Porter’s analysis: 2. The second factor is rivalry among existing firms. * Office Depot’s major competitors include: IKON Office Solutions, Staples, United Stationers, OfficeMax, and Wal-Mart Stores. The competition among these firms is highly intense. Another competitor is Fedex Kinko’s (14% of the market segment) * Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax) comprise about 11% of the market combined. * print and ship services are approximately 17%, ranking it as one of Office Depot's
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that you review the University Catalog and Student Handbook so that you can be successful in this course. 4201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #610 ♦ Los Angeles, CA 90010, CA, U.S.A. ♦ T: (323) 938-4428 ♦ F: (323) 938-4-4429 ♦ E: www.iau.la MKT 500C Marketing Management Syllabus Instructor Name: Instructor Phone: Instructor Email: Campus / Room: Mode: COURSE DETAILS Christopher Lloyd, MBA (310) 594-1023 clloyd@iau.la Main Campus – B Hybrid Term/Year: Days: Time: Start: End: Fall
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Chapter 1: Defining Marketing for the 21st Century GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. Good marketing is no accident, but a result of careful planning and ________. a. execution b. selling c. strategies d. tactics e. research Answer: a Page: 4 Level of difficulty: Medium 2. Marketing is both an “art” and a “science”—there is constant tension between the formulated side of marketing and the ________ side. a. creative b. selling c. management d. forecasting e. behavior Answer: a Page:
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Companies can Make Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Rajesh N. Kumar James Cook University Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Introduction 4 What is the BoP Strategy 6 What is the Driver for MNCs to Focus on BoP Market 9 Is There a Buying Potential at the BoP 9 Behavior of Consumers in Asian Market 10 Sector With Highest Potential of Business in BoP Market 11 Recommendation 12 How to
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Strategy and culture in J D Wetherspoon 1.0 Introduction------------------------------------------P1 2.0 Procedure---------------------------------------------P1 3.0 External environment-------------------------------P1 4.1 Examples of factors 4.2 SWOT analysis 4.3 Set of guidelines about management 4.0 Organisational culture------------------------------P3 5.4 Organisation culture and shared values 5.5 Culture of J D Wetherspoon 5.6 Organisation
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answering questions and trying to close the sale (4) Servicing - providing support and service to the customer in the period up to delivery and also post-sale (5) Information gathering - obtaining information about the market to feedback into the marketing planning process (6) Allocating - in times of product shortage, the sales force may have the power to decide how available stocks are allocated What are the advantages of using personal selling as a means of promotion? • Personal selling is a face-to-face
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Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering Master Programme in International Marketing How is a Cement company working with maketing within the construction industry? - A case study on an ambitious cement company Authors: Jing Li Petter Schultz Supervisor: Svante Andersson Acknowledgement This thesis would not have been possible without the support from many people. Firstly, we would like to thank Mr. Ronny Andersson, market development manager at Cementa and professor in Structural
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le fait que les technologies de l’info traversent les frontières de l’informatique seulement mais peuvent venir bouleverser entièrement un job dans le marketing ou la compta par ex. « they touch every processes in the firm » La loi de MOORE (Dr. Gordon Moore 1965, fondateur de Intel
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Unit 4 Chapter 5 : Viral Marketing What is Viral Marketing? Viral marketing; simply the literal meaning is explains it all. Similar to “word-of-mouth”(Unit 4 Chapter 4), this marketing technique diffuses almost instantaneously. However, unlike “word-of-mouth”, Viral Marketing is mainly spread electronically, through web based technologies such as emails and social networking sites. It is safe to say that “word-of mouth” marketing is the most powerful marketing strategy. This viral strategy
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their service capability to enhance service leadership, service agility, customer delight, and customer experience.Benefits: * Organization will be able to use Service Excellence Award logo on all its materials as marketing tool. (Leveraging on the service excellence logo for marketing purposes) * Consistently delights customers * Delivers unparalleled customer experiences * Creates business value through customer service(E.g.: SMS customers when cars are ready for collection after repairs
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