SERVICE MARKETING CHAPTER 3 : Positioning Services in Competitive Markets Overview of Chapter 3 • Achieve Competitive Advantage through Focus • Market Segmentation Forms the Basis for Focused Strategies • Service Attributes and Levels • Developing an Effective Positioning Strategy • Using Positioning Maps to Analyze Competitive Strategy Achieve Competitive Advantage Through Focus Focus Underlies the Search for Competitive Advantage • Intensifying competition makes it important
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Introduction The NIVEA® brand is one of the most recognised skin and beauty care brands in the world. NIVEA creme was first introduced in 1911 and the NIVEA brand now extends to 14 product ranges worldwide from suncare to facial moisturisers‚ deodorant and shower products. In 1980 when Beiersdorf‚ the international company that owns NIVEA‚ launched its NIVEA FOR MEN® range internationally‚ it broke new ground with its aftershave balm product. It was the first balm on the market that did not contain
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on the ’NIVEA for Men’ case study 1. Describe the ’Nivea for Men’ product range. Nowadays‚ Nivea is a famous brand of skin & beauty care in the world. The range of men’s products was launched in 1980 with an aftershave balm. This first product without alcohol (which irritate the skin) becomes quickly successful. After that‚ to develop new products‚ the company interested itself to the consumers’ needs‚ which was the protection of the face after shaving. It’s from there that Nivea for Men
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Target Market Selection and Positioning Strategy Forever Fitness will enter into Brisbane’s already thriving fitness industry‚ a market that has been steadily growing as the population’s interest in keeping fit and healthy increases. However‚ while a vast majority are gyms and clubs with a wide audience‚ there is not much of a provision of establishments focusing on the needs of the elderly‚ as mentioned previously with Green Apple Wellness Centre in Bald Hills being the only registered elderly
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Positioning is the place where someone or something is‚ especially in relation to other objects and places. In marketing‚ positioning has come to mean the process by which marketers try to create an image or identity in the minds of their target market for its product‚ brand‚ or organization.(Wikipedia‚2012) However‚ it is important for the contemporary age‚ whichever aspect is in life. By looking at marketing segmentation‚ marketing targeting and marketing positioning from DOVE® Chocolate which
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Foundations Professor: Vernette Sinaise Nandy Nedd 1. A Marketing plan is defined as a plan to identify and then meet consumers’ requirements. NIVEA FOR MEN developed its marketing plan after doing a market research. Two pieces of data that NIVEA used when preparing its marketing plan to re-launch NIVEA FOR MEN are: a. Past performance data of NIVEA FOR MEN in the UK to see how the brand was performing and the promotion they used and who was buying the product‚ they were able to determine that
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Situational Anaylsis: External Environment:pestal trend‚ 5 forces. Competition: Political and legal analysis: The Nivea brand and its product FaceWipes will not face any major political or legal issue as such. We hope to sell the product in accordance and conformance to the UAE laws. All prohibitive ingredients will not be utilized in preparing the product. Other than that the cosmetics industry is not subject to a lot no political constraints and legal regulations. Economic Factors:
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POSITIONING Positioning the process of designing an image and value so that consumers with the target segment understand what the company or brand stands for in relation to its competitors. It also refers to the place an offering occupies in consumers minds on important attributes related to competitive offerings. Positioning is not actually something that is done to product; rather it is something that is done to minds of consumers by marketers. It relates to now consumers perceive the product
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POSITIONING STRATEGY POSITIONING Creating a unique and distinctive image for a brand relative to the competition Brand should be perceived as different from competitors by consumers EFFECTIVE POSITIONING Meaningful to consumers Credible/believable Unique to your brand Durable over time FOCUS OF POSITIONING Attributes and benefits of the product Competition Product user Product use or application Product class Cultural symbols Jet Blue Airways Focus on the benefits of Jet Blue
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Beiersdorf brought the now virtually universally known skin cream named Nivea onto the market. Nivea has now grown to be the largest skin and beauty care brand in the world‚ selling products in around 200 countries. Nivea Crème was the first true cosmetic moisturiser‚ and is still Nivea’s signature product. However‚ to meet ever-evolving customer needs and to further penetrate the personal care and cosmetics market; it has extended the Nivea product range to include among others: Body‚ Visage‚ Beauté‚ Sun
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