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Case Study: Arnott's Emporio Marketing Strategy

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The Emporio range is packaged to be recognized as a superior biscuit, which resemble café quality biscuits, via its individual packaging of each biscuit. The packaging also shows clearly with vivid colours and pictures of the type of biscuit used to distinguish between other competitors. Price Emporio also implements a range of pricing policies. To represent high quality and distinguish itself from other ranges of biscuits it implements price points; along with price and quality interactions. Where customers believe a higher price can be associated with better quality. Since Emporio's remain an exclusive product, a relatively high price can be changed in order to maximize profits, market skimming. Promotion The Emporio brand has employed numerous advertising methods to create awareness, and ultimately induce convection to purchase their product. The use of nation wide television advertisements in 2003, to reposition the brand has seen a come back in late 2004. Combined with regular advertisement in respected food, and fashion magazines. Television: The television ads portrays the target market of success businessmen and women in post of lawyers, secretaries, and other executive roles enjoying a relaxing "treat" with their coffee, whist singing the jingle. The brand has also made use of 'below the line' promotion techniques, free sampling and point-of-purchase displays. Product sampling has mostly occurred to encourage other styles of the Emporio

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