A NEW DRINK "SLOW COW"‚ OFFERS CALMNESS AND RELAXATION‚ CAN IT FIND A SUCCESS AS A NICHE ALTERNATIVE TO ENERGY DRINKS LIKE RED BULL IN UK? Module Code: MG 3123 (Final Project) Student Number: 0837185 Department: Brunel Business School Degree: Business and Management (Marketing) Supervisor: Dr May Seitanidi Submission date: 9th March 2010 Word Count: 9200 1 Acknowledgments First and most importantly I would like to thank all the participants who took part in my data collection
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Rebecca Kinstler Individual Marketing Plan 14 December 2012 Executive Summary Environmental Analysis Red Bull has been known for its original energy drink‚ their target market being college students and young adults. They have a product style that is well known and a taste that is loved by many. Although this is the case‚ they have come out with other flavors of their energy drink‚ to aim more towards the young adult females of their target market. Against Red Bulls competitors who have had various
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Engaging consumers through word of mouth marketing Curriculum Topics • The marketing function • Promotional approaches • Word of mouth (WOM) • Evaluating promotional activities Red Bull Wings Team Red Bull Cliff Diving Introduction In today’s society‚ consumers are bombarded with promotional messages from organisations. Consumers receive these messages when they listen to the radio‚ watch television‚ read a newspaper‚ commute to work or simply walk around a city centre
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1. Red Bull was founded in 1985 by Dietruch Mateschitz and launched in Austria in 1987. After establishing strong sales in their home market‚ Red Bull gradually expanded into other markets. The brand started with just one SKU which is their signature 250mL silver and blue can. Red Bull’s target audience was defined as people who are mentally or physically fatigued‚ or both. Therefore they had no specific demographic or psychographic segment. The consumer categories were students‚ drivers‚ clubbers
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Currently Red Bull is targeting 16-29 year old young urban males‚ which is a limited market. Expanding the targeted market to other segments of the population would be a prolific move for Red Bull‚ expanding its horizon. The slogan “Red Bull gives you wings” is directed towards young people with active lifestyles interested in extreme sports and challenging recreational endeavors. It’s being marketed to combat mental and physical fatigue and to improve performance when it comes to sport‚ work‚ study
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1. What segmentation base has Red Bull adopted to target customers? How should Red Bull further segment the market in the future? The concepts of market segmentation are fundamental to the success of firms’ marketing efforts. Kotler and Armstrong (2004) provide a useful definition: “Dividing a market into distinct groups with distinct needs‚ characteristics‚ or behavior who might require separate products or marketing mixes” (239). Segmentation is important because firms cannot appeal to all
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You are asked to address the following questions: 1. Who are the principal target segments for Red Bull and how are they positioned towards these target segments? 2. Analyse the Red Bull brand using any frameworks you judge appropriate. 3. Comment upon Red Bull’s pricing approach 4. Evaluate Red Bull’s distribution channel strategy 5. Would you describe Red Bull as a national‚ a European or a global brand – give reasons? 6‚ What marketing strategy would you recommend that Red Bull should adopt
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purchasing Red Bull products is 18-25 year old male and females interested in extreme sports‚ an extreme lifestyle‚ and an extreme energy boost. Our team feels that there is a need to market to 18-45 year old male and females interested in more mainstream health and fitness. For example‚ those who are members at gyms and fitness facilities‚ eat healthy‚ and live an active lifestyle. We do not feel as if the Red Bull Total Zero has fully marketed to this demographic. By marketing Red Bull Total Zero
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Attitude…………………………… 5 4.Reference Groups………………… 7 5.Conclusion………………………....9 6. References………………………..10 Introduction: Red Bull GmbH is a global enterprise‚ which produces the brand Red Bull-an energy drink. An entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz founded the company Red Bull GmbH in 1984 after encountering the original drink called Krating Daeng (indirectly translates to Red Bull) in Thailand. The drink is an energy booster‚ which increases attention and concentration and also incentivizes your metabolism
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What created Red Bull’s success? What created Red Bull’s success is that they didn’t just jump in with both feet when marketing their product in a new country. Take for instance when they “launched” in the US they started promoting in smaller “cells” because they are a “by-word-of-mouth” company. Once they figured out that they were doing well they then started promoting more throughout the United States. Red Bull has also created a premium image for their energy drink by making it a little more
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