This is the task list for MKT350-1301A-01: Marketing Research Practices Task List | Phase 1 - Introduction to Market Research | | | Reading Task: Burns & Bush‚ Chapters 1-3 | | Task Type: Discussion Board Deliverable Length: 2–3 paragraphs Points Possible: 10 Due Date: 1/9/2013 11:59:59 PM CT Reminder: Initial Discussion Board posts due by Wednesday‚ responses due by SundayStudents will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting by Wednesday of each
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Describe the major trends and forces that are changing the marketing landscape in this age of relationships? Dramatic changes in the marketplace are making companies rethink their marketing strategy‚ as it is becoming more challenging. The forces that are changing the marketing landscape can be described into five major factors: Changing economy: The great recession has caused many consumers to change their spending habits and buying attitude. This created an age of consumer frugality‚ which
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The Bypass Strategy Probably the most difficult and failure-prone of all plans‚ the bypass strategy enables attackers to bypass its chief competitors and diversify into unrelated products or markets. From a military perspective‚ this may work as a temporary flanking strategy‚ but in marketing it runs the risk of diluting the core business and central operating strategy‚ extending resources into areas where the company had no business being. Pepsico diluted its core competency—the production and
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* FOCUSED OR NICHE STRATEGY WHAT IS FOCUSED OR NICHE STRATEGY? * Focus strategy based on low-cost * Concentrate on a narrow customer segment beating the competition on lower cost * Focus strategy based on differentiation * Offering niche customers a product customized to their needs * Overall objective of both focus strategies is to do a better job of serving a niche target market than competitors * Keys to success * Choose a niche were customers have a distinctive
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Competitive Strategy Asia-Pacific Marketing Federation Certified Professional Marketer Copyright Marketing Institute of Singapore Outline * Introduction * Sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) * Sources of SCA * Strategies for * Market Leaders * Challengers * Followers‚ and * Nichers Introduction * Having a competitive advantage is necessary for a firm to compete in the market * But what is more important is whether
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ICU: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING Vladimir V. Bulatov. bbe@voliacable.com We‚ Fr 8:30 LECTURE 12. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT II. Reading: Ch. 11‚ 12‚ addendum sent onto your e-mails. Three product levels in marketing: 1.Core product: “what the buyer is really buying?” (E.g. Charels Revson [Revlon] recognizes that: “In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store – we sell hope”). Product concept is the idea about benefits‚ not features. 2.Tangible product – a ready-to-use product that has certain
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PGDM (Batch:2012-14/ Term-III) MARKETING MANAGEMENT-II (C-303) Session 1‚ 2&3 T- Course Overview; Introduction to Strategy Development Framework; (Finalization of C- What is our Business? (Hard Copy) groups) R- 1.Strategy as simple rules –HBR Article (Soft Copy) 2. Environmental and Internal Analysis (West et al.) Ch-3‚ pp-65-89 AR- What is Strategy? - HBR Article (Soft Copy) Session 4&5 T- Understanding Business and Marketing Objectives C- 1.Carolina Lunker Sauce (Hard Copy) 2. Glaxosmithkline:
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8: Marketing strategies CHAPTER SUMMARY Summary (CHAPTER 8: Marketing strategies‚ page 211) • The marketing mix consists of four major elements: product‚ price‚ promotion and place. • Combined with these four Ps are people‚ processes and physical evidence to create the extended marketing mix. • Together‚ these seven Ps make up the strategies of marketing and become the centrepiece of the marketing plan. • The main goal of a marketing manager is to develop and maintain a marketing mix
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What is Offensive Marketing? When more than one company offers the same kind of product‚ each company only receives a percentage of all sales of that kind of product. This percentage is called a “market share‚” and any effort to take some of the market share away from one company and bring it to another is called an offensive marketing plan. (See also Flanking Marketing) In the above case of the motorcycle business of the mid-to-late 20th century‚ the Harley Davidson Company saw its market share
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TOPIC 1: MARKET-DRIVEN STRATEGY 1.1 THE STUDY OF STRATEGIC MARKETING (Page 2-3) ACTIVITY 1.1 (Page 3) Research a Malaysian company that you believe has been adopting market-driven strategies. Identify those strategies. Why do you consider this company to be successful? SEFF-CHECK 1.1 (Page 3) In your own words‚ define strategic marketing. Strategic marketing is a “market-driven process of strategy development‚ taking into account a constantly changing business environment and the need to
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