1. I feel Martha and the Trap-Ease America investors need to do some strategic planning- the process of developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organization’s goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities. This would set the stage for the rest of the planning. I do not think Martha has done enough research into the market to really assess whether the demand for her product would be there. Martha needs to think about her marketing concept‚ which is a philosophy
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2) Has Martha identified the best target market for Trap-Ease? What other market segments might the firm target? Martha has targeted women for her product. She feels that women are the best group to target because they don’t like the mess or the risks created by traditional mouse traps. But what Martha doesn’t know about is woman is a large segment that is too wide to be targeted properly. In the society‚ woman population is shrinking rapidly causing market that Martha is targeting is shrinking
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Guided by the marketing strategy‚ the company designs an integrated marketing mix which consists of the four P’s that is product‚ price‚ place or distribution‚ and promotion. Firstly‚ product produces by the company. Currently‚ Trap-Ease has only manufactured one product that is the mousetrap‚ which is also known as the Trap-Ease mousetrap. This mousetrap is designed to allow customers to enjoy the means of dealing with mouse problem efficiently. Customers can be at ease by avoiding the safety and
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|Marketing Assignment | | | |[Trap-Ease America Company Marketing Analysis] | | | |[April 24‚ 2012]
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Trap-Ease America: the big cheese of mousetraps case Case Analysis: A group of investors had formed Trap-ease America in January after it had obtained worldwide rights to market the innovative mouse trap. The group then hired Martha to serve as president‚ and to develop and manage trap-ease America organizations. Even though the product is well designed‚ and is bringing a new idea to the market‚ by using a good trap to catch the mice‚ it didn’t bring much profit to the company. Even after winning
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1. For Martha to best assist Trap-Ease America to take advantage of the opportunity of profiting from providing its customers with a better mouse trap‚ it is necessary to evaluate the values of which market segments will be best served by the product‚ the strategic and long-term goals of the company and define the marketing concepts and mission orientation through which they will meet those goals. In Martha’s initial efforts‚ she defined the market segment and their values as women responsible for
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1) Martha is the president of the Trap ease company but it doesn’t seem that they have done enough research on the product. Is the product a necessity and the market really in need of such a product? They just speak how innovative the product is a new invention and they just rave about it. I do agree that they have some presentable features‚ such as it can also be used as use and throw‚ it is not messy and the safety aspects of the product. But a mission statement that there would be nothing better
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and the Trap-Ease America investors believe they face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? How do you think the group would write its mission statement? how would you write it? A 1. I think they believe that they have a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity because Trap-Ease is an new and innovative idea for a mouse trap so it can be potential for the company’s growth and profit but in order to fully take advantage of this opportunity Trap-Ease America
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Alicia Foote Activity 1.5 – Case Study: Trap-Ease America BSAB/MGMT 311: Principles of Marketing March 30‚ 2014 Introduction To succeed in today’s competitive marketplace‚ companies must be customer centered. They must win customers from competitors and then keep and grow them by delivering greater value. A company’s success is no longer merely determined by the product it offers‚ as today things are much more complicated due to the sheer number of companies
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Company Case. Trap-Ease America: The big cheese mousetraps 1) Martha and the Trap-Ease America investors believe they face a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. What information do they need to evaluate this opportunity? How do you think the group would write its mission statement? How would you write it? By saying they face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I assume that they are talking about the potential for profit and growth. However‚ from this case it doesn’t seem that Martha‚ the president
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