Environmental/ Situational Analysis Trends/Issues Red Bull is an energy drink aimed at students and athletes. No one thought that a “functional drink” sold at a premium price and packaged in a can would ever be successful‚ when the idea first came up in 1987 (www.redbull.co.uk 13.05.2009)‚ however the product became quite popular amongst young people and frequently drank at night clubs as a ‘mixer’ (mixed with other drinks‚ e.g. vodka and whisky). The company’s marketing was also quite successful
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http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Pricing Strategies Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing Copyright 2006 – Biz/ed http://www.bized.ac.uk Penetration Pricing • Price set to ‘penetrate the market’ • ‘Low’ price to secure high volumes • Typical in mass market products – chocolate bars‚ food stuffs‚ household goods‚ etc. • Suitable for products with long anticipated life cycles
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Summary of Red bull Case Study Question no 1 What are the red bull’s greatest strength and risks as more companies (like Coca –cola and pepsi‚ and monster) enter the energy drinks and gain market share? Red bull founded in Austria in 1992 by the Dietrich Mateschitz and he introduced in Hungary. The greatest strength of Red bull is the company introduced only one energy drink in the market from last many years there is no other product of that company and that’s why today red bull sells 4billon
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Pricing Strategies Competition based pricing Setting the price based upon prices of the similar competitor products. Competitive pricing is based on three types of competitive products: * Products having lasting distinctiveness from competitor’s product. Here we can assume * The product has low price elasticity. * The product has low cross elasticity. * The demand for the product will rise. * Products have perishable distinctiveness from competitor’s product‚ assuming the product
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Red Bull Distribution Policy Traditional marketing approach (wholesaler‚ retailer) is combined with direct distribution to target customers: events and Red Bull cars (http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&language=english&id=775) USA: They have partner distributors (exclusive) in the States (vertical distribution: contractual?): Separate Distribution company‚ that Red Bull owns: Red Bull Distribution Co.‚ a subsidiary of Red Bull North America based in Santa Monica‚ Calif
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RED BULL Background Whilst visiting Asia in 1982‚ Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz discovered a beverage that had a vitalising effect on mind and body and brought it to Europe - today this drink is better known as Red Bull. Selling over a billion cans a year and available in over 72 countries‚ Red Bull is the number one energy drink worldwide‚ and the third biggest soft drink* in the U.K. Red Bull has been scientifically proven to support the metabolism‚ improve endurance and
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com/different-types-pricing-strategy-4688.html Different Types of Pricing Strategy Pricing is one of the four elements of the marketing mix‚ along with product‚ place and promotion. Pricing strategy is important for companies who wish to achieve success by finding the price point where they can maximize sales and profits. Companies may use a variety of pricing strategies‚ depending on their own unique marketing goals and objectives. Premium Pricing Premium pricing strategy establishes a price
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Pricing strategies An enterprise should have a good pricing strategy which is suitable to the company’s current situation or condition in order to earn more profits. By adopting a good pricing strategy‚ company has a key option to stay viable. If a company wants to earn more profit‚ merely raising the price of a product is not a good option particularly in economy recession. It can lead a company to downfall as the company’s product lost out in the marketplace because of the price factor. Product
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Red Bull The selected product for the assessment report is Red Bull. First of all I’m going to speak about the company‚ when it was created and which objectives they had in their foundation. Inspired by functional drinks from the Far East‚ Dietrich Mateschitz founded Red Bull in 1987. He created the formula of Red Bull Energy Drink and developed the unique marketing concept of Red Bull. In 1987‚ on April 1‚ Red Bull Energy Drink was sold first time in its home market Austria. This was not only
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Pricing Strategy and Channel Distribution Pricing Strategy and Channel Distribution Determine and discuss a pricing strategy (Penetration or Skimming). The pricing strategy for Crystal Light Kicks will eventually be in line with current pricing of other Crystal Light products as the Crystal Light brand is already in existence. Current Crystal Light pricing is at a suggested retail price of $2.56 oz for a 1.4 oz package ($3.54) that includes 10 on the go packets and $1.25 oz for a
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