Acme Consulting is a consulting company specializing in marketing of high-technology products in international markets. Its expertise is the marketing of personal computers and market research, all in international markets.
2.0 Situation Analysis
Acme Consulting offers high-level expertise in international high-tech business development, channel development, distribution strategies, and marketing of high-tech products. It focuses on providing two kinds of international triangles:
Providing United States clients with development for European and Latin American markets.
Providing European clients with development for the United States and Latin American markets.
This year we intend to take on consulting work in related markets, specifically the rest of Latin America and the better markets in the Far East. We will also look for additional leverage by taking brokerage positions and representation positions to create percentage holdings in product results.
2.1 Market Summary
Acme focuses on high-technology manufacturers of computer hardware and software, services, and networking, who want to sell into markets in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. These are mostly larger companies, and occasionally medium-sized companies.
Our most important customers are executives in larger corporations. They are marketing managers, general managers, sales managers, sometimes charged with international focus and sometimes charged with market or even specific channel focus. They do not want to waste their time or risk their money looking for bargain information or questionable expertise. As they go into markets looking at new opportunities, they are very sensitive to risking their company's name and reputation.
Target Market Forecast Potential Customers Growth 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 CAGR US High Tech 10% 5,000 5,500 6,050 6,655 7,321 10.00% European High Tech 15% 1,000 1,150 1,323 1,521