Problem Definition The Jones Blair Company is a privately held corporation that produces and markets architectural paint and OEM materials to various markets under the Jones Blair brand name. Currently, Jones Blair Company does its business in the eleven county Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Louisiana. The company’s consumers are made up of do-it-yourselfers (50% of sales) and professional painters (25% of sales). Jones Blair’s’ products are the highest priced in the marker
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Jones Blair Case Study Abstract The Jones Blair Company has been put into a situation where the peak season for their primary market, paint, is coming up. During two management meetings, they discussed different courses of action to build an effective plan to get more architectural paint out on the market. They are now down to their third meeting and a decision must be made. The alternatives come from different departments and the main proposals are as follows; increase the marketing funding
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MEMO TO: Senior Management Executives of Jones Blair Company FROM: Marketing Strategy Team DATE: October 8, 2012 SUBJECT: Jones Blair Company Marketing Effort With the peak painting season soon approaching, Jones Blair must decide how to deploy their marketing efforts. Various members of the Jones Blaire executive management team have provided their recommendations as to how the company should proceed with their marketing efforts. Each member of the executive management team has a
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1. How might one characterize the architectural painting coatings industry and Jones Blair's trade area? In 2004 the architectural coatings industry was predicted to be lightly above $16 billion in the United States. The U.S. paint industry could be branched out into (3) three categories: Architectural coatings (shelf goods): consisting of 43% of total industry dollar sales are more generic purpose paints and are commonly sold at the hand of wholesalers and retailers. Original equipment
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Jones Blair Case Analysis 1) How might the architectural paint industry be characterized? a) The US paint industry b) Architectural paint industry 2) How might the JB market area be characterized? 3) How can this market be segmented? 4) Which market to pursue? a) Non-DFW Household, a high potential for growth b) Urban professional, wants high quality paints c) Non-DFW Professional, already dominant d) Urban Household, very price- sensitive 5) What competitive position does Jones
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Jones Blair Case SWOT Analysis: Strengths • High quality products • High quality service with • Knowledgeable sales representatives that know customers personally • Mature market 1-2% sales growth long-term • Shelf goods 43% of total industry dollar sales • Specialty paint stores & lumberyards most frequently patronized • Distributes through 200 independent paint stores • Maintaining margins while increasing R&D, material, & labor costs • Market to major business/financial center (DFW)
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Jones Blair Case Questions 3 & 4 3. How might one segment Jones Blair’s market area? (hint: end user and geographic) Looking at the architectural paint and sundry market, Jones Blair had sales of $80 Million in 2004. Architectural paint and sundry market of the US totaled an estimated $12 billion. This means that Jones Blair has a total market share of less than 1%. Jones Blair markets architectural paint and sundries in the South Western United States. Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW) comprise
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Jones Blair Company Case Synopsis Jones Blair Company (JBC) is a privately held corporation that produces and markets architectural paint and primarily serves the Southwestern part of United States. The company markets its paint and sundry items in more than 50 counties in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Headquarter for the company is located in Dallas, Texas where it does most of it business. The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area is the major source of business as well as the
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and roof paints. The architectural coatings sales are distributed evenly between two-market area segments, Dallas fort-worth area and the non-Dallas-fort worth areas. Jones-Blair’s approximate architectural paint and sundry sales increased by 4.3% from 2000 to 2004 according to the information provided in the case. The Jones Blair trade area has the 7 biggest paint combines accounting for 60 percent of all sales. In the Dallas-Fort worth area the 11th county is the major business and financial center
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Background & Problem definition Jones Blair Company is a privately held company headquartered in Dallas, that produces and markets architectural paint under the Jones Blair brand name, markets its paint and sundry items, in over 50 counties and 11 DFW metropolitan areas, as the paint industry in USA is reaching towards its maturity and due to Govt. regulations and policies, several paint manufacturing companies have closed shop or have been acquired by big giants. Jones Blair Company is desperately trying
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