innovative products are introduced or consumer tastes have changed. There is intense price cutting‚ and many more products are withdrawn from the market. Profits can be improved by reducing marketing spending and cost cutting. As sales decline‚ the firm has several options: * Maintain the product‚ possibly rejuvenating it by adding new features and finding new uses. * Harvest the product–reduce costs and continue to offer it‚ possibly to a loyal niche segment. * Discontinue the product‚ liquidating
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Customer-Segment Pricing Product-Form Pricing Image Pricing Channel Pricing Location Pricing Time Pricing Price Discrimination Differentiated Pricing Promotional Pricing Geographical Pricing (Cash‚ Countertrade‚ Barter) Changing Pricing Environment How Companies Price Understanding Pricing Consumer Psychology and Pricing Reference Prices Price-Quality Inferences Price Cues Survival Maximum Current Profit Maximum Market Share Selecting the Pricing Objective Maximum Market Skimming Product-Quality Leadership
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potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners‚ customers and competitors better. The profile contains critical company information including: - Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions. - Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy. - SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths
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Chapter 12: Setting Product Strategy GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. Marketing planning begins with the formulation of an offering to ________ target customers’ needs or wants. a. exceed b. meet c. capture d. compete with e. comprehend Answer: b Page: 372 Level of difficulty: Easy 2. The customer will judge the offering by three basis elements: ________‚ services mix and quality‚ and price. a. performance b. salespeople
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PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS & CLASSIFICATIONS Product level: The customer value hierarchy Is product a tangible offering? No‚ it’s more than that. “Product” is anything which can satisfy market. People classify products according to customer value. It’s illustrated by this circle system. At the centre is core benefit which the customer really buy. Take Shilla‚ a hotel of SamSung group‚ for example‚ when you get there‚ what are you pay for? Is it a room‚ or a bed‚ or a shower? Not at all. Basically
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50‚000 Products but 3M Still Searching for Growth According to Mr. Thulin‚ 3M’s CEO‚ “.‚ is trying to maintain 3M’s reliable profitablitly while giving sales growth a bit more zip.” 3M has a vast product line already so in order for Thulin to increase profit even more he is going to have to be innovative and come up with several strategic plans. On the business side‚ he is going to have to see what products are not reaching the target sales growth and maybe sell them off to another company and
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[pic] ITC was incorporated on August 24‚ 1910 under the name of ’Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited’. Its beginnings were humble. A leased office on Radha Bazar Lane‚ Kolkata‚ was the centre of the Company’s existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24‚ 1926‚ by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37‚ Chowringhee‚ (now renamed J.L. Nehru Road) Kolkata‚ for the sum of Rs 310‚000. This decision of the Company was historic in more ways than one. It was to mark the beginning
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Galesburg native Charles R. Walgreen‚ Sr.‚ in 1901‚ has grown into the largest pharmacy chain in the world. As of May 31 2014‚ Walgreens operated 8‚217 stores all located in the United States.(Walgreens‚2014) Walgreens offers its customers a variety of basic consumer goods including household products‚ convenience foods‚ personal care‚ beauty care‚ photos‚ and seasonal items‚ as well as over the counter medications. In addition to its well-known pharmacies‚ Walgreens also operates home care facilities
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SETTING PRODUCT STRATEGY Under the guidance of Prof. B S Prakash PGPBA 2014-16 - By Team RANKS Radhika Odugoudar Anish Rawat Niharika Joshi Kiran Karpur Shreekarthik Shesha 1 B1412 B1401 B1411 B1405 B1415 Marketing Management Overview Product Definition Market Offering Elements 5 Product Levels Product Classification Product Differentiation DESIGN of Product Product & Brand Relationships Product Systems & Mixes Product Mix Length & Product Line
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WALGREENS February 23‚ 2014 FOR OL 421 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND POLICY INTRODUCTION: It was in 1901 that Charles Walgreen Sr. opted to purchase the Chicago drugstore where he worked as a pharmacist (David‚ 2013). He offered his own drug line and expanded the drug store with other items (David‚ 2013). His success allowed him to open a second drug store by 1909; over 100 stores in the next nine years‚ went public with stock shares by 1933‚ and in 1946 Walgreens pursued a philanthropic
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