Marketing as selling has two main concepts‚ which are making profit much as possible and satisfying customer’s need. Before making any profit. A well-managed company is able to identify and specify itself. That includes making targets for its ideal customer. Analysis and strategies help the company in achieving a higher possibility for success in the business. Segmentation methods Segmentation involves diving a broad target market into subset of consumers who have common needs and priorities. A
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Case Study #7: GE Question 1: Discuss the importance of B-to-B marketing and a strong B-to-B brand to GE. Needless to say it is very important to GE that they do well in B-to-B marketing and maintain a strong B-to-B brand. One of the obvious reasons is that a lot of GE’s product and service are business-oriented instead of consumer oriented‚ such as oil & gas‚ jet engines and industrial appliances. Many times‚ businesses need to be treated just like a human consumer‚ principles of basic marketing
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following Top 10 motivating factors were identified: Appreciation or recognition for a job well done Being in the know about company matters An understanding attitude from the management Job security Good wages Interesting work Career advancement opportunities Loyalty from management Good working conditions Tactful discipline It seems that‚ in Asia‚ not enough emphasis has been placed in these areas. Some of these factors are self-evident. However
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deliver ten collections a year. Zara and H&M both are leading companies in retail clothing industry. Although both of them are fast fashion brands‚ they adopt different sourcing approaches. In fast fashion principle‚ new products will be offered to the market within two to four weeks. Therefore‚ the sourcing of products in the supply chain management plays an important role to facilitate the global delivery of products. Zara sources fabric and other raw materials from external suppliers globally through
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Zara Supply Chain Report By: A.H. C.L. H.L. S.H. X.W. Humble Beginnings In 1975‚ Amancio Ortea Gaona started Inditex Corporation in his first small shop in a remote town in Spain‚ Arteixo. Only 35 years later‚ it has emerged the largest apparel company in the world—Zara. Currently‚ Zara’s headquarters and two distribution centers are located in this small Spanish town. Zara broke a new path between the traditional high fashion and the mass fashion strategies; it provides
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Basic Marketing Concepts – Fong 16/09/13 Company Report: JET BLUE 1. Give examples of need‚ wants‚ and demands that Jetblue customers demonstrate‚ differentiating these three concepts. What are the implications of each for Jetblue’s practices? Jetblue meets customers physical needs by providing unlimited snacks and beverages during their flights‚ they even meet their social needs by providing such great customer service that their customers can feel at home‚ and they even meet their individual
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles‚ or ground rules‚ by which organizations act. Like the ground
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Summary of Zara Zara specializes in inexpensive fashions for women and men between the ages of 16 and 35. In keeping with the spirit of that demographic‚ Zara moves quickly. Like many apparel retailers‚ it has two seasons—fall/winter and spring/summer—but selections change frequently within those periods. Items spend no more than two weeks on the shelf before making way for new merchandise‚ and stores are replenished twice a week. With annual growth of around 20 percent in both sales and number
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Jan. 29‚ 2013 Zara International Business Problem Productivity is the best word to describe the approach of merchants during the classical era. Merchants believed that being strong in productivity would bring higher profits. It sounded so simple and unbelievable from the very different and complex businesses today. However‚ businesses cannot forget the significance of productivity even centuries after it was first thought of. After reading the article about Zara International‚ I was very
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Substitute Products (Threat of Substitute products)82.2.6 Industry Opportunities82.2.7 Industry Threats82.3 Organization82.3.1 Strengths82.3.2 Weakness92.4 Marketing Strategy92.4.1 Objectives92.4.2 Analysis of Sales‚ Profit and Market Share92.4. 3 Analysis of target market(s)102.4.4 Analysis of Marketing Mix Variables112.4.5 Summary of Marketing strategy ’s strength and Weakness:123.0 Problems found in Situation analysis123.1 Primary Problem123.2 Secondary Problem134.0 Strategic Alternatives for Solving
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