Bachelor’s Thesis Autumn Semester 2007 Department of Business Studies Market Orientation as a Branding Strategy by Harriet Mellenius Supervisor: Olivia Kang ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of market orientation strategy on brand awareness. Zara‚ a Spanish leading fashion retailer and an example of a brand using this strategy‚ is compared to three other multinational brands operating in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ namely Topshop‚ Mango and United Colours of Benetton. The latter brands
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Positioning Strategies in Business Markets An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article Positioning strategies in business markets Stavros P. Kalafatis Markos H. Tsogas Charles Blankson Professor of Business Marketing‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Senior Lecturer‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Assistant Professor‚ Grand Valley State University‚ Allendale‚ Michigan‚ USA Keywords
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Market Strategy/ Focus Marketing strategy is a method of focusing an organization’s energies and resources on a course of action which can lead to increased sales and dominance of a targeted market niche. A marketing strategy combines product development‚ promotion‚ distribution‚ pricing‚ relationship management and other elements; identifies the firm’s marketing goals‚ and explains how they will be achieved‚ ideally within a stated timeframe. Marketing strategy determines the choice of target market
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‘Growing Up’ The Instant noodles market in India is finally coming of age after over 25 years The instant noodles category in India was‚ in a sense‚ created by Nestlé with the introduction of their Maggi brand in mid-1980s. The concept of ‘2-minute noodles’‚ positioned as a quick snack option for children‚ found acceptance with both the children and their mothers as well. Having built and nurtured the category’s evolution‚ the brand name “Maggi” almost became a synonym for the instant noodles
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Executive Summary: Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd‚ the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group‚ is a multinational electronics company based in South Korea‚ which manufactures LCD and LED panels‚ semiconductors‚ televisions‚ mobile phones and other consumer electronics products. Since 2011‚ Samsung is the world’s largest manufacturers in mobile phones market‚ and also the leader in smartphones market. Its market share has a continuous growth of 0.9% in 2013‚ having 24.5% in the world. Samsung is also a manufacturing
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For the exclusive use of J. LAU TB0073 August 17‚ 2007 Kannan Ramaswamy LG Electronics: Global Strategy in Emerging Markets Mr. Nam Woo‚ President of LG Electronics (LG)‚ was collecting his thoughts after the press conference in Beijing. He had been appointed as the President of LG Electronics in China in 2006 and was unveiling an ambitious agenda to accelerate LG’s presence in the country. He reflected on the emergence of South Korea as a major hub in the consumer electronics business and the
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Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars John Myers COM/156 November 11‚ 2012 Lawrence W. Daly Samsung vs. Apple - The smartphone wars The Samsung Galaxy S has a better operating system than the Apple iPhone‚ which is why Apple is suing Samsung over infringement rights; greed took over. The smartphone craze was started in 2007‚ when the Apple Corporation strove to be the next innovative mind in the electronics world. These innovations were followed by greed and a desire to own the market.
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International Marketing Strategies | 4 | II | Choice of Company – Victoria’s Secret | 7 | III | Company’s Competitor’s | 8 | IV | SWOT Analysis | 10 | V | Promotional Plan | 11 | VI | Distribution Channel | 12 | VII | References | 13 | VIII | Bibliography | 13 | I. Introduction to International Market Entry Strategies: Globalization has increased the competition amongst firms. There are more and more companies which are motivated to conquer foreign markets and enlarge their presence
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Extensive power sector reforms have been introduced in the past three decades in most of the developing countries‚ including India‚ wherein different models for reforming have been introduced. However‚ there is often an increasing concern that energy services still fail to reach the poor‚ primarily because issues related to access to poor were overlooked in the process of reform which assumed that greater economic efficiency of the power sector would automatically extend access to all including poor[1]
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1994-1996 Becoming a Global Force New Management is more than a mere re-engineering of SAMSUNG but rather an entire revolution dedicated to making world-class products‚ providing total customer satisfaction‚ and being a good corporate citizen. In retrospect‚ New Management was a decisive turning point for SAMSUNG‚ the moment when the entire company was repositioned on the basis of "Quality first." During this period‚ 17 different products - from semiconductors to computer monitors‚ TFT-LCD screens
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