Provide the strength of each industrial force in the current Greeting card industry?

Based on competitive rivary, supplier power, buyer power, new entrants, substitutes, and compliments.

What forces influence profitability most significantly in the Greeting Card industry?

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What is the competitive advantage that most significantly affects profitability for Shomei?

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What will be the impact to Shomei, based on the following?

Hercules has recently introduced a new line of upscale cards at bookstores across the company. The new card line is also available at a number of Shomei's retailers. Although the card is not of as high a quality as Shomei's, Hercules is heavily marketing the fact that 10% of the purchase price of the card is donated to the nationwide "Arts in the Parks" program. How will this impact the greeting card manufacturers?