Chapter 11 – Marketing Channels: Retailing and Wholesaling Marketing Channels and the Supply Chain The nature and importance of marketing channels: * Marketing channel or distribution channel – a set of interdependent organizations that help make a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user How channel members add value: * Producers use intermediaries b/c they create greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets thru contacts
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The Marketing Mix and 4 Ps The 4Ps are: • Product (or Service) • Place • Price • Promotion A good way to understand the 4 Ps is by the questions that you need to ask to define you marketing mix. Here are some questions that will help you understand and define each of the four elements: Product/Service • What does the customer want from the product/service? What needs does it satisfy? • What features does it have to meet these needs? • Are there any features you’ve missed out? • Are you
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MKT370 – Marketing Policies Ben Bentzin ● Spring 2013 ● Unique: 5220 Administrative details Instructor: Ben Bentzin‚ Tel (512) 828-7070 Email: ben.bentzin@mccombs.utexas.edu Office: CBA 6.216 (6th floor of CBA North‚ top of the escalator) Please include “MKT 370:” in the subject line of any emails Amy Williams - arwilliams@utexas.edu Sec. 5220‚ Mondays/Wednesdays‚ 8:00a - 9:15a‚ UTC 1.102 By appointment on Mondays and Wednesdays only‚ typically from 9:30am to 10:30am. FIN 357 (or FIN 357H) and
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Case study marketing ‘Yet another poor year’ reflected the senior executive of Mephisto Products.’ P r o f i t s d o w n b y 1 5 p e r c e nt ‚ s a l e s a nd t u r no v e r s t a t i c i n a m a r k e t w h i c h w a s recko ned to be growing at a rate of some 20 per cent per annum. It can’t go on.’ These were the thoughts of Jim Bullins‚ and he contended that the company would-be out of business if the next year turned out to be as bad. Jim Bullins had been senior executive at Mephisto for the
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Marketing & Innovation "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer‚ the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." Peter Drucker (The Father of Management Theory) INTRODUCTION Marketing is the activity‚ set of institutions‚ and processes for creating‚ communicating‚ delivering‚ and exchanging offerings that have value for customers‚ clients‚ partners‚ and society at large
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Marketing Plan: Part B Prepared for Vivian McDonald Table of Contents Key Issues There are various key issues present with regards to the marketing plan of Vitalyze. These were detailed in Part A of this report. These various issues that are present will guide the numerous marketing strategies that will be detailed in this section of the marketing plan. Perhaps the most important of these key issues present is the issue of how Vitalyze will gain and market a competitive
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Segments Segments marketing: A market segment consists of a group of customers who share a similar set of needs and wants. Rather than creating the segments‚ the marketers task is to identity them and decide which one (s) to target. Niche Marketing: A niche is a more narrowly defined customer group seeking a distinctive mix of benefits. Marketers usually identity niches by dividing a segments into sub segments. Local Marketing: Target marketing is leading to marketing programs tailored to
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From the economic system ’s point of view‚ the role of marketing intermediaries is to transform the assortment of products made by producers into the assortment of products wanted by ________. 4) ________ conflict‚ which occurs between different levels of the same channel‚ is more common than ________ conflict‚ which occurs among firms at the same level of the channel. 5) Which of the following are the three major types of vertical marketing systems? 6) The most common type of contractual
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Required Text: Marketing: An Introduction‚ (2013) 11th ed. by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler. Pearson ISBN: 978-0-13-274403-4 Resources All materials are posted on BlackBoard Instructor Lee D. Goldring‚ MBA Mobile /Text 321-578-9288 E-mail lgoldrin@stetson.edu Office Phone 386-822-7432 Office Location LBC 415 Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30PM – 2:30PM‚ and by appointment Course Objectives: Identify the processes of segmentation‚ target marketing‚ and create a
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elsevier.com/locate/bushor International marketing research: A global project management perspective Robert B. Young a‚⁎‚ Rajshekhar G. Javalgi b a Business Division‚ Lorain County Community College‚ 1005 North Abbe Road‚ Elyria‚ OH 44035‚ USA Nance College of Business Administration‚ Cleveland State University‚ 2121 Euclid Avenue‚ Cleveland‚ OH 44115-2214‚ USA b KEYWORDS International marketing; Global marketing strategies; Marketing research; Competitive advantage Abstract
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