48th Waikato Management School Case Competition
B Trimester 2020 - Company: Boating and Outdoors
Company Name
Case Synopsis
Boating and Outdoors formed as a buying group in the early 1990s from a group of small marine equipment retailers for the purpose of getting better deals on products they sold. By 2020 Boating and Outdoors had added marketing and website functions with contract staff providing co-ordination across the 24 stores within the group. However, the group had increasingly experienced issues as their ever increasing scale and complexity outgrew the relatively informal approach to co-ordination. Competition had intensified and the business landscape had evolved to create an opportune moment to step back and decide on the future of Boating and Outdoors.
Case Authors
Stephen Bowden
Judges
Mark McCabe (PwC)
Ross Christensen (Boating and Outdoors)
Brock Terry (Boating and Outdoors)
Date of Event
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Time and Venue
6.30pm: Presentations begin
Venue: PWC lecture theatre, Waikato Management School, Hillcrest Road, Hamilton
MCs
Olivia Bennett and Mia Milne
Finalist Teams
Eureka Consulting
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- Lydia Burnett
- Liam Hills
- Brad Neal
- Blake Phillips
MJ3B
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- Ella Bethel
- MacAyla Brdanovic
- Christie Burborough
- Grace Jones
- Hannah McFarlane
Triple L Consulting
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- Shekinah Blaikie
- Cathan Bowler
- Liam Coley
- Doria Kao
Eleven Eleven Consulting
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- Hannah Black
- Barak Gardner
- Shivani Rao
- Michael Torrance
Winning Team
Triple L Consulting
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- Shekinah Blaikie
- Cathan Bowler
- Liam Coley
- Doria Kao