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Case Analysis:
Mountain Man Brewing Company
Marketing Management I
Nagesh Savukar 2010124
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Mountain man brewing company was setup in1925 is a family run business and it has its roots
firmly set in West Virginia
‘Mountain Man Lager’ is its core product whichpushed and sustained the growth of company for
decades
!n the past " years# there is a constant shift from
lager or premium beer to the light beer
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$roblems$roblems%ow to stop the re&enues from freefalling
continuously'
%ow to introduce a light beer without affecting thebrand image and the sentiments of the currentconsumer(
%ow to compensate for the possible loss in shelfspace with retailers'
%ow to re& sales of its core brand# MountainMan Lager
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)nalysis )nalysis
* +,isting mountain man customers do not want a
change while young generation wouldn’t mind a
lighter &ersion
* -all in re&enue e&en after being a successful
company
* .hrin/age of premium beer segment
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.olutions.olutions
The company should introduce the light
beer as “Mountain Man Light”.* Light beer category accounted for 50(" of
&olume sales in 2005 compared with 29( in
2001(
* Light beer sales in the (.( had been growing ata compounded annual rate of "# while
traditional premium beer sales had declined
annually same percentage(
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.olutions.olutions
* 3ompany should go for brand e,tension for its
growth
* 4arget segment 21627 i(e( younger generation
which is 27 of the o&erall beer consuming
population(
* Light beer appealed to younger drin/ers o&erall
and to female# it accounts for "2(
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.olutions
* 8rand image of Mountain Man will help for the
sales of light beer(
* 3onsumer study re&ealed Mountain Man rated
high in terms of awareness with the younger
generation(
* !ntroduction of Light beer at restaurants and
bars
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.olutions
* Launching light beer would not harm Lager
image because it target segment is completelydifferent(
* !n the short term it doesn’t reuire ma:or
capital e,penditures and euipments(
* -irst it should start promoting it in West
Virginia(
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3onclusion3onclusion
;Mountain Man Light; should be introduced into the
mar/et at the earliest possible opportunity withmajority of sales to be done, at bars and
restaurants rather than on off-premise
locations(
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