take effective measures to deliver and communicate the chosen position to target consumers. Marketing mix efforts should be synchronized to back the positioning strategy. If the company wants to build a position on better quality and service‚ it must first take necessary action to deliver that position. Tactical details of the positioning strategy must be worked out to guide the designing of marketing mix-product‚ price‚ place and promotion. A company that chooses a “high-quality position” must produce
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4.1 Marketing mix The marketing mix is one of the major concepts in modern marketing and is often brought up in general discussions of marketing. Marketing mix is a set of marketing tools that a company uses to pursue its marketing objectives in the target market. When a company is making decisions on marketing they generally fall into four controllable categories known as the 4 P’s: product‚ price‚ place and promotion. As shown in the figure 3; in Kotler’s Marketing mix chart the target
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Entry Strategies For Indian Market Ultra Doux Shampoos • Masstige product under the brand name Garnier • Combination of low cost and natural ingredients • Price at 15% premium of their nearest competitor • Positioned as a superior alternative to Conditioner Shampoo and provided excellent performance Ultra Doux • Contributed to 30% of sales value of entire Ultra Doux Range of products Conditioners Excellence Hair Colorants • Breakthrough product which was a result of strong gap analysis
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Strategic Planning Business Unit Strategic Planning • SWOT Analysis – External Environment Analysis (Opportunity and Threat Analysis) • Marketing Opportunity – Buying opportunity more convenient or efficient – Meet the need for more information and advice – Customize an offering that was previously only available in standard form Business Unit Strategic Planning – Marketing Opportunity Analysis (MOA) • Can the benefits be articulated to a target market? • Can the target market be reached with cost-effective
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Marketing Strategy of CLEAR Shampoo in China Contents 1. Introduction In Chinese shampoo market‚ many companies are facing the same problem---Homogenization. It is‚ therefore‚ significant to adopt effective marketing strategy to attract target and potential customers. As for CLEAR shampoo‚ it is one of the most distinguished shampoo brands all over the world and belongs to Unilever. Before CLEAR came to China‚ it has become the top brand in dandruff market in South America‚ Europe and Southeast
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Segmentation For our product we decided to survey the market and then carefully choose a level of segmentation. We choose segment marketing i.e. identify large groups within the market with similar characteristics and target either one or a few of them. This decision was based on the fact that although the market consisted of people with the same need i.e. to colour and shampoo their hair‚ but the market varied in other characteristics. The segments we choose to target consisted of people who wish to
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Introduction The term “marketing mix” was introduced by Neil Borden in his 1964 article “The Concept of the Marketing Mix”. Borden’s (1964) original marketing mix was a list of 12 elements that make up a marketing programme. McCarthy (1964) refined Borden’s list and reduced Borden’s 12 elements to four Ps: product‚ price‚ place and promotion. In addition‚ McCarthy (1964) defined the marketing mix as “a combination of all the factors at a marketing manager’s command to satisfy the target market”
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Service Marketing Mix The service marketing mix is also known as an extended marketing mix and is an integral part of a service blueprint design. The service marketing mix consists of 7 P’s as compared to the 4 P’s of a product marketing mix. Simply said‚ the service marketing mix assumes the service as a product itself. However it adds 3 more P’s which are required for optimum service delivery. The product marketing mix consists of the 4 P’s which are Product‚ Pricing‚ Promotions and Placement
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The marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities that an organisation engages in so as to best meet the needs of its targeted market. Traditionally the marketing mix consisted of just 4 Ps with 3 extras; an example of marketing mix is Amazon. The most difficult task for any organization is creating an all-around environment which allows a group of customers to feel comfortable purchasing their products or services. The strategy requires the organization to determine the ideal products
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Marketing Mix Paper MKT/421 September 20th‚ 2010 The Marketing Mix was a phrase coined in the 1953 by Neil Borden in his AMA (American Marketing Association) presidential address. In 1960 E Jerome McCarthy proposed the 4 P classification that is now used when discussing the “mix”. The actual purpose of the marketing mix was to use a combination of tools to satisfy and reach the goals for both the consumer and company. The four P’s for this mix are product‚ price‚ place‚ and promotion‚ these
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