Consumer Behaviour 11/10/2012 CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT # 1 PORSCHE CANADA: SELLING WINTER DRIVING Mrs Leila Hamzaoui Essousi THE TEAM: MONSTERS Safa Hanfi Feriel Babbou Yassine Kacem Ilyes Belhaj 1 Consumer Behaviour 11/10/2012 The Table of Content: I. II. The executive summary Situation analysis (and current problem the company is facing) a. The market b. Micro-environment c. Macro-environment The assignment questions Key marketing issue and expected results III. IV.
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Situation For years‚ the Porsche brand stands for expensive‚ high-performance sports cars. A typical consumer for Porsche is a young‚ adventurous‚ wealthy male who enjoys living life on edge (19). This single-minded focus would change in 1998 when Porsche made an announcement to develop an SUV to be released in 2003 in the United States. The new SUV would provide traditional Porsche styling and performance however combines components promoting family and outdoor activities. Porsche would be joining an
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Porsche: The Crisis of 1992 1. What challenges was Porsche facing in 1992? When Dr Wendelin Wiedeking was assigned his new job‚ the position could not be more challenging: * Porsche’s unit sales had dropped from a high 60 000 a few years earlier to less than 15 000 in 1992 * Declining financial results (negative net income) * Automotive industry in crisis * Difficult competitive environment especially with the Japanese luxury automakers * Rumors of takeover by another
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Porsche: The Cayenne Launch Synopsis of the Situation Porsche has a legendary existence of more than 55 years with a brand image of being high-end‚ masculine‚ status-oriented sports car. Finding great growth and revenue opportunities in the light truck industry‚ Porsche announced to extend the product line by launching an SUV named ‘Cayenne’. This offended the Porsche enthusiasts and their negative responses overwhelmed the internet‚ press and media. Further‚ SUVs being associated with soccer moms
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BUS 497A California State University Northridge Fall 2013 List of content History ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Takeover by Volkswagen................................................................................................................. 2 SWOT analysis ...........................................................................................................
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FUNDAMENTALS ASSIGNMENT Porsche: Guarding the old While bringing in the new Q 1: From the case identify and briefly explain three specific factors that may influence a consumer to purchase a Porsche (hint: select specific influences from the social and psychological group) Factors influencing the consumer behavior are the situational‚ group and individual. (Elliott‚ Rundle-Thiele & Waller‚ 2010‚ pg.104). Kotler and Armstrong (2012‚ pg.186) state customers of Porsche are strongly influenced
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Content 1. Marketing Environment………………………….Page2 2. About “Porsche”………………………………….Page3 3. External Marketing Environment Affected “Porsche”………………………………………….Page4 4. Marketing Mix Strategy…………………………..Page6 5. Conclusion………………………………………...Page9 6. Referencing……………………………………....Page10 Marketing Environment. The marketing environment is the factor that surrounds and impact upon the organization. The marketing environment is represents a mix between the internal and external forces that significantly
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Volkswagen and Porsche One Family‚ Two Car Companies‚ & a Battle for Corporate Control Dr. Heike Nolte University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer Constantiaplatz 4 26723 Emden‚ Germany Tel: +49 4921 807 1007 Fax: +49 4821 807 1228 heike.nolte@hs-emden-leer.de Dr. Alva Wright Butcher School of Business and Leadership University of Puget Sound 1500 N. Warner St. #1032 Tacoma‚ WA 98416-1032 Tel: 253- 879-3349 Fax: 253-879-3156 butcher@pugetsound.edu Supported by a 2011 NIBEN Curriculum Development
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Porsche auto-works has been producing cars since 1942. It was first started by Ferdinand Porsche in Germany‚ Stuttgart and was then spread out to the world. Volkswagen owns Porsche and Qatar is a shareholder of Porsche by 5%. It was first started by building the Porsche 356 which was the first car to carry the Porsche brand. This car was powered by a 12-cylinder boxer engine with 4-valve heads and a supercharger. This car showed a lot of progress and profit then became a car of many. This was the
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Porsche Decision Abstract A decade ago‚ Porsche‚ the luxury car company‚ found itself at a crossroads. Renowned for its classy and expensive sports cars‚ the firm had taken a hit in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash and suffered in great part due to Porsche’s dependence on the U.S. market. In addition to launching a new two-seater‚ the Boxster‚ in 1996‚ it decided to move into sport-utility vehicles‚ or SUVs‚ the popular but highly un-cool mode of transport for many American suburban
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