Question: Match a strategy below (1-11) for each item listed No Item Strategy 11 Amazon Studios is branching out from TV series to movies, with plans

Match a strategy below (1-11) for each item listed

No Item Strategy
11 Amazon Studios is branching out from TV series to movies, with plans to begin producing for theatrical release
12 ZF Freidrichshafen AG recently acquired TRW Automotive Holdings in the US to create the 2nd largest auto arts supplier
13 SW Airlines recently began flying outside the US
14 Amazon is pushing aggressively into the same day grocery delivery along the West Coast.
15 USPS has begun delivering groceries for Amazon within the Amazon fresh grocery delivery service
16 USPS also recently launched Access Point, a strategy that allows customers to pickup packages at other locations
17 General Mills acquired Annie's Inc. for $820 million, paying a 37% premium, in order to expand into organic foods
18 Google purchased Room 77 and is expanding its ties with Hilton and Radisson, bypassing Priceline, Expedia, etc.
19 Google recently partnered with medical firm Novartis to develop high-tech contact lenses and monitor glucose levels
20 Amazon recently entered the mobile payments business and is now competing with PayPal, Applepay, charge cards.
21 IKEA recently diversified into the insurance business, providing child, pregnancy and home policies
22 Office Depot closed nearly 500 stores in the last three years.
23 The drug maker, Dendreon Corp, recently filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
24 Symantec Corporation, know for its antivirus software split its business into two, dividing into Cybersecurity and Info.
25 eBay recently split into two company's, PayPal and eBay Marketplace.

1 Forward Integration Gaining ownership/increased control (distributors/retailers)
2 Backward Integration Seeking ownership/increased control (suppliers)
3 Horizontal Integration Seeking ownership/increased control (competitors)
4 Market Penetration Increase market share for existing through greater marketing efforts
5 Market Development Introducing present products in new geographical areas
6 Product Development Seeking increased sales by improving or developing new
7 Related Diversification Adding new related products or services
8 Unrelated Diversification Adding new unrelated products or services
9 Retrenchment Regrouping cost & asset reduction
10 Divestiture Selling division or part of business
11 Liquidation Selling all assets for tangible worth

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