________________________________________ BRAND SEGMENTATION AND POSITIONING Espresso Coffee Machines ________________________________________ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report was commissioned to examine how customers make purchase decisions for espresso coffee machines‚ the factors affecting consumer behaviour‚ and to identify where the leading brands sit in the opinions of a small sample of the population. The research draws attention to the fact that at the end of financial year 2007
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"Brand positioning is an attempt to create and maintain a unique representation of the brand in customer’s mind‚ a representation that is expected to stimulate choice of that brand" (Rossiter‚ 2005‚ p.42). Positioning‚ in fact‚ refers to how customers think about different brands in a market. Through brand positioning a company attempts to build a sustainable competitive advantage on product attributes in the consumer’s mind. Nevertheless‚ developing a successful positioning strategy is not easy
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Marketing Plan for the April 2010 Executive Summary Contents: Executive Summary 2 1.0 Corporate objectives and strategy 5 2.0 Marketing audit 5 2.1 External Analysis – PESTLIED 5 2.2 Industrial and Market Analysis 7 2.3 Competitive Analysis 9 2.3.1 Direct competition 9 2.3.2 Indirect Competition 9 2.3.3 Critical Success Factors 9 2.4 Customer Analysis 10 2.4.1 Grey Market Customers 10 2.4.2 The business related travel. 11 2.4.3 The youth market
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Case Study: Marriott Corporation The Cost of Capital Teresa Cortez Keith Gemmell Brandon Papsidero Robin Reschke October 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? ..................................
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You are one of the board committee members of Marriott hotels in the UAE. The hotel chief manager asked the members to write him a letter about how to improve Marriott hotels in the UAE. Give at least two opinions/reasons. Dear Mr. Black‚ Our hotels in the UAE are among the best in terms of service and recreation. However‚ our prices are rated among the 10 highest in the Gulf region last year. Therefore‚ the number of our guests have declined. I have studied our price list‚ and found that
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1. Some of the Marketing Research Techniques and/or sources of information discussed in the articles I read include the following: • In conducting market research‚ gather two types of information‚ primary and secondary. o Primary is information that comes directly from the source‚ i.e. interviews‚ surveys‚ questionnaires‚ focus groups. o Secondary involves gathering information like statistics‚ reports‚ and studies. This is where the majority of one’s research will come from. • Utilize government
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Armstrong‚ G.‚ Wong‚ V.‚ & Saunders‚ J. (2008). Principles of Marketing. London: Pearson Education Limited 2008. Motorrad‚ B. (2009‚ April). S 1000 RP/ online brochure. Wong‚ S. (2011‚ 02 15). BMW Market targeting. (P. Dziubinska‚ Interviewer) -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. White.(2010/2011)Lecture notes: targeting and positioning.[ MKT1004 ‚ 9th November] [ 2 ]. White.(2010/2011)Lecture notes: targeting and positioning.[ MKT1004 ‚ 9th November]
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References: _(Textbook) Kotler‚ Philip and Keller‚ Kevin Lane. Marketing Management‚ 13th Edition‚ Pearson International Edition. (2009)_ _(Textbook) Peter‚ J. Paul and Donnelly Jr.‚ James H. Marketing Management‚ 10th Edition - KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. McGraw-Hill International Edition. (2011)_ _Quelch‚ John A. and Beckham‚ Heather. Brief Cases (Harvard Business Publishing). Metabical: Positioning & Communications Strategy for a New Weight-Loss Drug. (July 22‚ 1010)_ _(Internet source)
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Segmentation Segmentation may be defined as the process of dividing a heterogeneous market into homogeneous sub-units. To get a product or service to the right person or company‚ a marketer would firstly segment the market‚ then target a single segment or series of segments‚ and finally position within the segment(s). Segmentation is essentially the identification of subsets of buyers within a market who share similar needs and who demonstrate similar buyer behavior. Segmentation aims
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lodging / MRP = 1.1 / 3.06 = 0.3595 rD = rf + MRP * βD = 8.95% + 3.06% * 0.3595 = 10.05% We calculated the weigth average of the βu of different pure plays in the hotel industry and got βu = 0.4113(details in Excel file) The assumption during the calculation of βu is that all the debts are risk free and there are no taxes for these hotels to simplify the calculation. In reality‚ it is impossible to have no taxes‚ but the case did not provide the relevant information and we can get an approximate
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