because the scale economies are in production. Profits rise significantly because of the increase in sales and the decrease in unit cost. However‚ competition increases and firms rely on product differentiation to gain competitive advantage. The MP3 player is currently in this life stage. Sales continue to grow during the early part of maturity but at a much slower pace and eventually peak. The maturity phase is classically the longest phase in the PLC and most marketing
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many environmental concerns‚ such as those posed by technology‚ customers and competitors‚ ethics and law‚ the economy‚ politics‚ demographics‚ and social trends. One technique used by organizations to monitor the environment is known as environmental scanning. It allows marketers to understand the current state of the environment‚ so that the organization can predict trends. The Macro Environment There are a number of common approaches for how the external factors‚ which describe the macro environment
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The Macro-environment The macro-environment includes concepts such as demography‚ economy‚ natural forces‚ technology‚ politics‚ and culture. Demography refers to studying human populations in terms of size‚ density‚ location‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ and occupation. This helps to divide the population into market segments which can be beneficial to a marketer in deciding how to tailor their marketing plan to attract that demographic. The economic environment refers to the purchasing power of
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Starbucks Macro-Environmental Analysis Starbucks is very well positioned to take advantage of sustained income due to a variety of strategic macro-environmental variables affecting its performance. Starbucks stage is the entire world‚ therefore must take into consideration the local countries current technological‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and political/legal environment‚ but also the interplay between countries as well. Starbucks cannot simply adapt completely policies and marketing
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Apple – iPod An Innovative and Creative Organisation Module: Business Innovation and Creativity Contents Introduction 3 Internal analysis 5 Core competencies 5 Culture 6 External analysis 8 Opportunities 8 Threats 9 Innovative Marketing Strategy 10 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Apple – iPod An innovative and creative organisation Introduction This report looks at the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to analyze Nike‚ Inc to assist the company increasing market share and sales through the product of Nike+ iPod Sport Kit and Nike+ shoes by the end of 2008. The key issues facing by Nike in marketing this product are narrow target segment and inappropriate buzz promotional strategy. There is also a minor issue of the kit’s limited functionality which hinders for product growth. As a result‚ the current target segment of elite runners should be redefined
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Analysis of the global smartphone market and the strategies of its major players Hee-Chan Song Hanyang University‚ University of Texas at Dallas1 Business Administration‚ Philosophy Acknowledgment The author would like to acknowledge the valuable assistance of University of Texas at Dallas in the preparation of this manuscript‚ in particular the assistance of Professor Lee from the Management Department. The author is grateful to Professor Lee for offering positive feedback and suggestions for
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PESTEL analysis of the macro-environment There are many factors in the macro-environment that will effect the decisions of the managers of any organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic change and government policy changes are all examples of macro change. To help analyse these factors managers can categorise them using the PESTEL model. This classification distinguishes between: • Political factors. These refer to government policy such as the degree of intervention in
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Macro Systems Robin Outlaw BSHS/325 March 23‚ 2015 Maria Perotta Macro Systems The macro system is a system designed to bring change within the community. Kirst- Ashman and Zastrow (2010) states a macro orientation involves focusing on the social‚ political and economic conditions and policies that affect people’s overall access to resources and quality of life (p. 31). This paper will be addressing the concepts of personal‚ interpersonal‚ and political empowerment. The way individuals
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back to 1875.Commodity derivatives have a crucial role to play in the price risk management process especially in an agriculture dominated economy. So‚ it is largely the agricultural commodities that are traded on the existing commodity derivatives markets in India. This is also in line with the requirement of WTO to reduce the support to agriculture. . The share of non-agricultural commodities‚ like metals particularly bullion is also growing rapidly in the near future .However in the past‚ during
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