Agenda • • • • • • • • • • Organizational Overview Industry Snapshot Competitor Analysis Financial Analysis SWOT Overview Current Strategy Strategic Issues Recommended Solutions Implementation/Justification Recommendation Recap Organizational Overview • • • • • • Founded by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1962 Number 3 discount retailer in the U.S. Operates 1‚479 stores in 49 states Maintains 3 retail concepts Filed bankruptcy in 2002 Merged with Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. in March 2005 Industry Analysis
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that Starbucks had a chance. Given the fact that Chinese people have traditionally favoured tea‚ it seemed impossible that Starbucks would be able to break into this market. However‚ Starbucks did not let this scepticism stop it. A careful market study revealed that as the Chinese middle class emerged‚ there existed an opportunity for Starbucks to introduce a Western coffee experience‚ where people could meet with their friends while drinking their favourite beverages. Starbucks literally created
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Firstly‚ STP strategies is segmenting‚ targeting and positioning. The definitions of segmenting is that a company splits a market into smaller groups who they target through behavioural‚ psychographic and profile. Targeting is to choose few or a segments to provide marketing activities and marketing offers. Positioning is that a company design its marketing activities and images to distinguish from competitors in customers’ mind. In the below‚ I will analyze the STP strategies of two online fashion
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MARKETING STRATEGIES OF VODAFONE http://www.slideshare.net/sayazhar2010/vodafone-marketing-strategy http://www.scribd.com/doc/50798735/48814782-Marketing-Strategies-of-Vodafone The entry of Vodafone saw a further drop in tariffs and the operators have come out with new schemesto retain their subscribers and attract fresh ones. What does this mean for subscribers and for the cellular industry in Delhi? All the four operators Essar Mobile Services Ltd.‚ Bharti Celluar Ltd‚ MTNL and Idea Cellular services
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d) Data Integration 3) International marketing integrates the economies of different countries and develops ________________________. a) Mutual cooperation b) Bilateral business relations c) Data Integration d) Internal Integration 4) International marketing creates new avenues in which of the following areas? a) Dispute resolution b) Employment generation c) Ethical marketing d) Customer satisfaction 5) Which of
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FIN-1103: Principles of Marketing Assignment Details Dear students‚ this document will give you the detail idea about your module assignment. This assignment consist two parts i.e. one write up and a presentation. First we discuss about the write up’s outline then about the presentation. Well‚ let’s see…. The write up: As you know‚ marketing mainly deals with the value of the product. We have to add superior value to our product to capture the customer base. All the participant of the market makes
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Byron Hernandez Marketing September 5‚ 2012‚ 2012 Module 5 – Activity 5.6 CASE STUDY: Accenture 1. How did Accenture transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting‚ to the new company name? The way that Accenture transferred brand equity from its original name to the new company name was by specially branding the new one‚ and looking at a new name as a fresh start‚ re-introducing itself to its customers‚ and the world. With a new name‚ this allows them to
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CASE: I Playing to a new beat: marketing in the music industry Questions: 1. Discuss the micro and macro forces that are affecting the music industry. Answer : Factors affecting the music industry include the following: • Consumers have created a new value curve for the music industry • Online file sharing and downloading where copyright holders are bypassed has put the traditional business model of the music industry in doubt • Competition for consumers time‚ attention
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Samsung ’s smart phones are used everywhere in all walks of lives‚ including students‚ workers and officers. Its advertisements of the newest model of smart phones are also shown in TV‚ magazines most of the days‚ if not all. Samsung is one of the largest information technology company‚ sharing almost all market shares with Apple‚ it’s major competitor. With making US$30 billion dollars net income per year‚ however‚ it may be hard to imagine that Samsung is submerged into some unethical marketing practices
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competitors’ even though Nintendo entered the video game market before than the others? Nintendo has a rapid expansion of the brand in the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ when Nintendo enjoyed a near monopoly in console gaming worldwide. But in the mid-1990’s Sony with its play station and Microsoft with Xbox are introduced. Nintendo then made a number of serious errors that saw its market share drop off sharply against competitors. And also Sony has lots of products as reliable brand in addition to this
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