The marketing mix is often considered as the center of a marketing strategy. It is defined by Kotler and Armstrong (2010:84) as ‘the set of controllable‚ tactical marketing tools that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market.’ These tools are; Product‚ Price‚ Place and Promotion‚ which are commonly known as the ‘4 Ps.’ A combination of these four components offers the ability to create a successful marketing mix that will produce the desired results. This essay will first
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Zara Summary Zara has successfully built a worldwide famous brand thanks to its premium locations as well as a unique management system of design‚ production and supply chain. Unlike other fashion brands‚ it takes Zara only 10 to 14 days from the time it designs new clothing until it arrives in stores.The case describes the implementation of the fast-fashion concept by Zara and analyzes the components of its flexible integrated business model . Furthermore it reports on the international expansion
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Lecture 5 External Environment Parts of these slides are material developed and copyrighted by Johnson‚ Scholes & Whittington (2006) and Lynch (2006) Sustainable Competitive Advantage • One of the main purposes of analysing competitors is to explore where and how sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) can be generated • Public service and not-for-profit organisations may also wish to explore SCA as they may be in competition for finance from external bodies • SCA will probably require
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The middle-aged mother buys clothes at the Zara chain because they are cheap‚ while her daughter aged in the mid-20s buys Zara clothing because it is fashionable. Clearly‚ Zara is riding two of the winning retail trends - being in fashion and low prices - and making a very effective combination out of it. Much talked about‚ especially since its parent company’s IPO in 2001‚ often admired‚ sometimes reviled‚ but hardly ever ignored‚ Zara has been an interesting case study for many
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manufactured and sold apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories for women‚ men‚ and children through Zara and other five chains around the world. The six retailing chains were organized as separate business units within an overall structure that also included six business support areas and nine corporate departments or areas of responsibility. They are separate in the sense that each chain is responsible for its own strategy‚ product design‚ sourcing‚ and manufacturing‚ distribution‚ and image‚ personal and financial
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The Media Mix Media mix means the advertising strategy encompasses the use of more than one type of advertising media to get its message across the target audience. A combination of media types is known as the media mix. No advertiser can rely only on one medium to reach his audience. Even a small advertiser having a small media budget has thousands of media from which to choose. A typical media mix for consumer products‚ such as a soft drink‚ will include television‚ outdoor‚ POP and even the
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Suppliers62.2.2 Consumers62.2.3 New Entrants72.2.4 Competitors72.2.5 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
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A)Marketing Mix variables (The 4 P ’s of Marketing) The major marketing management decisions can be classified in one of the following four categories: * Product * Price * Place (distribution) * Promotion These variables are known as the marketing mix or the 4 P ’s of marketing. They are the variables that marketing managers can control in order to best satisfy customers in the target market. The marketing mix is portrayed in the following diagram: The Marketing Mix Product
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Zara Case Management 454 3/20/14 Founded in 1975 by Armancio Ortega‚ Zara is a very successful Spanish clothing and accessory realtor and the first business to start the Inditex Group empire. Starting in a small Galician city known as La Coruna in Spain‚ Zara has grown to be a retailer powerhouse with over 6‚000 stores in 85 different countries. Although the number of stores and locations is constantly changing as Zara is known to open more than a store a day in past
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The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing and by marketeers . The marketing mix is often crucial when determining a product or brand ’s offer‚ and is often associated with the four P ’s: price‚ product‚ promotion‚ and place.[1] In service marketing‚ however‚ the four Ps are expanded to the seven P ’s [2] or eight P ’s to address the different nature of services. In the 1990 ’s‚ the concept of four C ’s was introduced as a more customer-driven replacement of four P ’s.[3] There are two
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