The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring . The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. It’s origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian‚ now chinese for year‚ was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that could
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September 2012 Subject: Proposal on New Approach to Advertising 1. INTRODUCTION For the past 3 years‚ our product Lion Beer annual sales has dropped about 6%‚ whereas our competitors have increased market share‚ 3.2% for Heineken‚ 1.8% for San Miguel and 1% for Carlsberg. The report from our marketing research team revealed that majority new generation consumers less knowing our product due to our current conventional advertising strategy. Our advertising plans should be changed accordingly
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II. INTRODUCTION Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade its viewers‚ readers or listeners to take some action. It usually includes the name of a product or service and how that product or service could benefit the consumer‚ to persuade potential customers‚ to purchase or to consume that particular brand. Different types of media can be used to deliver these messages‚ including traditional media such as newspapers‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio‚ and billboards. But the trends
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Deontological Case to Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Drug Advertising Introduction Direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical drugs is a controversial issue; is it ethical or does it lead to self-diagnosis and take advantage of those that desperately hope and need a cure? Pharmaceutical companies are using direct-to-consumer advertising through internet ads‚ TV ads and other mass media to target as many consumers as possible. Currently‚ New Zealand and the United States are the only two
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drug companies spend 100s of millions of dollars on advertising alone‚ often exceeding expenditures on research and development (Wilkes et al‚ 2000). Compared to other industries‚ it is significantly reliant on promotional expenditures‚ often amounting to 20-30% of sales. Traditionally‚ promotional efforts for prescription medication were targeted exclusively to physicians‚ but the industry’s approach evolved over time‚ pushing towards advertising prescription medication directly to patients through
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Consumer and Shopper Insights Understanding China’s Digital Consumers Successfully marketing to China’s exploding population of internet users will require a deep understanding of the distinct ways in which they use digital applications and devices. Consumer and Shopper Insights February 2011 Understanding China’s Digital Consumers Davis Lin Laxman Narasimhan Jun He The authors wish to thank Yuval Atsmon‚ Glenn Leibowitz‚ Cait Murphy‚ Cherie Zhang‚ Tina Zhang and Rachel
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Drug Companies and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising In this paper‚ I would like to discuss drug companies and consumer related advertising. Many people do not think that drug companies do a good job on educating the consumer about the dangers involved with the using of their product. The reason for that way of thinking is in today’s society you see everyone doing things that are going to better benefit them or their company financially. Therefore‚ I am going to give my opinion on the subject‚ and
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In the early 1400’s most people did not venture outside of their birthplace. Most did not live long lives. They died either from child birth‚ famine‚ or sickness. Their knowledge of Arts‚ medicine‚ work‚ and law was confined to the small village and the families that lived there. They would have traveled only a few miles to the next village to trade or shop for necessities. The bulk of their food intake would have been corn‚ wheat‚ sorghum‚ rice and barley. But not too far away in the same world
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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The new year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar‚ which usually falls in February‚ and the festivities continue for 15 days. At Chinese New Year celebrations‚ people wear red clothes‚ give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire‚ which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other’s homes for extravagant
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there a relationship between advertising and the effect it has on consumer’s purchasing decisions? Introduction The proposed research that will be conducted will be based on the impact advertising has with consumer’s behaviour. Advertising impacts everyone all the time and is constantly reminding consumers of their brands and the message that they are trying to portray. With the constant increase of competitive products‚ organisations have adopted many advertising strategies to benchmark against
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