In 2008‚ a marketing and positioning strategy was needed for Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceutical’s (CSP) new weight loss drug called Metabical. Metabical was touted as being a revolutionary weight loss drug with fewer negative side effects than the usual medicinal weight loss remedies. Metabical has many levels of decision-makers – both internal and external. CSP’s senior director of marketing‚ Barbara Printup likely reports to the company’s board of directors for her ultimate authority. Printup
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Brand Positioning and Market Segmentation Brand positioning is an important strategy for achieving differential advantage. Essentially‚ positioning reflects “the place” a product occupies in a market or segments. GAP has a wide range of products that are reflected in multi-segments. Initially‚ as a specialty clothing retailer‚ GAP segmented the market using price as the sole criterion. GAP strategically decided to serve three major segments‚ which can be seen from price differences among GAP’s
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Topic maps are a new ISO standard for describing knowledge structures and associating them with information resources. As such they constitute an enabling technology for knowledge management. Dubbed "the GPS of the information universe"‚ topic maps are also destined to provide powerful new ways of navigating large and interconnected corpora. While it is possible to represent immensely complex structures using topic maps‚ the basic concepts of the model Topics‚ Associations‚ and Occurrences
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Table of Contents Market Segmentation and Product Positioning 2 1.1. Introduction 2 1.2. Product the company will offer 2 1.2.1. Motorcycle industry an overview 2 1.2.2.Motorcycle industry in US an overview 3 1.3.Marketing Objectives of the Motorcycle Company: 4 1.4.Primary Characteristics of the Motorcycle 4 1.5.Branding Strategy 5 1.6.Product Positioning: 6 1.6.1.Short-run Strategy: 6 1.6.2.Longer-Run Strategies 6
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THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2003‚ Jagdeep Kapoor‚ chairman of Samsika Marketing Consultants in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)‚ commented that "Coke lost a number ofyears over errors. But at last it seems to be getting its positioning right." Similarly‚ Ronald McEachern‚ PepsiCo ’s Asia chief‚ asserted "India is the beverage battlefield for 2003." The experience ofthe world ’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium was not a happy one‚ even though
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Coca-Cola’s first attempt at the Indian market began in 1958 until its withdrawal in 1977 following disputes with the Indian government. PepsiCo did not enter the Indian market until 1986‚ and Coca-Cola did not reenter the Indian market until 1993. Pepsi struggled to fight off local competition from various local brands‚ while slowly growing its market share. In 1993 the belief was that Coca-Cola would not take away any market share from local companies given that the beverage market was growing consistently
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Market segmentation‚ targeting and positioning Introduction You must have ever wondered why marketers only target certain markets and how these markets are identified. Think about universities: how do they identify which students to touch with about degrees schemes? What criteria or base (variables) do they use? Do they base it on where you live‚ your age‚ or your previous schooling scores? Do they market to postgraduate and undergraduate groups differently‚ what about international and domestic
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Thorr Motorcycles: Perceptual Maps in Marketing Teri Ryan MKT/421 December 21‚ 2010 Ellis Jones Thorr Motorcycles: Perceptual Maps in Marketing Cruiser Thorr is a motorcycle modeled after Thor‚ the Norse God of Thunder. With its strong‚ honest and reliable product design‚ Thorr Motorcycles was able to embody the very ideas that their loyal customs live‚ which is a lifestyle of freedom‚ mobility. This paper will outline the Perceptual Maps in Marketing simulation by describing the situation
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and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). The Company’s snack food business is comprised of two business units: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and Frito-Lay International (FLI). The Company’s beverage business is comprised of three business units: Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA)‚ Gatorade/Tropicana North America (GTNA) and PepsiCo Beverages International (PBI). On August 2‚ 2001‚ the Company completed a merger transaction with The Quaker Oats Company (Quaker) whereby Quaker became a wholly owned
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similar target market and segmentation Panda Magic Golf Bravo Indirect Sets of Competition All other ice creams brands can be seen as indirect competitor of Magnum Even Algida’s Cornetto can be indirect competitor Positioning Map Perceived Quality x Magnum x Cornetto x Bravo x Panda Perceived Price Free Associations Research 14 Females and 16 males Aged between 23 - 40 years are asked «What comes to their mind when they think of “Magnum”
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