Chapter 11 – Marketing Channels: Retailing and Wholesaling Marketing Channels and the Supply Chain The nature and importance of marketing channels: * Marketing channel or distribution channel – a set of interdependent organizations that help make a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user How channel members add value: * Producers use intermediaries b/c they create greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets thru contacts
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Case study marketing ‘Yet another poor year’ reflected the senior executive of Mephisto Products.’ P r o f i t s d o w n b y 1 5 p e r c e nt ‚ s a l e s a nd t u r no v e r s t a t i c i n a m a r k e t w h i c h w a s recko ned to be growing at a rate of some 20 per cent per annum. It can’t go on.’ These were the thoughts of Jim Bullins‚ and he contended that the company would-be out of business if the next year turned out to be as bad. Jim Bullins had been senior executive at Mephisto for the
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Marketing & Innovation "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer‚ the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." Peter Drucker (The Father of Management Theory) INTRODUCTION Marketing is the activity‚ set of institutions‚ and processes for creating‚ communicating‚ delivering‚ and exchanging offerings that have value for customers‚ clients‚ partners‚ and society at large
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Segments Segments marketing: A market segment consists of a group of customers who share a similar set of needs and wants. Rather than creating the segments‚ the marketers task is to identity them and decide which one (s) to target. Niche Marketing: A niche is a more narrowly defined customer group seeking a distinctive mix of benefits. Marketers usually identity niches by dividing a segments into sub segments. Local Marketing: Target marketing is leading to marketing programs tailored to
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From the economic system ’s point of view‚ the role of marketing intermediaries is to transform the assortment of products made by producers into the assortment of products wanted by ________. 4) ________ conflict‚ which occurs between different levels of the same channel‚ is more common than ________ conflict‚ which occurs among firms at the same level of the channel. 5) Which of the following are the three major types of vertical marketing systems? 6) The most common type of contractual
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Required Text: Marketing: An Introduction‚ (2013) 11th ed. by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler. Pearson ISBN: 978-0-13-274403-4 Resources All materials are posted on BlackBoard Instructor Lee D. Goldring‚ MBA Mobile /Text 321-578-9288 E-mail lgoldrin@stetson.edu Office Phone 386-822-7432 Office Location LBC 415 Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30PM – 2:30PM‚ and by appointment Course Objectives: Identify the processes of segmentation‚ target marketing‚ and create a
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The Case analysis of Marketing Strategy for Self-financed Rehabilitation Centre Identifying marketing mix model 4P when planning marketing strategy Introduction & Situation Definition According to the website of Hong Kong Christian Service‚ “Since 1952‚ Hong Kong Christian Service (HKCS) has been working towards a humane and just society. It provide the needy with suitable‚ professional and reliable quality services. We care for the disadvantaged
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EXPLORATORY RESEARCH Exploratory research is conducted to clarify ambiguous problems. Management may have discovered general problems‚ but research is needed to gain better understanding of the dimensions of the problems. Exploratory studies provide information to use in analyzing a situation‚ but uncovering conclusive evidence to determine a particular course of action is not the purpose of exploratory research. Usually‚ exploratory research is conducted with the expectation that subsequent research
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DIRECT MAREKTING: Direct Marketing Channels Any medium that can be used to deliver a communication to a customer can be employed in direct marketing‚ including: Email Marketing Sending marketing messages through email or Email marketing is one of the most widely used direct-marketing methods.[citation needed] One reason for email marketing’s popularity is that it is relatively inexpensive to design‚ test‚ and send an email message. It also allows marketers to deliver messages around the clock
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Microenvironment Intermediaries: AVINAA has many marketing intermediaries that distribute products to customers in more than 37 cities of Vietnam. Especially‚ AVINAA vodka is sold and distributed in the largest cities and populous cities of Vietnam and almost big districts in these cities. Those channel firm are mainly retailers. http://www.avinaa.com/ (AVINAA vodka > Distribution agents) a. Strengths: - AVINAA has many large retail corporations and stores available‚ which assist company
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