Marketing and the competitive environment Effective marketing Marketing: identifying and meeting customer needs. Market: anyone willing and with the financial ability to buy a product or service. There are 2 main strands to successful marketing: Identifying customer needs. Meeting customer needs. Niche marketing: meeting the needs of a relatively small number of potential customers. Advantages Disadvantages Ability to focus on the needs of individual customers and respond quickly to changes
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Interaction of micro elements The interaction between 5 competitive forces‚ create environment for Apple very competitive and hard to survive. Low entry barrier‚ rapid innovation of supplier and changing demand of consumer create the product life-cycle shorten. A lot of competitors with very similar product specification let product easy to imitate and alter PC become near to commodity product. Thus this leads to low market share industry. In addition‚ strong power of suppliers‚ a lot of competitors
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Chapter 5: Scanning Marketing Environment Analyzing needs and trends in the Macroenviroment Trends ▫ is a directional or sequence of events that some have momentum and durability. ▫ Has longevity‚ is observable across several market areas and consumer activities and is consistent with other significant indicators occurring or emerging at the same time(Faith Popcorn) Faith Popcorn points to 16 Trends in the Economy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Anchoring Being Alive Cashing Out Clanning
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The importance of marketing strategy Gaining the competitive edge with Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Introduction Over the years‚ the traditional face of marketing has changed. Whilst organizations recognize that they can no longer take their customers’ loyalty for granted‚ and need to adopt ongoing marketing strategies to stay ahead of their competitors‚ the design and content of there strategies continue to evolve. Research shows that 20 years ago‚ 75 percent of marketing budgets
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Importance of a Marketing Plan Think of a successful company in this day and age that has gained success without any use of a marketing plan. Chances are you won’t find one. To have a plan of where the founder of a business wants to take the company is one of the first things that founder thinks of when his idea about the product or service is coming together. Establishing a good marketing plan has proven to be essential to a successful business. “By creating a marketing plan‚ firms like Starbucks
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ABSTRACT THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING COMMUNICATION AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCES CONSUMERS BUYING BEHAVIORS. This project work is divided into various topics. In the course of carrying out this research‚ I will be looking at the important marketing communication factors within the marketing of products‚ the factors that influences the consumers buying behaviors within business in general Secondly‚ I will be looking into the views and ideas of some various scholars on consumers buying behavior
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Mac Donald’s Company 1) Economic Environment Even with current economic condition‚ M’cDonalds remains optimistic. According to Business Times (2009)‚ “McDonalds Malaysia expects its delivery service business to jump 40 per cent this year as its new call centre can handle more orders.” They invested over two million ringgit for setting up the new call center. In addition the Managing Director Azmir Jaafar‚ said the company “plans to invest 8 million ringgit this year to open between 15 and 20 new
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Introduction The term “marketing mix” was introduced by Neil Borden in his 1964 article “The Concept of the Marketing Mix”. Borden’s (1964) original marketing mix was a list of 12 elements that make up a marketing programme. McCarthy (1964) refined Borden’s list and reduced Borden’s 12 elements to four Ps: product‚ price‚ place and promotion. In addition‚ McCarthy (1964) defined the marketing mix as “a combination of all the factors at a marketing manager’s command to satisfy the target market”
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Marketing Definition and Importance Marketing Definition and Importance The world of marketing is very diverse and can be defined and applied in many different ways. One person might be asked to give a definition of marketing and give a totally different definition than another person. Marketing importance to an organization can be different from one to the other depending on product line and ways in which the organization markets the product. In today’s paper one will look at two different definitions
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Gender Marketing Abstract Gender Marketing is not about male versus female. It is about understanding your customer and his profile thoroughly. Marketers generally adopt the approach of neutral marketing to play safe; by and large both men and women feel that they have not been targeted by the marketers properly. The marketers should continuously strive for competitiveness and take benefits from the ever changing environment which can be facilitated by the realization of the concept of gender
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