Marketing Strategy At the heart of any business strategy is a marketing strategy Businesses exist to deliver products that satisfy customers. Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception‚ pricing‚ promotion‚ and distribution of ideas‚ goods‚ and services. A marketing strategy is composed of several interrelated components called the marketing mix: The Marketing mix consists of answers to a series of product and customer related questions. The Marketing Mix
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To begin with‚ BCG is the acronym for Boston Consulting Group—a general management consulting firm highly respected in business strategy consulting. BCG Growth-Share Matrix (see figure 1) happens to be one of many of BCG’s strategic concepts the organisation developed in the late 1970s‚ and is being taught at leading business schools and executive education programmes around the world. It is a management tool that serves four distinct purposes (McDonald 2003; Kotler 2003; Cipher 2006): it can
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The company I chose to conduct my BCG Matrix on was Wal-Mart‚ because this company has become one of the largest and most successful companies within the United States. Wal-Mart started out as a small retail business in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas by Sam Walton. Today Wal-Mart has more than 10‚000 stores in more than twenty eight different countries. In 2012 Wal-Mart gained revenue of $421‚849 million dollars‚ which was an increase of 3.4% from the previous year. (www.topics.nytimes.com>Business>Companies
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BCG MATRIX CASE STUDY OF NESTLE BCG Matrix(Boston consulting Group ) • In the late 1960s the Boston Consulting Group‚ a leading management consulting company‚ designed a four-cell matrix known as BCG Growth/Share Matrix. This tool was developed to aid companies in the measurement of all their company businesses according to relative market share and market growth. Conti… • The BCG Matrix made a significant contribution to strategic management and continues to be an important strategic
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Abbey Martin WGSS 223- Discussion Paper #3 This “Gucci Guilty” cologne ad from Cosmopolitan Magazine shows a seemingly attractive couple using sex as a way of showing how the cologne will make both the guy and girl in a relationship feel. Both aren’t wearing clothes and are in a passionate embrace. The ad shows that woman as submissive‚ sexual‚ stereotypically attractive‚ and that she should aim to cater solely to their man. It also shows that man is dominant‚ also stereotypically attractive‚ and
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Feedback notes on the Gucci case study Question 1: What are the unique features of a luxury goods supply chain in terms of demand characteristics? Product design and innovation drives demand Low visibility of future demand leads to order based rather than forecast based replenishment High value & margin products High level of new product introduction Short campaign cycles with high level of new product introduction Question 2: Analysing Gucci’s Supply Strategy Gucci supply strategy is focused
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The BCG Growth-Share Matrix The BCG Growth-Share Matrix is a portfolio planning model developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970’s. It is based on the observation that a company’s business units can be classified into four categories based on combinations of market growth and market share relative to the largest competitor‚ hence the name "growth-share". The growth-share matrix thus maps the business unit positions within these two important determinants of profitability
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set new trends * chefs who aim to impress‚ using a few helpful products * chefs who aim to please and use a wider range of culinary aids * chefs who aim to satisfy‚ keeping costs as low as possible. Maggi ’A Natural Choice’ was aimed at the third group. The ’brand proposition’ was for a more natural product for the target market of ’chefs who aim to please’. The ’brand ambition’ was to combine goodness and taste with time and cost savings. Research and development (R&D) The new product was developed
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Case 2: Do Gucci Catalogs Stack Up in Direct Marketing? Catalogs‚ one type of direct mail merchandising‚ have been increasing in popularity as consumers look toward convenience in their shopping. Catalog business has even been expanding on the international horizon‚ Harris Catalog Library has offered 1‚250 domestic and international catalogs for patrons to order from. Catalog libraries can be found close to home in U.S. libraries‚ and as far away as Japanese department stores. The Japanese
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IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY ITC is an Indian conglomerate Headquartered in Kolkata Currently headed by Yogesh Chander Deveshwar. Employs over 26‚000 people at more than 60 locations across India and is listed on FORBES 2000. Annual turnover - over US$ 7 billion (44000 cr) Market capitalisation - US$ 45 billion (283‚000 cr) Business Segments Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Hotels Paperboards Paper & Packaging Agri Business
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