Assignment #2 - Field Trip / Marketing Positioning & Differentiation Lynn Xia January 21‚ 2014 ! ! Analysis on Trader Joe’s Trader Joe’s is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia‚ California in Greater Los Angeles. When asked about the target market‚ the founder Joe Coulombe said at the time‚ and again in 1988 when he sold the chain to the Albrecht family‚ that Trader Joe’s aimed for "the educated customer.”1 The person who dips into the health
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and grow-ups alike. Once upon a time‚ toys were given away as wedding presents to the child bride. Today‚ toys not only provide a diversion but also a colorful canvas for depicting Indian life in its plethora of cultural beauties. The world market has seen various upheavals due to changing consumer preferences‚ new fads‚ technological advances and trade liberalization. Countries like China have marveled the world with their low cost manufacturing expertise while at the same time astonished
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relative to competing offerings. Positioning is the process of developing a specific marketing mix to influence current and potential customers’ overall perception of a brand‚ product line or organisation. Positioning assumes that consumers compare products based on important features. (Robert and Heath 2012‚ 629) 2.0 Segmentation Profile Hotel 81 considers all four major variables of geographic‚ psychographic‚ demographic and behavioural to segment their market. For geographic‚ Hotel 81 is
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Marketing Case Study: Positioning Budweiser SOMMAIRE PART 1 : Situation Analysis 1- The Environment p 3 2- The Industry p 4 3- The Company p 5 4- Marketing Strategy p 6 PART 2: The solution A- Recognition of the problem p 8 B- Analysis of the different alternatives p 9 1- Domestic Strategy 2- Foreign Strategy PART I: Situation analysis I The Environment According to the Budweiser¡¦s file‚ we can find some of
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------------------- Brand Positioning Case Study* | The choice of a university as a place to study is as much to do with emotion as it is to do with logic. Therefore the brand positioning of the University is a key driver in the choice. However‚ not many universities have actively managed their brands. Their brands have just grown rather than been shaped or managed.B2B International was commissioned by one of the UK’s largest universities to show how it could develop its brand to gain a sustainable
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brand that is sold and marketed (distributed and promoted) in a relatively small and restricted geographical area like a country. It may be called a regional brand if the area encompasses more than one metropolitan market. It may also be a brand that is developed for a specific national market; however an interesting thing about local brand is that the local branding is more often done by consumers than by the producers. 1.3 Brand elements: Brands are spread through various elements: * Name: The
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special campaign where we can show the participants our current and future products. Outer rims are consumers who are located far away specifically in other parts of the world. It’s a lot harder to target these people as it may cost us a lot of money to market them. Probably the most wisdom way we can reach foreigners in our outer rims would be endorsement by our cliental like Amber Chia‚ Michelle Yeoh‚ Jimmy Choo and Siti Nurhaliza via popular magazines‚ TV commercials or newspapers. Age and Gender:
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WHAT’S DRIVING PORSCHE? CASE STUDY CASE FACTS Founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche Started by selling design and engineering services to other car makers and was established as an engineering firm. In 1934‚ Hitler commissioned Porsche to make a people’s car or a Volkswagen. In 1938‚ the first plant dedicated to manufacturing of WV was opened. In 1948‚ Porsche produced the first branded sports car and within 2 years produced the Porsche 365 series. THE TURNAROUND Between 1986 and
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1. Positioning- Positioning is the act of designing the company’s offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the minds of the target market. The goal is to locate the brand in the minds of consumers to maximize the potential benefit to the firm. The result of positioning is the successful creation of a customer focussed value proposition. Examples- a) Mahindra & Mahindra positioned their SUV Scorpio to life style oriented consumers. b) Indica by Tata Motors for small car consumers
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SEGMENTATION‚ TARGET MARKET SELECTION AND POSITIONING (STP) PRACTICE in AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY | Marketing Management | | CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2 OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY 2 PROCESS OF SEGMENTATION 6 Demographic Features 7 Age Factor 7 Gender Factor 7 Income Factor 8 CHOICE OF TARGET MARKET 9 Five Patterns of Target Market Selection 9 Single-Segment Concentration 9 Selective Specialization 9 Product Specialization 9 Market Specialization 10 Full Market Coverage 10
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