Summary: Aqulisa’s newest and highly innovative product‚ the Quartz Shower‚ comes in two forms: Standard and Pumped. Despite the initial anticipation and buzz surrounding the product at its outset‚ early sales figures in the first four months were much lower than expected at an average of only 15 units/day. Management is interested in generating sales momentum‚ and is willing to rethink their marketing strategy but not their pricing. The three options they are facing are to target consumers‚ do-it-yourselfers
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press for its innovative Quartz shower‚ Aqualisa Ltd. faced significant challenges in sales and distribution of the product. Key Issues & Market Segments Based on our analysis‚ the key factors inhibiting sales are: ▪ Poor to non-existent awareness of the Aqualisa brand and of the Quartz shower among customers‚ plumbers and developers ▪ Plumbers‚ who play a key decision-making role in 73% of purchases‚ are resistant to change and often perceive the Quartz as unreliable‚ based on experiences
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IMPACT OF CONSUMER PERCEPTION ON MARKET STRATEGY Case Study: “Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a better Shower Q #1: What is the Quartz value proposition to plumbers? To Consumers? It’s just what we wanted. Push-fit-connect-you done I can handle more orders which mean more profit. * Easy to install * Takes less time to install * My assistant can do that easily. * More profitable Ans: PLUMBERS CONSUMERS: Efficient & reliable water pressure. Don’t need to adjust temperature
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Soap‚ Bath and Shower Products Issues in the Market The soap‚ bath and shower category straddles two worlds – at once it falls into the arena of must-have consumer goods‚ which consumers see as integral to their everyday wellbeing‚ while at the same time it has an opportunity to tap into a consumer desire for escapism and fantasy. Close to half of women who use bath additives‚ for instance‚ cite a long bath as their ultimate pampering treat. How many fast-moving consumer goods segments
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Preparation Questions: 1. What is the Quartz value proposition to plumbers? To Consumers? To plumbers: a. Very easy to install - ’push-fit-connect-you’re done’ b. More profitable i. ½ day work (25% of previous time)‚ apprentices can do work also opportunity to install more and capture some of historical 6-mo. wait list ii. on average‚ plumbers do 40 to 50 a year (generally 2-day job)‚ but generally without reducing profit‚ will be able to do many more To consumers: c. Efficient and
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A Description of a City Shower By Jonathan Swift Careful observers may foretell the hour (By sure prognostics) when to dread a shower: While rain depends‚ the pensive cat gives o’er Her frolics‚ and pursues her tail no more. Returning home at night‚ you’ll find the sink Strike your offended sense with double stink. If you be wise‚ then go not far to dine; You’ll spend in coach hire more than save in wine. A coming shower your shooting corns presage‚ Old achès throb‚ your hollow
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The Evolution of selling The essay titled “Evolution of Selling “is based upon how selling has developed with the various key changes back into the industrial revolution era that has had an huge impact upon and led to the ways and approaches of selling today and looks into the ancient and modern methods‚ techniques and attitudes of selling which altogether has contributed to its modernization. The age of selling has brought about many advancements and developments in the world of Marketing through
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of personal selling is the development‚ organisation and completion of a sale in a market exchange based transaction. The company’s heavy reliance on online sales differentiates it from the traditional market leaders and reduces costs. Interactive marketing provides marketers with opportunities for much greater interaction and individualization through well-designed Web sites as well as online ads and promotions. Interactivitiy one of the key characteristics of personal selling. Personal selling
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There are a few cultural factors in international selling. Culture is the distinctive way of life of a person that is not biologically transmitted and it will be passed on from one generation to another‚ evolving and changing over time. Sales approach should be adapted for different cultures‚ with regarding to issues like Aesthetics‚ Religion‚ Education‚ Language and Social Organisation. Aesthetics is a non material cultural factor which may have an influence on the development of overseas market
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Assignment On “ PERSONAL SELLING ” Submitted by: Jaydip Shah (101) Dated on: March 22‚ 2010 GANPAT UNIVERSITY V. M. PATEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDEX CONTENT Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 What is Personal Selling…………………………………………………………………….4 Advantages of Personal Selling……………………………………………………………..5 Disadvantages of Personal Selling………………………………………………………….6 Types of Selling Roles………………………………………………………………………7 Trends in Selling……………………………………………………………………………8
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