design. The document provides strategies to capitalize on strengths and opportunities, and address weaknesses and threats such as expanding distribution channels, highlighting Croslite's safety, and launching new attractive shoe varieties.
Strengths include their Croslite material, eco-friendly packaging, brand recognition, and in-house production. Weaknesses include their lack of online sales and diversity. Opportunities include expanding online, into new categories, and markets. Threats include toxic chemicals, copies, and negative publicity regarding their design. The document provides strategies to capitalize on strengths and opportunities, and address weaknesses and threats such as expanding distribution channels, highlighting Croslite's safety, and launching new attractive shoe varieties.
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ASSIGNMENT-SM
SWOT ANALYSIS OF CROCS
SWOT ANALYSIS OF CROCS STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
1. Croslite 1. Less online trading/fewer 2. Eco-friendly packaging franchises 3. Alliances with user e.g. 2. Weak legal actions nurses against copies 4. Comfort-positioning 3. Alliances with nurses only 5. Distribution channels 4. Lack of diversity in top 6. Strong presence in Asia management and America 5. Lack of variety 7. Brand recognition 6. 95% sales from footwear 8. In-house production 7. Unattractive footwear 9. Customer loyalty 8. Profitability/financials 9. Marketing
OPPOROTUNITIES SO Strategies WO Strategies
1. Distribution channels for 1. Online sales 1. Profitability to expand expansion (S5, O3) 2. Expansion into fashion into other categories 2. Expand into other shoes (W8, O5) categories by in-house 3. Global expansion 2. Strategies to expand production (S8, O5) 4. Distributor agreement online sales (W1, O1) 3. Expand into other 5. R&D/ New users for 3. Franchises in other categories (S5, O1) croslite emerging markets (W1, 4. Customer loyalty can be 6. Merger and acquisition’s O3) used to expand into 7. Affordable line of 4. Launch more attractive other categories (S9, O5) footwear variety of shoes (W7, O2) 5. Highlight eco- 8. Alliances with other 5. Marketing efforts on friendliness/croslite’s users croslite’s safety (W9, S10) safety (S2, O10) 9. Manufacturing in S.E Asia 10. Proof of croslite’s safety
THREATS ST Strategies WT Strategies
1. Toxic chemical in 1. Publicize croslite’s safety 1. Use marketing to footwear to increase sales (T1, S1) decrease negative 2. Crocs-off/copies/Me-too 2. Highlight eco-friendliness publicity (W9, T6) 3. Takeover by Nike/other to decrease negative 2. Launch attractive shoes to 4. Currency publicity (T6, S2) decrease negative fluctuation/trade 3. In-house production to publicity (W7, T6) restrictions decrease costs to counter 3. Use marketing to 5. Slow growth in US crocs-off (T2, S8) publicize croslite’s safety market 4. Use distribution channels (W7, T1) 6. Negative publicity on to increase sales in US shape market (T5, S5) 7. Price conscious 5. In-house production to customers decrease cost to attract price-conscious customers (T7, S8)