Submitted By: Shagun Pandey
PEST ANALYSIS SHEET Submitted To: John Furneax
DESN 1022 Design Strategy
FACTOR OPPORTUNITY THREAT
● Growing piracy issues in ● To attract more consumers with the ● Decline in company’s revenue/
developing countries like India. freemium model. profit.
POLITICAL
● Increasing protection in digital ● All the content available is under all ● Niche/ local piracy websites in
music industry i.e. anti piracy, the laws and regulations and users developing countries.
copyright laws. can access for free.
● Global Economic slowdown ● Different types of subscription options ● Niche/ local piracy websites in
slackening consumer spending could be introduced to penetrate this developing countries.
on non-essential items. challenge.
ECONOMIC
● Ups and downs in the crypto
● Fast growing of digital currency ● Could be the first on to include this as market.
like bitcoin, ethereum. an payment option in their freemium
model.
● The consumers’ spending ● Different types of subscription options ● Decline in company’s revenue/
SOCIO-CULTURAL
patterns are influenced by their could be introduced to penetrate this profit.
purchasing power of money. challenge as most of the users in
these countries already have access ● Niche/ local piracy websites in
● Increase in consumer in to pirated free music. developing countries.
developing countries.
● Collaborate with different local artists. ● Lot of investments/ contract
● Capturing local flavours- local negotiations for the new niche/ local
songs, languages. artist.
● Growth of smartphones and ● To penetrate in developing countries. ● Convincing the users to switch to
TECHNOLOGICAL
cheap data rates. spotify.
● Collaboration with local actors,
● Digital marketing, social media influencers to target more audience. ● Money spent on ad campaigns,
and behavioural advertisement. collaborations.
● Need to strengthen consumer
● The adoption of new research in R&D ● Other apps with technology parent
technologies has shortened company with more resources.
lifecycle of new development.