Land Rover North America‚ Inc. Case Assignment Questions Why is LRNA launching the Discovery? The LRNA is launching the Discovery because of the Japanese crisis. They are losing their market share to the new lines of cars that Japan is coming out with. Because of the Japanese crisis‚ it triggered a worldwide market review. The data suggested that the 4x4 leisure sector was actually made up of two distinct user segments. The first was a group of young‚ childless adults that sought a product that
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Land Rover Case After an extensive research regarding consumer demands for SUV’s - there seems to be an increasing demand to develop SUV’s to accommodate a consumers’ safety‚ price value‚ usage purpose‚ and luxury needs to foster the constant change in consumer tastes and preferences. In order to satisfy these criteria‚ the ability to position the SUV correctly while targeting the appropriate consumers will determine the overall firm wide success in the future. Due to staggering costs that are
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Marketing Strategy Land Rover Dear Mr. Hughes‚ I am writing to you to present my recommendations towards a marketing strategy for the Land Rover Discovery. 1. Product Positioning: The brand “Land Rover Discovery” should become synonymous with high-end style‚ luxury‚ and creature comforts. It should be positioned as a premium brand‚ as the ultimate in SUV luxury. In terms of positioning against competitors‚ based on market research it seems clear that people value the Discovery for its ruggedness
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Land Rover North America‚ Inc. 1. Why is LRNA launching the Discovery? 2. Why do people buy SUVs? What benefits do SUVs deliver? Does the product make sense on a rational‚ economic basis? 3. Market Segmentation: Who is the typical SUV consumer and how is this changing? 4. Product Differentiation: What are the differences among competitive SUV offerings? What are the distinctive roles of the different brands within the Land Rover line? 5. What strategic considerations are involved in
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Land Rover North America Inc Case Study Group -‐ B12 Aditya Anand Asit Acharya Chaitanya Somawar Kiran Yadav Rakesh S Suresh Prasad Tribhuwan Kumar LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA INC. LRNA is envisioning a considerable growth in the SUV market in North America‚ which is in an evolution mode. This market is witnessing change in customer’s perception‚ which is crystallizing for meaningful product differentiation in the market. Following points describe
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consumer perception of the models in the Land Rover family is fairly muddled. Though the Range Rover is the first vehicle introduced in the U.S. and is almost $25‚000 more than the Land Rover Discovery‚ consumers believe that the Discovery is the better vehicle. (Which is very different from its competitor‚ Jeep‚ which has very clear differentiation in consumers’ minds that follows its positioning). The change in the corporate name from Range Rover to Land Rover surely exacerbates this confusion. The
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Juliana Van Winkle 5210 Marketing Land Rover North America Case 2/20/12 Marketing: Land Rover North America Problem statement: Land Rover must determine how to position the Discovery to expand sales in North America. Land Rover vehicles have done well in the states‚ but developing the brand will be critical to achieving the lofty goal of 40‚000 in sales by 1998. Alternatives: * Slow the plan for new Centre dealerships and focus funds on other marketing efforts such as advertising and
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position of being The More Affordable Range Rover. The benefits of this positioning were that they could use the established Range Rover brand that SUV consumers in America understood and trusted‚ but for a more affordable price. They decided against this brand positioning because of the experience they had with the Range Rover Hunter. In focus groups that they conducted‚ it seemed that there was a market for a less appointed vehicle so they created the Range Rover Hunter. But after the Hunter was introduced
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ConstruCtion CellPhone-oPeRated land RoveR P RaghavendRa PRaSad and . K. SuSRam Rahul C onventionally‚ wireless-controlled robots use RF circuits‚ which have the drawbacks of limited working range‚ limited frequency range and limited control. Use of a mobile phone for robotic control can overcome these limitations. It provides the advantages of robust control‚ working range as large as the coverage area of the service provider‚ no interference with other controllers and up to twelve
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Re: Video Case 3 – Land Rover: A Socially Responsible Company Purpose This memo is intended to respond to the Video Case 3 which correlates with Chapter 20‚ Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility. Does Land Rover ‘walks to talk’ and practices what it preaches in the video‚ and whether that translates into a competitive advantage. Is the basis for Land Rover’s competitive advantage truly accurate or are they using a clever marketing scheme to target socially responsible consumers? Summary
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