2. Strengths
• Recognizable for 150 years
• Premium quality
• Competition awards
• Traditional production methods
• Big increase in sales in 2009
Weaknesses
• Lack of qualified employees
• Lack of technologies
• Reduction in popularity
• Losses in 2012
• Decrease in exports
3. Opportunities
• Expansion of the export
• Improvement of equipment and labor
• Promotion of recognition
• Leadership maintenance on local market
Threats
• Competitors on the local market
• Possible failure on the export market
• Newly appearing competitors
• Wide range of KVAS related drinks
4. Marketing
• Useful webpage
• Advanced social networking
– Over 1700 followers on TWITTER
– Over 19’000 followers on DRAUGIEM.LV
• Recognizable brand
• Availability
• Advertising campaigns
5. Competition and export
• Main competitors:
– Cēsu alus
– Brūveris
– Bauskas alus
• Foreign competitors:
– Очаково (Russia)
– Volfas Engelman (Lithuania)
• Exports to:
– Germany, Lithuania, Estonia,
Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, USA