PESTEL analysis Political/Legal Environment Over the past several years‚ there has seen a plethora of patent lawsuits within the smartphone industry. In the highlycompetitive environment‚ manufacturers of handsets have been aggressive in protecting their intellectual properties by suingcompetitors by claiming infringements on patents. For example‚ in March 2010‚ Apple sued HTC for allegedly infringing on20 Apple patents (Weil‚ 2010). Apple also sued Nokia in 2010 for similar patent infringements("Patent
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K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Marketing Management Deodorant Market of India - An Overview (Main Brand Studied – Dove) Submitted to: Professor Kiran Sharma Submitted by: Sneha M Zawar PGDM (Communications) Roll no: 60 05 – August – 2012 Contents Overview of Market: 2 Market Statistics: 3 Case Study: Dove 5 History: 5 Origin: 5 Segmentation 5 Target: 6 Positioning : 6 Unique Sellng Proposition : 6 Milestones:
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Deodorant industry shows impressive growth The recent launch of 24 new deodorant brands in India is a clear growth indicator of the deodorant segment in India. The new additions have proven to be a major boon to the already existing 350 deo brands in the organized and unorganized markets. According to AC Nielsen‚ the organized deodorant category has been registering an annual growth rate of 41 percent with a revenue of Rs.619 crore. Companies such as Reebok‚ L’Oreal‚ Playboy‚ KamaSutra‚ Wipro
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Trendsetters in deodorant The deodorant market in India is showing an upward trend as major players tap this segment. The growing income and increased expenditure capacity of average Indian consumers have changed their lifestyle habits. Deodorant market in India is estimated to be of Rs 10‚543.3 million in 2011 and is expected to reach Rs 13‚ 340.7 million by the year 2012. The deodorant market is projected to grow at 25 per cent CAGR over next 5 years. The deodorant market is divided into
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS: - In the overall growth of the company external environment plays very crucial role. In this external environment there are several forces which affects company’s decision making policies very deeply and political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal are those main forces (according to the pestel model). So we will analyse how these forces affects working and decision making of Maruti Suzuki. POLITICAL FACTORS: - As Maruti Suzuki is an automobile
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MARKETING ASSIGNMENT PART-2 DEODORANTS The Positioning Statement For today’s youth who are bustling with a Go-Getter attitude‚ who want to be active and fresh during the long and tiring hours of the day and night‚ across seasons‚ Y-X is a deodorant that provides instant freshness with just a spray that stays with you 24x7. Its not only targeted at youth by age‚ but for those who are 18-25 by heart. It is one stop solution to fragrance related blues. Unlike the
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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References: 5Anonymous (1921). Report on elimination of waste in industry‚ Mechanical Engineering‚ September‚ pp 579-583 8 Adrian‚ James J 11Batra‚ Rajeev and Olli T. Athola (1990)‚ “Measuring the Hedonic and Utilitarian Sources of Consumer Attitudes‚” Marketing Letters‚ 2 (2)‚ 159-70. 12Bicheno‚ J. 2008‚ The Lean Toolbox
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Situation analysis and marketing planning. The importance of the internal and external environment and their effect on the development and implementation of marketing planning is crucial and should be highly considered by any organisation wishing to be profitable in the increasingly competitive international marketing arena. Multinational companies that desire to prosper‚ should develop a coherent international marketing plan having‚ as a starting point‚the analysis of the environment. Based on
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SWOT analysis and PEST analysis (Notes to accompany templates) The SWOT analysis is an extremely useful tool for understanding and reviewing the company’s position prior to making decisions about future company direction or the implementation of a new business idea. A SWOT analysis can be completed by an individual within the organization (provided they can take an overview of the current situation) but is often best completed in a team or group. The discussion itself is informative‚ and the quality
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