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Group 8
Prathmesh Gothankar (0154/52)
Meghana Katta (0187/52)
Kiranmaye Veldi (0198/52)
Kushagr (0209/52)
Manoj Kumar (0220/52)
Himanshu Jain (0165/52)
Jnyandeep Malakar (0176/52)
Should Goodyear expand its distribution channels? Discuss the risks and benefits.
Irrespective of your answer to the above-mentioned question, do you think
Aquatred should be offered to the new channel if the company decides to launch it?
Distribution channel
Current Situation:
Goodyear sold tires in 3 of the 6 channels of distribution. Most important channels
were the Independent dealers which accounted for the 50% sales followed by
Manufacturer-owned outlets having 27% sales. The franchised dealers account for
8% of sales. All the above 3 channels are positioned as high value added and sold
all major brands of tires. This positioning of the retail channels that Goodyear uses
is in good correlation with the image of the brand.
The large independent tire chains have grown significantly in their share
over the years from 4% in 1976 to 23% in 1991. Similarly, small tire dealers have
grown from 36% in 1976 to 40% in 1991. Other channels have largely either
declined or remained constant as shown in the Exhibit 5.
However, some mass-merchandisers and auto supply stores get hold of Goodyear
tires, mainly through large independent dealers acting as wholesalers, and then
sells the tires at discount prices. Goodyear is afraid of the negative effect this will
have on their image, as these low profile retailers contradict the high quality image
of the Goodyear brand. Furthermore the small independent dealers feel
threatened, because they cannot compete with these low prices.
RISKS
The independent dealers have shown concerns about the expansion might
lead to lowering of the prices.
BENEFITS
Launching Aquatred would help capture the market in the consumers who
arent brand loyal (36-53%])
The approach for distribution channel expansion for goodyear should be,
maximizing the number of active independent dealers. Currently the number of
independent dealers for goodyear is 4400, however only 2500 of them are active,
contributing to 50% of the sales revenue . Which is a lot more compared to other
channels where 1047 manufacture owned generated 27% of sales and 600
franchisee dealers had 8% respectively.
If we calculate percentage sales/ store:
The other most important criterion, which is in Independent dealers are that they
are very loyal to the brand. By 1991, 50% of Goodyear dealers only sold goodyear
brand, while other 50% stocked one more brand. But even for them 90% of the
revenues were generated by Goodyear. Hence new competition doesnt cannibalize
our products in these stores.
Hence if we are able to expand the number of active independent dealers and have
correct distribution strategy, we can expand the sales revenue by another 38%.
And the total Sales revenue being contributed by independent dealers could rise
up to 63.7%. A very significant contribution, which will not just increase our sales
but cannibalize sales of other tires who are currently benefitting from these