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Current Event Report: Burt's Bees
MAR 100- Section 006
Maxiel Corporan Hidalgo
Cuny ID : 23311756
‘Current Event Report- “With Whimsy, Burt’s Bees Introduces Its First TV Campaign”- from N.Y Times, Business-advertising section’

“It’s one thing to tweet to them, but to reach them on their calendars during their lunch break is a delightful way to say, ‘We really appreciate you and want to brighten your day,’ ” Katharine Belloir.

I. Introduction:
Burt’s Bees, the natural personal care brand, is introducing television commercials, the first for the 30-year-old brand, which highlight its flavors more than its moisturizers. The promotion of the lip balm it has traditionally been functionally driven, meaning that marketers only used to focus on its effectiveness, that it was
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– Advertising: Marketing and campaigns that place emphasis on the needs and wants of small sets of people or on an individual consumer, as opposed to targeting a mass audience.
- Brand’s signature: Is a name, term, symbol, design, or combination that identifies a product and distinguishes it from other products.
– Expenditures: Funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment.
– Director of Marketing: Is a corporate executive responsible for marketing activities in an organization. Most often the position reports to the chief executive officer.
- Print ads: Is the process of production and dissemination of literature, music, or information — the activity of making information available to the general public.
– Consumer: Is a person or group of people, such as a household, who are the final users of products or services. The consumer 's use is final in the sense that the product is usually not improved by the
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Is defined as occurring when the gross domestic product falls for two consecutive quarters. Gross domestic is the total market value of all final goods and services produced during a period of time.
Political Factors:
Business needs government regulation to protect innovators of new technology, the interest of society in general, one business from another and consumers. In turn, government needs business the marketplace generates taxes that support public efforts to educate our youth, pave our roads, protect our shores, etc.
Every aspect of the marketing mix is subject to laws ad restrictions. It is the duty of marketing managers or their legal assistant to understand these laws and conform to them, because failure to comply with regulations can have major consequences for a firm. Sometimes just sensing trends and taking corrective actions before a government agency acts can help avoid regulations.
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