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User Generated >> American Eagle Outfitters SWOT Analysis:
Strengths
  • Cost advantage
  • Asset leverage
  • Effective communication
  • High R&D
  • Innovation
  • Online growth
  • Loyal customers
  • Market share leadership
  • Strong management team
  • Strong brand equity
  • Strong financial position
  • Supply chain
  • Pricing
  • Real estate
  • Reputation management
  • Unique products
 Weaknesses
  • Bad communication
  • Diseconomies to scale
  • Over leveraged fiancial position
  • Low R&D
  • Low market share
  • No online presence
  • Not innovative
  • Not diversified
  • Poor supply chain
  • Weak management team
  • Weak real estate
  • Weak, damaged brand
  • Ubiquitiouegory, products, services
Opportunities
[International growth]
 [*]Acquisitions
 [*]Asset leverage
 [*]Financial markets (raise money through debt, etc)
 [*]Emerging markets and expansion abroad
 [*]Innovation
 [*]Online
 [*]Product and services expansion
 [*]Takeovers
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 Threats
  • Competition
  • Cheaper technology
  • Economic slowdown
  • External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
  • Exchange rate fluctuations
  • Lower cost competitors or imports
  • Maturing categories, products, or services
  • Price wars
  • Product substitution

History: Version 2 (Newest), Version 1 (Oldest)



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