Understanding the External Marketing Environment INTRODUCTION “All businesses operate within an environment‚ which directly or indirectly affects the way in which they function‚ just as we as consumers live within a cultural and social environment which to a greater or lesser degree determines the way in which we behave as individuals.” said Elaine O’Brien‚ University of Strathclyde. Unlike the controllable marketing mix variables‚ the environmental forces are not controllable by marketers
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MARKET ENVIRONMENT ________________________________________ • Before we start with marketing environment it is important to know what a market is and how can marketing be defined as. MARKET • A market is any structure that allows buyers and sellers to exchange any type of goods‚ services and information. • The market facilitates trade and enables the distribution and allocation of resources in a society. • Markets allow any tradable item to be evaluated and priced. A market emerges more
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Topic One: The Marketing Environment 1. What is meant by the term marketing environment? The marketing environment consists of the actors and forces that affect a company’s capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. It is useful to classify these forces into the micro-environment (customers‚ competitors‚ distributors and suppliers) and the macro-environment (political and legal‚ economic‚ social/cultural‚ technological‚ environmental‚ legal forces). These
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The Marketing Environment The environment forces that affect the company’s ability to serve its customers 1. External Environment 2. Internal Environment External Environment Macro Environment: consist of larger societal forces that affect the entire microenvironment. The six forces making up the company’s microenvironment Demographic Economic Natural Technological Political Cultural Forces Demographic is the study of the characteristics of human populations.
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MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Introduction: A variety of environmental forces influence a company’s marketing system. Some of them are controllable while some others are uncontrollable. It is the responsibility of the marketing manager to change the company’s policies along with the changing environment. According to Philip Kotler‚ “A company’s marketing environment consists of the internal factors & forces‚ which affect the company’s ability to develop & maintain successful transactions
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Introduction We are going to make a marketing plan examines the launch MHS-FS3 3D Bloggie Sony HD Camera into Vietnam. Sony Bloggie 3D MHS-FS3 camera is revealed in exhibition CES 2011 in Las Vegas. The Sony Bloggie 3D HD camera includes unique features that break through the cluttered category while still offering simple high quality MP4 video and still photo shooting‚ as well as easy web sharing capabilities. The line of portable devices‚ anchored by the recently launched Sony Bloggie
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1. What is Starbucks’ retail strategy? What is its target market and how does it try to develop an advantage over its competition? Starbucks retail strategy is selling the “Starbucks Experience” by offering a community gathering place‚ with comfortable seating in a relaxing atmosphere while selling quality products and great customer service. The company’s retail strategy is also aimed to maintain customer loyalty and repeat business. Its target market started out to be business people between
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Macro-environment factor In reflecting the macro environment‚ the economic environment is one of the identified elements that affect the microenvironment of hybrid cars. For the past years‚ prices of petroleum in Malaysia have risen due to inflation (thestar‚ 2014). Oil scarcity is one of the main external aspects that affect the rise in oil prices. High petrol prices have reduced the consumer purchasing power and spending pattern for gasoline cars since it’s more fuel consuming compared to
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Starbucks key of success is the ability to change the concept consumers had about drinking coffee. With more than 6000 outlets across the world (2003 numbers) and the intention of increasing them in the near future‚ the company has transformed coffee into a lifestyle accessory with as much elegance as the latest fashion. However‚ their way to success was not so easy and if we go back in 1971‚ we will find that coffee didn’t look like it was a great business. There were no signs of getting better
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GROUP 2 TOPIC: DECISION MAKING IN BUSINESS GROUP MEMBERS • KEN-ALBERT ORWA - 069265 • BRENDA MWENDWA MURURU-070997 • FAITH KANJA-068730 • SYLVIA NDUATI-071688 • SAMUEL GITHAIGA-069347 • ROBERT GICHUHI-070903 • JAMES MAINA-070880 DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN BUSINESS Introduction Decision Making refers to a conscious‚ intellectual activity involving judgment‚ evaluation and selection from
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