Starbucks Coffee: Standardization and Adaptation Strategy Introduction Starbucks’ Business Concept and History When academics Jerry Baldwin‚ Zev Siegel‚ and Gordon Bowker established Starbucks Coffee Company in 1971‚ their vision of Starbucks was that of a local business specialising in “selling fresh roasted whole beans in ...specialty stores.” (Darguste et al.‚ 2006 p.655). Fearing commoditization of the brand‚ the founders were opposed to the idea of broadening the appeal of Starbucks
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Starbucks Coffee Company: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan April 2006 Prepared for: Starbucks Coffee Company W. H. Evans Prepared by: Sophie van der Vecht Neni Pogarcic Hidde van der Dussen Tim Ensing Dan Mackinnon Lucia Suchankova Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................
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Authors: Ingrid Bernier and Elise Meyer Supervisor: Jean-Charles Languilaire Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration‚ Marketing Key words: Culture‚ international marketing‚ marketing strategies‚ standardization and adaptation Purpose: Compare two strategies‚ standardization and adaptation‚ to show how companies manage cultural differences. Method: Our research method is a descriptive one. Then‚ we collect data from secondary sources such as the books‚ articles‚ journals and studies
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Strategies a Company Use When Marketing Their Products Globally? (Standardization versus Adaptation) In the century‚ when almost every company wants to operate globally and many of them have already been doing it‚ firms face the choice of marketing strategy that provides a success to their product/service in different markets. There are two main marketing strategies‚ standardization and adaptation. And the question “What is better?” worries the companies that are going to act worldwide. I think
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Reasons for product standardization or adaptationThere are countless reasons for which firms standardize or adapt their product‚ but the bottom line is that‚ there is no firm that is at the extreme end of thespectrum of standardization and adaptation. This assertion is supported andevaluated by Gabrielsson (2004:41): “The standardization alternatives are aspectrum ranging from full standardization to an adaptive approach at differentlevels of marketing mix elements. This part tries to pinpoint popular
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2007:201 BACHELOR THESIS Standardization and Adaptation in Television Advertising Jonas Kenntoft Johan Neglén Luleå University of Technology Bachelor thesis Industrial marketing Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Business Administration and Management 2007:201 - ISSN: 1402-1773 - ISRN: LTU-CUPP--07/201--SE PREFACE PREFACE When we started this journey‚ we had no idea about where we were going to end up. On the way we understood why many people
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Standardization versus Adaptation There has been much debate over implementing a standardization strategy versus an adaptation approach across international markets. There are numerous factors to consider‚ along with pros and cons of both marketing plans. While standardization is equated with brand consistency‚ lower advertising costs‚ and overall synergy‚ adaptation is often required to address cultural differences for more effective communication and proves that cutting costs does not always
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Standardization versus Adaptation in International Marketing Introduction The most challenging decision that a company may face in internationalization is the degree of standardization or adaptation in its operations. The question of standardization or adaptation affects all avenues of a business’ operations‚ such as R&D‚ finance‚ production‚ organizational structure‚ procurement‚ and the marketing mix. Whether a company chooses to standardize or adapt its operations depends on its attitudes
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Case study: Starbucks in China Starbucks – A global company? The 1971 founded company Starbucks has undergone an impressive expansion throughout the last years and as a result now is the leading coffee house retailer in the world. Due to several joint ventures‚ partners‚ and an enormous amount of directly operated stores‚ it is present in more than 34 countries and serves around 33 millions of customers per week.1 Moreover‚ the company significantly increased its global publicity within subscribing
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STARBUCKS IN CHINA Marketing in the host country Before entering China‚ Starbucks decided to invest in market research to analyze the best approach to reach the Chinese market by entering joint with local companies in different regions across the country which allowed a direct access to the consumer for market research purposes. Several interesting findings were made regarding market behavior in China; first of all China is a tea-based consumption market so to generate acceptance to the Starbucks
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