Gain Competitive Advantage Through New Product Development In today’s competitive world‚ companies do not compete on price or delivery alone. Introduction of new products or new product features has become a main source of competitive advantage. The best example of this strategy is that of Pepsi Co. For decades‚ Pepsi Cola & Coca Cola battled for supremacy in the cola market‚ however in 1990’s Pepsi gained market share‚ improved profitability and became World No. 1 beverage vendor by introducing
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137 How competitive forces shape strategy Awareness of these forees can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack Michael E. Porter The nature and degree of competition in an industry hinge on five forces: the threat of new entrants‚ the bargaining power of customers‚ the bargaining power of suppliers‚ the threat of substitute products or services (where applicahle)‚ and the jockeying among current contestants. To estahlish a strategic agenda
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2014 615665-662152 [Foreign market analysis] International Marketing Assignment The luxury cosmetics market Table of contents I/ Product & Geographic description of the market2 II/ Demand estimation3 III/ Business climate assessment – The Coface analysis5 IV/ Competition analysis5 V/ Harrel & Keifer’s matrix6 VI/ SLEPT factors applied on Chinese luxury cosmetic7 Social (and cultural) factors7 Legal factors8 Economic factors8 Political factors10 Technological factors10
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Product Team Cialis: Getting Ready to Market MKT Q1. In 2002‚ Viagra was the only clinically proven‚ FDA approved medication for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) on the market (Cialis – Dec 2003‚ Levitra – Sept 2003). Viagra had the highest brand recognition of any pharmaceutical product on the market. It had generated over one billion dollars in annual sales for 3 consecutive years since its introduction in 1998. In 2002‚ Viagra accounted for 5.3% ($1.73 billion) in sales of Pfizer’s annual
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Market Analysis 1-People – Target market Polaroid digital-imaging products are targeted to mostly middle and upper income bracket consumers‚ mostly young adults regardless of age or cultural background that invest in these product for personal use. They are also geared to attract photojournalist‚ professional photographers and business such as; real estates and advertising agencies. 2-Product: Digital-imaging products market exploded in 1994 and the demand was rapidly expanding to include various
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◾Identify each service and product specifically. For product‚ identify in terms of name‚ trademark‚ color‚ shape‚ and other characteristic‚ including packaging and labeling. ◾Differentiate products/services in terms of exclusive processes or superior ingredients and other features. ◾Describe product/service weaknesses. ◾Describe product lines‚ and new products/services that will be introduced. ◾Give cost of each product/service. ◾Give the price you plan to charge for each product/service ◾Identify
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TARGET MARKET ANALYSIS (Biozet Attack Laundry Powder) The Kao Corporation is originated by Mr. Tomiro Nagase and founded in June 1887. High quality toiletry soap becomes first manufactured goods that are launched. This corporation started to develop and expand their business to other field of business such as the beauty care business wherein the company recommend prestige cosmetics‚ and premium skin care and hair care products‚ and the fabric and home care business‚ which contain laundry detergents
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strategy used and implemented by the low-budget airline. The strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats‚ known as SWOT analysis‚ will also be illustrated along with the external environment better known as PEST analysis which consists of the political‚ environmental‚ social/cultural and technology factors of easyJet. In addition an analysis of the competitive market environment of easyJet will be shown‚ which includes an overview of easyJet’s main competitors and the nature of business in
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The global healthcare BI market is mainly categorized by function‚ application‚ technology‚ end user‚ and geography. Cloud BI and mobile BI are expected to register highest growth rate among the healthcare BI market by technology during the forecast period.Their favorable growth is attributed to the increasing shift of healthcare organizations towards cloud computing models‚ increasing use of smartphones by the medical community‚ and highly flexible‚ agile‚ interoperable‚ scalable‚ and cost efficient
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New Product Development Process "When the change outside is greater than the change inside‚ the end is near" - Peter Drucker. New product is crucial because the market is changing... the old trend might become new again... but it never stay still. Only constant is change. That’s why we have to do the new product development process. There is a 7-step process comprising the key elements of new product development. The first step of new product development is idea generation which requires
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