Saturn Case Study The following paper is on the case study Saturn: An Image Makeover. The case study is an overview of how Saturn‚ a GM company‚ created an image makeover to appeal to a different car buying crowd to maximize profits. This dramatic shift in the original philosophy of the company created a dynamic shift and allowed the company to achieve efficiencies of scale. Using the full spectrum of segmentation variables‚ describe how GM has segmented the automobile market? GM used
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GM Saturn Case Study Ron Rubinstein Strategic Marketing Management course NYU SCPS Fall 2005 Key Issues  How (whether) to revive a faltering brand after impressive initial success in early 90s.  How to regain competitive advantage after loss of momentum‚ and failure of initial business strategies to sustain long-term sales growth.  How to penetrate wider demographics (younger‚ male)  How (whether) to penetrate foreign market Key findings: Environmental/General
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Company Case 5 “Saturn” MRKT310 1. GM’s marketing strategy is to use different lines of vehicles to reach different segments of the market. Although GM is an American made and built company they realize there is buying power in markets that prefer European engineering. Below is the Segmentation breakdown: a. Geographic: i. Country Region:- United States ii. Density: Urban‚ Semi-urban & rural b. Demographic : i. Age: Under 35
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CASE STUDY RAVI SOAP FACTORY COMPANY OVERVIEW PROBLEM DEFINITION: DECLINING SALES VOLUME The company is currently experiencing declining sales volume due to a stiff competition in the market. Customers are switching brands based on television commercials. Since the arrival of cable television in the terai region in 1997 ‚the companies like HLL ‚ Nirma ‚P&G‚Tomco started advertising their products heavily. The products include both detergent powder and detergent cake. HLL was focusing
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Case: _____Saturn_____ Case Abstract Form _____ Problem Statement: Saturn’s sales are down‚ and market share needs to be increased. Also‚ the product line is too narrow. Current advertising is targeting the younger population‚ but the average age of a Saturn buyer is 43. Saturn’s initial focus on employee relationships seems to be fading as demonstrated with the clash between GM designers in Europe and the U.S. on the L-Series car. In addition‚ overall styling of the vehicles needs
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Slide 3 What is Saturn? Saturn is the second biggest planet in the solar system with a mean radius of about 58‚ 232 km but it is the least dense planet in the solar system. It’s density is about 0.687 grams per cubic centimetre making it the only planet less dense than water. Saturn spins faster than any other planet except Jupiter‚ completing a rotation roughly every 10 and half hours. The rapid spinning causes Saturn to bulge at its equator and flatten at its poles making it the flattest of the
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Marketing Case Study about Groupon.com Groupon: Finding Strength in Numbers Case Study 14.1 talks about the new internet coupon sensation: Groupon. Groupon was recently discovered in Chicago to gain exposure to new businesses through discounted membership deals and has been on the rise ever since. This particular case study attempts to elaborate on the success of Groupon and how it works. The e-coupon was designed to help business owners appeal to new prospective consumers by advertising group
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Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Wake-up call 3 III. Advanced Product Design Team 4 IV. Common Threads of Success 5 V. Business and Marketing Strategy 8 VI. Challenges for Saturn 10 VII. Future for Saturn 12 VIII. Conclusion 13 IX. Bibliography 14 Introduction/Overview: America did not alone invent automobile‚ but America had been the leader in the automobile technology and manufacturing for several decades. During that time‚ American automobiles
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Project submitted on MARKETING STRATEGIES OF PEPSI Page | 1 CONTENTS SR. NO. TOPIC PAGE NO. 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 19 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 29 30 31 32 33 Page | 2 I PepsiCo Mission…………………………………………………………… II A Brief Pepsi History ……………………………………………………... III Corporate Profile: PepsiCo In India………………………………………. 3.1 Origin Of PepsiCo India………………………………………… 3.2 From Joint Venture To Wholly Owned………………………… 3.3 Corporate Management..........
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Ege’s Business- to- business market Ege differentiates its customers to “residential” and “contract”. (Strategy 2009). Residential customers are the retailers who buy carpets and resale them to the end customers (actual persons). Ege’s clients consist of the big chains such as Garant‚ Tæppeland. They have shops in more than 50 cities in Denmark‚ which covers the biggest part the country (garant.nu‚ taeppeland.dk). This is why ege’s carpets reach a lot of customers. The resellers have a close
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