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Day 1 Suggested Solution



                  Chapter 11




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                  CHAPTER TWO – QUIZ



                  Question                          Response

                  What does GymFiT do?              Provides low-cost gyms (p3)





                  Where is it based?                Celtland in Europe (p3)




                  What is the company’s brand       Low cost, no frills, no contract approach to running a gym
                  positioning in the market?        (p3)


                                                     nd
                  Is GymFiT a major player?         2  largest operator of low cost gyms in Celtland (p3).
                                                    Gym4All is the largest (p13)



                  Who are the shareholders?         Not told explicitly. However, we do know the following
                                                    •  Founded in 2005 using funds from a venture capitalist,

                                                       Land Ventures (p3), so might expect them to still have
                                                       an equity stake?
                                                    •  Company is listed (p3), so might expect a wide range of
                                                       shareholders
                                                    •  Some employees will be shareholders as the company
                                                       uses share incentive plans to motivate them (p5)

                  How big is GymFiT’s product       3 types of membership (p4)
                  range?                            •  Solo gym
                                                    •  Two gym
                                                    •  Bundle gym
                                                    In addition, customer can buy day passes

                  How many employees are there in   Just two (p5) plus freelance fitness instructors who seem to
                  a typical gym?                    be asked to do a great deal!







                  KAPLAN PUBLISHING                                                                    43
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