Virgin Group: Finding New Avenues for Growth Virgin is a leading international investment group and one of the most respected and recognized brands in the world. It has been one of the fastest growing companies in the world since its inception. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson as a music mail-in service‚ the company has gone to grow as one of the largest companies in UK. Today‚ Virgin group has more than 400 companies worldwide in 34 different countries and with global
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are only some of the merits of growth. The main question that most companies have to tackle is how should this growth take place. Each business wanting to expand has a choice of marketing strategies‚ which were arranged in a matrix by business writer Igor Ansoff. The matrix plots how safe or risky various marketing objectives are and how they can be used to judge the likelihood of success. Market penetration is when you sell more amount of the same product in the existing market through
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A Character Analysis of Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s The Virgin Kerima Polotan-Tuvera’s “The Virgin” is a short story that is centered on two characters namely Miss Mijares and The Carpenter. The title “The Virgin” reflects the subject virginity which is an important and cherished value for Filipinos. A Filipina should be proud to have maintained her virginity but in the case of the thirty-four-year-old Miss Mijares‚ she is ashamed of it. In her thirty-four years of existence‚ she had never been
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The Virgin by Kerima Polotan The title of Kerima Polotan’s "The Virgin" gives us the subject-virginity‚ female virginity‚ a cherished value of Filipino Male culture. By presenting its protagonist as "victim" rather than heroine of this value system‚ the text subverts it. Reflecting on her virginal state‚ Miss Mijares does so "with a mixture of shame and bitterness and guilt" The story’s eroticism is heightened by the lyrical‚ almost cadenced language. (The eroticism is quite explicit for it’s
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At the end of the commercial a narrator says that‚ “you don’t need to look like Derek Ramsey to avail a dozen donuts for 199 pesos”. In a 49-second commercial‚ Dunkin’ Donuts (or its advertisement partner) imbed cultural‚ value‚ and generational marketing strategies which target mostly the young to mature B‚ C and D segments of the Philippines. As seen in the commercial‚ a seemingly straightforward encounter with a celebrity resonates a feeling of being ‘the chosen one’ or ‘ the lucky few’ that
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list and describe three groups within that variable. Provide examples of your choice to illustrate your answer. (p.265) --Problem recognition‚ info search‚ evaluation‚ purchase‚ post purchase: role of marketing in these 1. Geographic: dividing market into different geographical units Groups: nations‚ regions‚ states‚ municipalities‚ cities‚ neighbourhoods Eg customizing hotels and rooms to suit the location (beach vs city) 2. Demographic: dividing the market into groups based on demographic variables
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Marketing is defined as a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and values with others.(Kotler.P 2002 : 5) The goals of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value and keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction. There are five core concepts of marketing‚ which includes needs‚ wants and demand; products‚ services and experience; value‚ satisfaction and quality; exchanges
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Assignment # 12 2.) How does the “standardized versus localized” debate apply to advertising? Communication takes place only when the intended meaning transfers from the source to the receiver. This can be a problem when a standardized approach is used. The message is not able to get through to the receiver due to different reasons such as lack of knowledge of the audience. There are people who feel an advertisement can be used anywhere in the world due to the converging tastes and preferences
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Differentiate between the marketing concept and the selling concept. The concepts of marketing and selling are derived from 2 simple activities: marketing and selling. These two activities are very similar to a large extent similar though there are a few elements about each of them that differentiate them. Selling can be defined as a process of transferring a product or service to a buyer at a price regardless of his or her need whereas marketing is defined as a process of transferring a product
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POSITION DESCRIPTION – HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER Objective: Oversee the overall organizational programme; * Plan‚ implement and co-ordinate strategic and practical company programmes * Develop and execute organizational plan in line with the Business plan * Drive continual improvement and best practise in all key health and safety * Empower various levels of management with the required health and safety procedures and tools. * Lead and ensure audit standards are met for
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