The wider macro-environment Changes in the wider macro-environment may not be as close to the marketing firm’s day-to-day operations‚ but they are just as important. The main factors making up these wider macro-environmental forces fall into four groups. Political and legal factors Economic factors Social and cultural factors Technological factors (Often referred to as the ‘PEST’ factors in the marketing analytical context‚ a useful aide-memoire‚ although in some texts it is sometimes referred
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International Marketing Environment Alfredo Carmona Prof. Simone Farrar Marketing 320 February 3‚ 20 In today’s fierce market it is important for corporations to go global. This isn’t an easy task as it takes a lot of careful planning and research in order to be successful at an international level. The competition can come from local companies to others looking to also expand into worldwide markets. This is why it is so important for a company to analyze this new market and familiarize themselves
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Marketing and the competitive environment Effective marketing Marketing: identifying and meeting customer needs. Market: anyone willing and with the financial ability to buy a product or service. There are 2 main strands to successful marketing: Identifying customer needs. Meeting customer needs. Niche marketing: meeting the needs of a relatively small number of potential customers. Advantages Disadvantages Ability to focus on the needs of individual customers and respond quickly to changes
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Marketing Audit Approach Sushil Kumar July 17‚ 2006 Marketing Audit Approach "A marketing audit is a comprehensive‚ systematic examination of a company’s marketing organization‚ strategies‚ tactics‚ objectives‚ and activities. A marketing audit enables senior management to discover the organization’s strengths and weaknesses in relation to opportunities and threats it faces in the marketplace‚ and pinpoint more effective uses for the available marketing resources" (Willson‚ 2003). "Half
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Chapter 5: Scanning Marketing Environment Analyzing needs and trends in the Macroenviroment Trends ▫ is a directional or sequence of events that some have momentum and durability. ▫ Has longevity‚ is observable across several market areas and consumer activities and is consistent with other significant indicators occurring or emerging at the same time(Faith Popcorn) Faith Popcorn points to 16 Trends in the Economy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Anchoring Being Alive Cashing Out Clanning
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Interaction of micro elements The interaction between 5 competitive forces‚ create environment for Apple very competitive and hard to survive. Low entry barrier‚ rapid innovation of supplier and changing demand of consumer create the product life-cycle shorten. A lot of competitors with very similar product specification let product easy to imitate and alter PC become near to commodity product. Thus this leads to low market share industry. In addition‚ strong power of suppliers‚ a lot of competitors
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Global Marketing Environment and Its Effect On Marketing In this paper‚ I briefly analyzed global marketing environment and its effect on global marketing. There are 6 components of the global marketing environment: (1) Economic Environment‚ (2) Social Environment‚ (3) Technical Environment‚ (4) Institutional Environment‚ (5) Legal‚ Political Environment‚ and (6) Competitive Environment (Corner‚ n.d.) The changes of these components affect the market directly and create opportunities or threats
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Octave Rabet BSNS 6350 marketing audit/analysis of the marketing strategy Paper THE COMPANY TO AUDIT IS AAA BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE Each student will conduct a marketing audit/analysis of the marketing strategy of an actual firm. Ideally‚ this will be for a firm that you are working for in your internship/co-op. If this is not possible‚ the student must propose a firm to the instructor and get approval. The paper should be written from the perspective of an
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Marketing Audit: Lite n’ Easy Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Relevant Environments 5 4. Competitive Situation Analysis 7 5. SWOT Analysis 8 6. Position on the GE (General Electric) Grid 9 7. Market Research Needs 10 8. Consumer Behaviour Issues Relevant To The Purchase And Consumption Of Product 12 9. Target Segments and Core Benefits 14 10. Positioning Strategy 16 11. Product and Branding Strategy 18 12. Pricing Strategy 20 13. Distribution Strategy
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Mac Donald’s Company 1) Economic Environment Even with current economic condition‚ M’cDonalds remains optimistic. According to Business Times (2009)‚ “McDonalds Malaysia expects its delivery service business to jump 40 per cent this year as its new call centre can handle more orders.” They invested over two million ringgit for setting up the new call center. In addition the Managing Director Azmir Jaafar‚ said the company “plans to invest 8 million ringgit this year to open between 15 and 20 new
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