Retail mix literature review Retail mix elements are customer service‚ store ambience‚ communication mix‚ location‚ merchandize assortment and pricing. Customer service According to National skill Development Corporation‚ there is a skill gap in human resource in India for following retail management operations. They are Store operations‚ merchandizing‚ purchase‚ logistics and marketing. My area of study is interaction with customer. [Source: National Skill Development corporation in organized retail
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A. Introduction Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and values with others (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ and Amstrong‚ 2001: 6). Marketing is about connecting with customers‚ serving the needs of society‚ and accomplishing the goals of the organization. Through customer satisfaction marketing creates the customer loyalty necessary to reach an organization’s objectives. Marketing works by creating
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but mainly used are PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis. Sainsbury’s Overview: Sainsbury’s was established by John James and Mary Ann in the year 1869 as a small dairy shop. In very short time the store became popular for selling good and quality products at very low prices‚ and as a result further store branches followed over time. Also as a result of its popularity and huge market this group floated on the London Stock Exchange in the year 1973. Sainsbury is the Great Britain based food retailer
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Marketing mix for evaluating business situations Analytical frameworks are the models designed by the experts who might have faced an problem earlier in either establishing or running a business unit. Fortunately‚ we can use these analytical frameworks to our advantage in order to identify the skills‚ organization techniques‚ examples and expertise of others (Lieberman‚ 2007). The most prominent business tool which was first expressed by McCarthy (1960) is 4 Ps of marketing mix. Marketing mix gives
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Getting the Marketing Mix Right INTRODUCTION Source: Harvard Business School “Working Knowledge” Published on: October 20‚ 2011 Author: Dina Gerdeman Article Review: Marketer’s job is to plan marketing activities and pull together fully integrated marketing programs to create‚ communicate and deliver value for consumers. McCarthy classified these activities as marketing mix tools‚ which he called the four Ps of marketing: product‚ price‚ place and promotion
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The Marketing Mix and the Four P’s The marketing mix is what most marketing people call "the 4 P’s" and it consists of Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ and Promotion. "Some people will increase the marketing mix to the "five P’s"‚ to include people. Others will increase the mix to "Seven Ps"‚ to include physical evidence (such as uniforms‚ or facilities) and process (i.e. the whole customer experience e.g. a visit to Disney World)" (Marketing Teacher‚ 2000). The marketing mix is a very important aspect
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Marketing Mix Shandalia Whitener American Intercontinental University Abstract This paper discusses the marketing mix. The writer explains the four p’s that make up the marketing mix in order to market a product or service. The writer also applies the marketing mix to a new model smartphone provided by Samsung. The marketing mix reveals what is most important in marketing the product in order for the marketer to make successful decisions for marketing the product. Once the marketing mix is applied
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strategy must encompass the promotion mix. Few forms of communications succeed on their own. The promotional mix is influenced by whether a company chooses a push‚ pull or profile strategy or a combination. PULL STRATEGY Using a pull strategy‚ the producer directs its marketing activities (primarily advertising and consumer promotion) towards final consumers to induce them to buy the product. If the pull strategy is effective‚ consumers will then demand the product from channel members‚ who will in
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Coca-Cola Marketing Mix: Product‚ Place‚ Price‚ Promotion Product: In order for an organization to be successful it needs to have a well-defined marketing mix. The marketing mix consists of the four P’s; product‚ place‚ price‚ promotion (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). Product is defined as “everything‚ both favorable and unfavorable‚ that a person receives in exchange” (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). The Coca-Cola Company’s products consist of beverage concentrates and
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Smart Products and Services A smart products is an electronic device‚ generally connected to other devices or networks via different protocols such as Bluetooth‚ NFC‚ WiFi‚ 3G‚ etc.‚ that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously. It is widely believed that these types of devices will outnumber any other forms of smart computing and communication in a very short time‚ in part‚ acting as a useful enabler for the internet things. Uses of Smart Services Minimize maintenance and repair
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