1 PREFACE This marketing assignment pertains to the needs and wants of consumers in the consumer durables category. Within this category‚ we have specifically chosen the laptop industry‚ to illustrate clearly the wants and needs of consumers and the various elements of the marketing mix used‚ in order to satisfy them. There are 6 major players in this market are HP‚ Lenovo‚ Dell‚ Sony VAIO‚ Acer and HCL; and also many smaller but niche players like Toshiba‚ Panasonic and Apple‚ Samsung
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School‚ Delhi. Recently your school hosted the Regional Level CBSE Science Exhibition. Write a report of this event for your school newsletter in about 125 words. 5. As you were driving back home from work you were witness to an accident between a Maruti car and a truck. The driver of the car was seriously injured. There was confusion and chaos prevailing on the road. Describe the scene in about 100 to 125 words. You are Sameer/ Samiksha. LETTER 6. You are Naresh/ Neetu. Recently‚ you came across
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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd- Company Analysis Indian oil corporation Ltd is the largest commercial enterprise. First Indian corporate to cross sales above Rs.2‚ 00‚000cr. Its finance director S.V. Narsimham bags excellence in finance awards. It signs MOU with Transparency International India for implementing integrity Pact. Merger of BRPL with Indian oil. Background: Indian Oil Company Ltd began its operations in the year 1959; later in 1964 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd was formed with merger of Indian
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to use an acquisition strategy for several reasons; however‚ acquisition strategies are not without problems. When acquisitions contribute to poor performance‚ a company may deem it necessary to restructure its operations. Driven by M&A Imagine Maruti Suzuki merging with Ford India. Or Daewoo Motors and Fiat India becoming a part of General Motors India. Or Hindustan Motors merging with Mercedes Benz India. Sounds farfetched? Not really. In the race to expand their product portfolio for global
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ASSIGNMENT SOLUTIONS Course Code Course Title Assignment Code : : : MS - 6 Marketing for Managers MS-6/TMA/SEM - I /2012 Question 1 a) Explain the concept of Marketing and substantiate the significance in modern organization in accomplishment of their objectives. Answer: Marketing Concept The marketing concept holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists of being more effective than competitors in integrating marketing activities toward determining and satisfying the needs
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investment‚ and investment raised on international capital markets) in India grew from a minuscule US$132 million in 1991–92 to $5.3 billion in 1995–96. The list of companies that were privatized includes some of the biggest names of the industry like Maruti Udyog‚ BALCO‚
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rut which is its own creation. The brand is the classic example of marketing myopia. The company took the customers for granted and refused to change when the entire market changed. The brand did nothing when faced with competition from Tatas and Maruti. Instead of changing its core DNA‚ the brand relied upon cosmetic changes. When the brand needed a drastic revolutionary change‚ HM decided to get stuck with the old product. The current strategy of a niche Amby is again a patch-up . This brand
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PLACEMENTS AT IIFT PLACEMENTS 2008 Final placements of the MBA (IB) students at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) have kept their appointment with success‚ the excellent results reinforcing the confidence that leading recruiters have always shown in the institute. A total of 52 companies recruited 151 students from both the Delhi and Kolkata centres. The preplacement offers and the concluded lateral placements had ensured that 57 students had already been placed before the final placements
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EVEN now‚ when India is desperate to attract capital to fund its big balance-of-payments gap‚ the red carpet it rolls out is a little dusty. A year after rules were eased to permit foreign “single-brand” retailers to operate in India‚ Sweden’s IKEA is still waiting for the go-ahead to sell Nordic comfort food and furniture. India’s cabinet has yet to make its mind up about the flat-packed sort‚ it seems. The delay may become just another war story about foreign direct investment (FDI) in India
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Marketing Management CIA By Anurag Sipani Kartik Pradeep Anand Agarwal The Marketing Concept The "marketing concept" is the philosophy that firms should analyze the needs of their customers and then make decisions to satisfy those needs‚ better than the competition. Today most firms have adopted the marketing concept‚ but this has not always been the case. Apple Company has applied marketing concept into their business. As we know‚ the marketing concept means determining
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