Competitive Strategies Following on from his work analysing the competitive forces in an industry‚ Michael Porter suggested four "generic" business strategies that could be adopted in order to gain competitive advantage. The four strategies relate to the extent to which the scope of a businesses’ activities are narrow versus broad and the extent to which a business seeks to differentiate its products. The four strategies are summarised in the figure below: The differentiation and cost leadership
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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OVERVIEW Innovations‚ trends and fads all create‚ shape‚ and add value to a brand. Building a strong brand takes time commitment and hard work. The identity of the brand‚ from the perspective of the consumers‚ is the foundation of a good brand-building program. Effective brand management that encompasses brand personality is of major importance in reaching the company goals of satisfaction‚ loyalty and profitability. Building a powerful brand requires determining the substantial characteristics
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Broad Differentiation Some important tactics necessary to gain and maintain perceived uniqueness: 1. Developing innovative products/services for broad range of customers Zara creates a “fast fashion” concept which getting designs to customers quickly. It has more style than Gap‚ faster growth than Target‚ and logistical expertise rivaling Wal-Mart. 2. Significant investments in Marketing‚ Technology Development‚ Procurement & Customer Service ZARA takes just two weeks to get a new design
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Positioning and repositioning Before positioning companies has to do segmentation and targeting. Segmentation is dividing the market into segments upon some set of criteria and evaluating the profitability of each segment Targeting is selecting one or more segments and going after them Positioning is how do you want your brand to be considered by consumers when compared to other competing brands. Positioning is based on product features such as color‚ price‚ fluffiness‚ quality of service
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Target Marketing 1. State of Being (Demographics)- three main areas we want to address in this stage is geography‚ age and income. Geography: We want to target people throughout the entire world. In order to achieve our goal‚ we can set up online surveys questions regarding to our sneakers and reasons to support our product. Furthermore‚ we will also distribute product flyers and conduct on-the-spot surveys for people passing by the streets in order to gain more opinion and expectations regarding
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COMPETITIVE PRODUCT POSITIONING STUDY As per the aim of the research project‚ in order to arrive at a unique strategy for the new helmet designed to be launched in the market‚ it is imperative to first analyze the existing personal protective equipment products manufactured by global leaders and top-tier firms. Through this‚ the understanding of effective positioning strategies shall be facilitated‚ which in turn shall allow for the creation of an innovative and competitive strategy that covers the
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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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Targeting and Positioning Introduction 1. To succeed in today’s competitive marketplace‚ companies must be customer-centered‚ wining customers from competitors and keeping them by delivering greater value. a. Sound marketing requires a careful‚ deliberate analysis of consumers. b. Since companies cannot satisfy all consumers in a given market‚ they must divide up the total market (market segmentation)‚ choose the best segments (market targeting)‚ and design strategies for profitably
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lower-income groups followed by the middle income groups. It was meant to be a replacement for scooters and motorcycles in rural India. So Nano was positioned in the market as “the world’s cheapest car”. A lot went wrong with Nano. It started from the positioning of the car where it was hailed as the “world’s cheapest car” which was more of a headline creator and did not exactly appeal to the masses as no one wants to be associated with anything that is tagged as “the cheapest”‚ this caused a great harm
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