relationship marketing, changing emphasis of marketing Marketing environment: micro environment of the company; stakeholders eg suppliers, intermediaries, owners, financiers, customers, competitors, local residents, pressure groups; macro environment demographics eg economy, society, ecology, technology, politics, legal, culture; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis; political, economic, social, technical (PEST) analysis; Porter’s competitive forces Consumer markets: central role
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Situation Analysis 6 2.1. Macro Environment 6 2.1.1. Regulatory 6 2.1.2. Political 6 2.1.3. Economic 7 2.1.4. Social & Cultural 7 2.1.5. Technological 8 2.1.6. Demographics 8 2.2. Micro Environment 9 2.2.1. Intermediaries & Distribution 9 2.2.2. Company 10 2.2.3. Suppliers 10 3. Product Category Review 10 3.1. General description 10 3.2. Sales trends 10 3.3. Distribution profile 12 3.4. Competitive Analysis 13
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Porter's Five Forces Model Porter's five forces analysis is the structure framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. (Porter, M.E. 2008) Using Porter's five forces analysis is a way to figure out the different firms competition levels and force of said "attractiveness" of a market. "Attractiveness" being used in the context of the end all, be all of a industry's profitability. On the other hand, an unattractive industry refers to the combination of all five of the forces
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answer three questions: what made KFC so successful in China? Which challenges and opportunities does the company face today? And which strategies are and/or should be in place? To answer the first question, standard macro-analysis tools were used and a detailed look at the market environment at the time of market entry was taken as well as the measures KFC undertook by then. The following are the factors that we believe contributed to KFC China’s success: Reposition: KFC’s reposition into a Chinese style
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BRITVIC - ASSESSMENT 1. Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers. Marketing might sometimes be interpreted as the art of selling products, but selling is only a small fraction of marketing. There are five competing concepts under which organisations can choose to operate their business; the production concept, the product concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept, and the holistic marketing concept. Shown below are three of the key characteristics
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the Company ............................................................................................... 7 Situational Analysis .......................................................................................................... 8 Macro Analysis ................................................................................................................. 9 PEST Analysis .............................................................................................................. 9 Political
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Author Strategic Marketing Plan for IKEA in INDIA [Document subtitle] Strategic Marketing Plan for IKEA in INDIA [Document subtitle] Contents Introduction 2 About IKEA 2 1.0 Analysis of Indian Market 3 1.1 Micro Analysis 3 1.1.1 PESTEL Analysis 3 1.2 Micro Analysis 4 1.2.1 SWOT Analysis 4 1.3 Impact on Hofstede Culture Dimension 5 a) Collectivism vs Individualism 6 b) Femininity vs Masculinity 6 c) Avoidance of Uncertainties 6 d) Power Distance 6 1.4 Porter’s Diamond
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INTRODUCTION Country risk refers to the risk of investing or lending in a country, arising from possible changes in the business environment that may adversely affect operating profits or the value of assets in the country. For example, financial factors such as currency controls, devaluation or regulatory changes, or stability factors such as mass riots, civil war and other potential events contribute to companies' operational risks. This term is also sometimes referred to as political risk; however
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on “policy feedbacks,” the article proposes a way of thinking about institutional evolution and path dependency that provides an alternative to equilibrium and other approaches that separate the analysis of institutional stability from that of institutional change. INTRODUCTION Institutional analysis has a distinguished pedigree in comparative politics, and the “new” institutionalist literature of the past two decades has both sustained this venerable tradition and deepened our understanding
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Fashion Block used Situation Analysis, marketing mix decision, marketing strategy, implementation and control in its marketing process. Kay’s Fashion Block was able to respond to the needs of its consumers and better market its products to build customers and sales, however the extensive and expensive research and constant change affected the marketing orientation of the business. The Marketing environment in which Kay’s Fashion Block operates was based on Micro-Environment that influenced the business
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