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Shaheer .Thekkeyil Link Case
Shaheer .Thekkeyil Link Case
Advantages Disadvantages
1 Product line can attract buyers with new products may cannibalize sales of older
different preferences, ones
2 Increase profitability More number of competitors not wealthy
competitor
3 help Linc compete more broadly in Dilution of the existing brand image
writing industry industry.
Question 3: List the internal factors that may influence shifting focus from being
for the masses to being premium. (~100 words)
1. Linc was a brand for the masses, following are the internal factors that influence shifting focus to
premium
• Aspiration to take the writing instrument business to a higher level
• To come out of only value image
• Higher cost to establish a new premium brand
Question 4: List the external factors that may influence shifting focus from
being for the masses to being premium. (~100 words)