ETHICS IN MARKETING MINI-CASE STUDIES Read the 4 mini-cases below. For each case answer the following questions: 1. What are the relevant Facts? 2. What are the ethical Issues? 3. Offer your opinion on what actions should be taken. Case Study 1 Incredible Shrinking Potato Chip Package Topic: Cost vs. price vs. value issues Characters: Julie‚ Brand Manager for potato chips at a regional salty snacks manufacturer Dave‚ Marketing Director for the regional salty snacks manufacturer
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Segmentation/Targeting and Positioning Key marketing strategy decision making: How to divide up markets into meaningful customer groups (market segmentation)‚ choose which customer groups to serve (target marketing)‚ and created marketing offers that best serve targeted customers (positioning). A target market consists of a set of buyers who share common needs or characteristics that the company decides to serve. First Segmentation Example: 1 Sony 2 Instead of product managers‚ now managers
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TARGET CORPORATION STRATEGIC AUDIT MGMT 7160 Fall 2013 Executive Summary This report examines Target Corporation’s performance in a detailed strategic audit. The audit includes an external‚ internal and strategic analysis as well as a recommended course of action. The findings of the audit recommend a robust on-line/mobile presence to complement in-store sales‚ and to increase future earnings to remain competitive by building upon physical assets‚ brand value and logistical capabilities
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Behavior Modification Case Studies Case #1 1. Identify the target behavior and describe that behavior in 1 or 2 sentences. The target behavior would be physically using one or two hands to grab a toy and place it directly in the toy box. This does not include placing it in front of‚ to the side of‚ or behind the toy box‚ and does not include throwing or kicking the toys into the toy box. 2. Define Operant Conditioning and discuss how this method works to increase desired behavior
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a variety of obstacles‚ primarily due to the high product mix‚ which explains why extensive utilization of lean is not reported in the journals for this industrial sector. Most of the reported applications and documentations are discussing lean in cases where there are a few families of high volume products and processes involved. The reports mainly fail to detail the ways waste is removed. The recommendations are far from applicable when thousands of parts in low quantity and several nonlinear processes
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Target Corporation was founded in 1902 by George Dayton in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota. It was originally called “Dayton Dry Goods Company” and then later became Dayton Company in 1910. By 1962‚ Dayton Company opened its first discount store in Roseville‚ Minnesota by the name of “Target”. By 2000‚ all Dayton Hudson Corporations changed their name to Target Corporation. It opened three operating divisions including Target‚ Mervyn’s and the Department Store Division. In 2001‚ Target’s division generated
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among the Philippine listed companies. The fixed line business provides local calls‚ national and international long distance services‚ which operates around 2.1 million access lines. The wireless...Food Procurement INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Mang Inasal Chicken BBQ is the Philippine’s fastest growing barbeque fast food chain‚ serving chicken‚ pork barbeque and other Filipino favorites‚ was first established on December 12‚ 2003 in Iloilo City. Currently‚ there were 445 branches nationwide
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Case Study: Peeking at a 21st Century Brand; bling h2o A new chapter in the bottled water industry has been written. Bling h2o‚ bottled in Tennessee at the English Mountain Spring‚ is an amalgam of modern sculpture‚ Hollywood‚ and truly great water. The brand’s creator‚ Hollywood screenwriter Kevin Boyd‚ envisioned a fine water presentation that made a statement equivalent to Cristal Champagne and Tiffany jewels. Boyd knows the importance of image and what your choice in bottled water conveys
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Define the Issue The Betapharm sourcing team needs to make an urgent decision whether products that are as diverse as raw materials (Malic Acid) and hotel contracts can be electronically sourced by using their already acquired ePass sourcing system. The aim is to find ways to better control costs and to remain competitive. Analysis The global hotels issue is that the cost on hotel spending is high. The annual total spending in 2003 was €70M. Although Betapharm has a global travel agent
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Case Study # 10 1. What‚ if anything‚ should Sony do to turn around the sales of the PS3? 2. What has been Sony’s strategic approach with regard to new product development? 3. What are the key success factors in the video gaming industry today? Are these the same as in the past? 4. What was Sony’s marketing program for the launch of the PS3? What is the competitive advantage of the PS3? What are the weaknesses of the PS3? 5. Compare the marketing program of the Nintendo Wii to the PS3. How are they
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