Introduction The focus of this report would be to assess the marketing activities of SONY Corporation‚ focusing on one of its particular product which is the Playstation Portable‚ which is also known as PSP for short. Although SONY had released various versions of the PSP‚ however‚ our main focus would be on the original version of the PSP and also some emphasis would be given to PSP Go‚ to elaborate on the current product that SONY is promoting. Through this analysis‚ we hope to discover whether
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Microenvironment This section will focus on the factors within the company that effect its ability to serve its customers and follow its strategy successfully. The factors that will be looked at are: The company‚ suppliers‚ intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors and publics. The Company HSBC is one of the world ’s largest and most successful banks. To have an idea of its magnitude have a look at the organisational structure (appendix 1). In the UK alone it has 1700 branches‚ approximately
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BSBMKG514A Implement & monitor marketing activities Assessment Student Name: Introduction and instructions: The assessment for this Unit of Competency consists of three assessment tasks: 1. Case Study Activity – requiring you to review case study scenarios‚ answer related questions 2. Practical Assessment – requiring you to prepare policy and procedure manual. Result: The result of each assessment task will be either ‘Satisfactory’ (S) or ‘Not Satisfactory’ (NS). Once you have satisfactorily
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As a marketing consultant‚ a report will be conducted to analyse the marketing strategy of an organisation and to identify the alternative marketing strategies to facilitate business growth. Starbucks Starbucks‚ a key performer in the gourmet coffee sector and also in the specialty Eateries industry is segmented in the service industry. Starbucks was first introduced in Seattle‚ Washington USA in 1985‚ and then worldwide. Starbucks specialises in brewed coffee
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Introduction – Hotel Industry and Catering The purpose of this report is to evaluate The Felbridge Park Hotel’s marketing capabilities. This family owned business based in Sussex belongs to the UK Hotel Industry. Elements of Hotel Catering are also included in discussion due to the hotel’s restaurant. The recession is the main economic factor affecting this industry. 2009 has been tougher than 2008‚ ‘although there has been an increase in the number of consumers taking UK breaks in 2009 ‚ it is
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Scenario Diageo Africa is a £1bn net sales value‚ £300m trading profit drinks business that operates in over 40 markets across Africa through various business models including publicly quoted companies‚ joint ventures and licensed brewing arrangements. In Nigeria it trades under the name Guinness Nigeria and will be referred to as such from this point. Over the past few years Africa has been Diageo’s most dynamic growth region‚ delivering the highest proportion of its global growth. Guinness
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LECTURE 3 MARKETING ENVIRONMENT Learning Objectives • Describe the environmental forces that affect the company’s ability to serve its customers. • Explain how changes in the demographic and economic environments affect marketing decisions. • Identify the major trends in the firm’s natural and technological environments. • Explain the key changes that occur in the political and cultural environments. • Discuss how companies can react to the marketing environment.
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Scope/eliminations 2 Method 3 Collection of data 3 Internal analysis 3 The Value Chain 3 SMS-model 4 External analysis 4 PEST 4 Porter’s Five Forces 5 Competitor analysis 5 SWOT analysis 6 Conclusion 6 Literature 7 Enclosures 10 Enclosure 1 10 Introduction In 2009 H&M and Zara were accused of using child labour (www.ilo.org). Even though H&M is a huge company the scandal damaged the reputation of H&M and without the right recovering strategy the damages
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Panera Bread Company Strategic Audit Ellen Carstensen Kelsey Kuhnmuench Brooke Unger Jason Gonzales Tony Martin Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………. SWOT…………………………………………………………………………………………….. Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………….. Key Success Factors……………………………………………………………………………… Porter’s Five Forces Model……………………………………………………………………….. Strategy Typology…………………………………………………………………………………
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Marketing Audits and its importance to an organisation As of I am starting to write this essay‚ an historic and astonishing incident happened in US—Standard & Poors first time downgraded American Federal Bonds form AAA to AA+. Look at the messed up world economic picture--US is suffering from recession without any better signs‚ Europe is struggling with debt crisis‚ only growth engine China is also slowing
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