9/4/2012 Pet Industry: Products‚ Services‚ and Careers Mariana C. Rossoni Serão‚ PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Companion Animal Nutrition September 4‚ 2012 2011-2012 Pet Owners Survey (APPMA) • 63% of U.S. households have at least one pet ▫ ~72.9 million homes ▫ ~4 out of 10 pet-owning households are multiple pet owners ▫ In 1988‚ the first year the survey was conducted‚ 56% of U.S. households owned a pet as compared to 62% in 2008 U.S. Pet Ownership (2011) Animal Dog Cat Fish
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Introduction Business essentially need finance for the short-term and the long-term. There are a number of ways of raising finance for a business. The type of finance chosen depends on the nature of the business. Large organisations are able to use a wider variety of finance sources than are smaller ones. Savings are an obvious way of putting money into a business. A small business can also borrow from families and friends. In contrast‚ companies raise finance by issuing shares. Large companies
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Macro-Environmental Analysis of US Market Clothing & Fashion Industry Demographic Forces Current Population Size 315‚736‚331 Population Density 88.08 inhabitants per square mile (34.01km2) Population as at 9.33am AEST 25th April 2013 - http://www.census.gov/popclock/ Density - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_density Population Distribution Major City Population New York-Newark 19.3 million LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana 12.675 million Chicago 9.134 million Miami 5.699
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QUESTION 1: An important macro-environmental force on companies is the social/cultural environment‚ particularly in international markets. Imagine that you are to offer a seminar on the social/cultural environment of Vietnam to foreign businessmen and marketers. Discuss at least three elements of the cultural environment that foreign businessmen should be aware of when doing business in Vietnam. Use specific examples referring to real-life businesses‚ brands‚ marketing activities‚ etc. to support
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telecommunication industry is the most booming industry across the world and in Australia too. It is very important for telecommunication industry to analyse its micro environment and macro environment. Microenvironment consists of the organisation’s various departments‚ competitors‚ customers‚ marketing intermediaries and publics. The microenvironment represents the strengths and weaknesses of the organisation. The organisation has partial control over the factors of its microenvironment. The macro environment
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Environment and Industry Evaluation Economic Trends - Good news! The pet industry continues to be one of the few industries successfully navigating our current economic recession‚ while many industries are struggling to survive. Many pet industry and retailer analysts’ predictions for 2011 continue to point to an increase in overall sales of US pet products and services. Even during the darkest days of the recession‚ spending on accessories and OTC medicine grew at 2%‚ showing that pet parents will
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Aleishia Wiley 07/11/2011 Marketing Fundamentals External Macro Environmental Factors of the Starbucks Brand It’s been 40 years since Starbucks was founded in 1971‚ and a lot has changed since they first opened their doors as a small store front is Seattle’s Pikes Place Market. Their headquarters is still based out of Seattle where they got their start but Starbucks has built a brand that is recognized throughout 50 countries across the globe. Despite small changes over the years the Siren
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promoter’s philosophy of inverting the pyramid and putting the customer on the top‚ followed by employees and it was the share holders who were accorded the last place in the priority list of company. Nordstrom working as departmental store in the retail industry would be effected by all the forces in the marketing environment. Nordstrom’s competitors are Wal-Mart‚ & K-Mart‚ and Carrefour. SWOT Analysis for Nordstrom: Strength: It was rationalized by the promoter that if customers
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INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING MARKET RESEARCH CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------- MACRO ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL ---------------------------------------------- ECONOMICAL ------------------------------------------- SOCIAL ------------------------------------------------- TECHONOLGICAL---------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL---------------------------------------- MICRO ENVIRONMENT SUPPLIERS----------------------------------------------
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DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (FULL TIME) 39TH INTAKE/ SEMESTER 1 (JULY 2012) BUS001-ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS LECTURER: EMILY PAKIVATHY D/O PAUL THIYAGARAJ CA1 NAME: NWE NI HLAING FIN NO: G1157533T CLASS: D SECTION A: PARAGRAPH WRITING 1) SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 2) WORKING ADULTS IN THEIR 30S SECTION B: CRITICAL REPSONSE TO AN ARTICLE 1) EXPLAIN THE ARTICLE’S THESIS 2) CRITICAL RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE’S IDEAS SECTION A Question 1 As a secondary student‚ you may wonder
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