Delta Pride Catfish, a supplier group of catfish farmers in…

Delta Pride Catfish, a supplier group of catfish farmers in Mississippi, formed a cooperative to process their own fish, thus bypassing ConAgra and Farm Fresh, their previous processing contractors. By 2014, Delta Pride Catfish controlled over 40 percent of the U.S. catfish market. This is an example of the

PPG Industries, the Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of paints,…

PPG Industries, the Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiber glass has paid dividends each year since 1899. It uses a technique to help it identify possible future strategies. What is it?

A leader in retail mattress retailing, Houston-based Mattres…

A leader in retail mattress retailing, Houston-based Mattress Firm, founded in 1986, acquired one of its chief rivals, Sleepy’s, in 2015 for 780 million USD, thus giving it access to the important online marketplace. Mattress Firm continued to expand its retail operations largely through acquisitions that resulted in marketplace saturation of the physical retail alternatives it now owned. By 2015, online rivals such as Casper Sleep Inc. eroded Mattress Firm’s market domination with their easy online purchasing logistics. What went wrong?