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5C FRAMEWORK
Company Customer Collaborators
US Home was founded in The main customers Operating in international markets can expose
1978 by Bob Utley,a stock were the businesses and Clique Pens to theft of Patents, Copyrights and
trader for smith barney
households other Intellectual Property Rights. Any
Clique pens was formed in Should Clique Pens go marketing and diversification decision should be
1922 by two Mennonite
cousins in kannas city for a broader segment or taken after evaluating these risks.
position its product in If there are too many suppliers then it will
The company originally niche segment.It should
made fountain pens and in become expensive for Clique Pens to manage
1960s it quickly adopted focus on the niche them but if the number of suppliers is too few
the ballpoint design segment as it is highly then it will expose the company to supply chain
Clique pens were known profitable. disruption risks.
for their utilitarian design
that depicted founder”s
core values
5c FRAMEWORK
Competitors
Context
The competition for clique The consumer behavior during boom
pens is high and the threat of time and recession time is often totally
substitutes is also high different so marketing managers at
Clique Pens has to decide how the
There were already big names
consumers will behave in the present
in the market such as BIC,
sripto, Pntel, pilot, Sharpie economic situation