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With these points Brother had informed investors that the traditional strategy of developing hardware products, releasing through sales channels and realizing profitability through affiliation and consumables had become highly uncertain. Furthermore, Brother acknowledged that these strategies caused model proliferation, had driven up stock holding requirements and cannibalized profitable lines, and may have directly encouraged the demand for generic consumables. | With these points Brother had informed investors that the traditional strategy of developing hardware products, releasing through sales channels and realizing profitability through affiliation and consumables had become highly uncertain. Furthermore, Brother acknowledged that these strategies caused model proliferation, had driven up stock holding requirements and cannibalized profitable lines, and may have directly encouraged the demand for generic consumables. | ||
Here Brother did two significant things. Firstly, it downgraded its forecasts to mitigate pressure for short-term market performance stating that the business would not return to overall profitability until 2018. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, it supported the profitability target by releasing a mid-term business strategy: '''CS [https://global.brother/en/investor/financial-info/archives B2018]'''. | Here Brother did two significant things. Firstly, it downgraded its forecasts to mitigate pressure for short-term market performance stating that the business would not return to overall profitability until 2018. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, it supported the profitability target by releasing a mid-term business strategy: '''CS [https://global.brother/en/investor/financial-info/archives B2018]'''. In this document, Brother outlined broad changes. It advocated for restructured business segments. It saw the need to relocate personal and investments. It wanted to consolidate internal divisions and to create new internal organizations to support the strategy. But all with a common function for underpinning the future company direction: | ||
'''<nowiki/>'To change and reposition the existing printing business to one that is clearly defined for corporate profitability enhancement'.''' | '''<nowiki/>'To change and reposition the existing printing business to one that is clearly defined for corporate profitability enhancement'.''' | ||
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