Discussion Question 1. What are the basic goals of marketing? Are these goals relevant to global marketing? Answer: The basic goals of marketing are focusing the resources and objective of an organization on environmental opportunities and needs in order to satisfy customer wants and needs by offering the product and services. These goals are relevant to global marketing in every part of the world because every country have its needs and wants and managers need the goals as a guidelines to pursue
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Topshop is a British chain of clothing stores that operates in more than 20 countries. It is part of the Arcadia Group‚ which also owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton‚ Dorothy Perkins‚ Miss Selfridge and Wallis. Its primary sales come from a range of products including clothing and fashion accessories‚ and is mainly known for its women’s clothing‚ with Topman having been created in the late 1970s to cater for male customers. The business has also expanded into the online fashion
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AGENDA !"!#$%&’!()$**+‚-( 1.! Background and Key Facts 2.! SWOT Analysis 3.! Strategy & Goals 4.! Action Plan 5.! Project Time-Line KEY FACTS !"!#$%&’!()$**+‚-( •! Topshop is a retailer of women’s fashion and clothing‚ with the extra store Topman that sells cloths for men. •! With 300 stores in Britain and 100 international outlets (all franchises) in Asia‚ Europe and Latin America. •! The chain made around $200M profit (before tax) in 2008 on revenues of $1.14 billion. •! The United States
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1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle‚ Coca-Cola‚ and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing‚ R&D‚ manufacturing‚ and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies also maintain
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Management Report - IKEA Global Marketing 12 January 2015 To: Senior Vice President Marketing‚ IKEA Re: Global Strategic Marketing Plan 1. Brief Profile of IKEA IKEA came into being in 1943 as a vendor for pens‚ wallets and watches. It’s owner Ingvar Kamprad went door to door to sell this tiny products. Eventually it began to sell furniture. The hallmark from the very beginning was low price coupled with innovation in its design and business supply line operations. According to IKEA’s Annual Report
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Global Marketing Global Edition Warren J. Keegan Mark C. Green Introduction to Global Marketing Chapter 1 Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education INTRODUCTION • Global vs. “Regular” Marketing - Scope of activities are outside the home-country market Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education GLOBAL MARKETING • Create value for customers by improving benefits or reducing price – – – – Improve the product Find new distribution channels Create better communications Cut monetary
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The Importance of Global Marketing Strategy Nowadays‚ for many businesses‚ expanding means going global; it means managing to bring your products or services to more and more target markets around the world. The technology‚ infrastructure‚ and communications have developed so much that it is no longer impossible or that difficult to open up to new business markets. However‚ in order to be successful in this endeavor‚ you need to have a global marketing strategy. The way you promote your product
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Chapter 1—The Global Marketing Imperative TRUE/FALSE 1. International marketing is much more than the science and art of business; it includes economics‚ anthropology‚ cultural studies‚ geography‚ history‚ languages‚ jurisprudence‚ statistics‚ demographics‚ and many other fields. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 4 NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model International perspective | R&D Knowledge of general business functions 2. The major foundation of the international marketing process is
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Professor Pankaj Ghemawat states the world is not “flat”‚ which is semiglobalized. There are differences between countries‚ so companies should not have one strategy for global subsidies. I agree with his view of global strategy. As stated in Mr. Ghemawat’s book‚ it can be analyzed from four categories‚ namely cultural‚ geographic‚ political and economic. Cultural Different cultures influence people’s way of communication‚ taste preferences as well as lifestyles. When fast-food franchisers
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1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle‚ Coca-Cola‚ and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing‚ R&D‚ manufacturing‚ and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies also maintain
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