The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

The five forces model is generally applied tothe real-world footwear industry ashaving weak, strong or moderate impacts as listed below. Foreach (a-e) explain why you believe this is (or isn’t)applicable/true to your company referring to the article and yourspecific competitive environment in the BSG world.

1. The threat of new entrants - weak force
2. The bargaining power of suppliers - weak force
3. The bargaining power of buyers/customers - moderate force
4. The threat of substitute products or services - moderateforce
5. Rivalry among existing competitors - strong force