of product innovation‚ marketing‚ branding‚ pricing and value added services. 3) High bargaining power for Bharti‚ due to high competition between service providers 4) Transferring equipment investment risk to vendor 5) Uncertainties in capital expenditures kept low Disadvantages: 1) Inertia from existing employees to transfer 2) Transfer of network assets build by Bharti 3) More the outsourcing core business- more dependency on vendors 2. What would be your major concerns
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Vodafone and Airtel- A study of the brand positioning of two brands from the same product category. VODAFONE Vodafone Essar‚ formerly known as Hutchison Essar is a cellular operator in India that covers 23 telecom circles in India based in Mumbai.Vodafone Essar is owned by Vodafone 67% and Essar Group 33%. It is the second largest mobile phone operator in terms of revenue behind Bharti Airtel‚ and third largest in terms of customers. Segmentation Vodafone segments its target users by Income
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that influence consumer buying behavior There are a lot of subjects for marketers to understand in order to get more customers purchasing their companies’ products or brands. Consumer buying behavior is one of the studies that marketers need to understand. Factors that influence consumer buying behavior can be classified into four classes which are social factor‚ cultural factor‚ personal factor and psychological factor. One of the factors that influence consumer buying behavior is social factors
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MARKETING RRESEARCH Marketing Research plays a very significant role in identifying the needs of customers and meeting them in best possible way. The main task of Marketing Research is systematic gathering and analysis of information. It can be defined as "the function that links the consumers‚ customers‚ and public to the marketer through information — information used to identify and define marketing opportunities and problems; generate‚ refine‚ and evaluate marketing actions; monitor marketing performance;
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Consumer Analysis Wal-Mart creates the ideal one-stop shopping experience. Wal-Mart has ten different divisions which are: Wal-Mart stores‚ SAM ’S CLUBS‚ Neighborhood Markets‚ International‚ walmart.com‚ Tire & Lube Express‚ Wal-Mart Optical‚ Wal-Mart Pharmacy‚ Wal-Mart Vacations‚ and Wal-Mart ’s Used Fixture Auctions. These ten divisions allow Wal-Mart to offer a lot of diverse products at a wide range of prices. Most Wal-Mart stores contain groceries‚ clothes‚ healthcare products‚ toys
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CONSUMER ANALYSIS SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING The term segmentation was first introduced into marketing literature by Alderson (1937). In 1950s‚ Smith conceptualized and provided a definition of segmentation as we know it today. Market segmentation may be defined as subdividing a heterogeneous market into more homogeneous subgroups based on some common customer characteristics‚ such as age‚ location‚ time of purchase or purchase frequency. Segmentation strategy has been expanded into
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Consumer Behavior (MKT 202) Consumer Behavior Research Project: (Group work) (Due Date for submission – April‚ 19th‚ 2012‚ Presentation Date- April 22/24‚ 2012) You are required to write a paper on the consumer behavior of a target group which influences the formation of marketing strategies of any BRAND. Find a live project at a company‚ preferably Multinational. Choose from categories like Telecommunication‚ Banks‚ Paints‚ Media‚ Newspaper‚ Saloons‚ Chips‚ Milk‚ Snacks‚ Bread‚ Cosmetics
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the family. Today children are not only passive observers but they have taken a considerable place in the families and have a significant influence on parental buying decisions and they have occupied a big segment in the marketplace. Children are consumers in their own right; there are more products produced and directed at them. Because of a growing awareness of the role children play in family decision making on family purchases other than toys and cereals‚ as well as a realisation that the influence
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Topic 6 - The Theory of Consumer Behavior – the theory of utility • The theory of consumer behaviour may be analysed by either utility theory and / or indifference curve analysis. • Note: this course only requires students to be aware of utility theory. Indifference curve analysis is undertaken in year 2 and is not a requirement of this course Basic Principles of the theory of Consumer Behaviour • Consumers are rational optimisers • Consumers seek to maximise total utility • Utility is achieved
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AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH Introduction Store choice is a decision that a shopper is fairly involved in. It is important for a store to understand this behavior for developing marketing strategies to attract and keep its clientele. It is found that shoppers choose the store based on many aspects that could be classified as primary and image based. It is also found that the importance of each of these aspects changes with the kind of store the shopper wants to visit. In the Indian context
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