NAME: ELVIS BITOK
KEY COMPONENTS OF MARKETING PLAN FOR GODIVA GEMS
INTRODUCTION
Marketing plan is key component of attaining companies’ objectives. The study seeks to examine the key components of marketing plan for Godiva Gems.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Segmentation
It is the division of a market into homogeneous groups of consumers, each expected to respond to a different marketing mix (Dictionary of Business). Segmentation bases on: (1) Geographic segmentation: divides customers into segments based on geographical areas such as regions, states and cities. (2) Demographic segmentation: divides customers into segments based on demographic values i.e. age, sex, occupation, and nationality. (3) Psychological segmentation: perception. (4) Cultural
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Marketing Mix (4P’s)
Product
Product is the tangible or intangible items that meet a certain customer need or demand it can be inform of goods or services. The product is vital as it is the eventual test of how the company understands and takes advantage of customers’ needs. (Brassinton & Pettitt 2005, p. 173). The study will analyze product using the Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept
Product Life Cycle
A product has a certain life cycle in stages, the first stage is the introduction phase the product’s sales grow slowly, and the profit will be small because of heavy promotion cost, the second stage is the growth stage the sales will increase rapidly as the product becomes popular. At this stage profits begin to grow, but there will be competition in the market. Thirdly, is the maturity phase here the product is well known, at this point the promotional spend reduces and production economies of scale become established. By this time competitors will almost certainly have entered the market. Finally, is the decline phase product is losing market share and profitability rapidly. At this stage the marketer must decide whether its worth to support the product for a little longer or it should be left to disappear.
Price
Price is the amount of money customers have to pay to obtain the product. It is important that
Price is the cash expenditure plus taxes that consumers have to pay for a good or service.
| According to the text, market segmentation is defined as identifying groups of consumers based on their common needs.Answer
According to Horner and Swarbrooke (2005: 39), Segmentation may be defined as the process of dividing a whole market into subgroups or segments for marketing management purposes. Market segmentation is the division of the overall market for a service into various categories with common characteristics. In response to different segments, organisations facilitate the available resources to achieve greater efficiency, in order to satisfy specific needs of customers.
Price is the amount of money given in exchange for the ownership or use of a good or service. Firms, like Glitzz need to consider the amount of money that consumers are willing to give up in exchange for their products.
Segmentation describes the division of a population into more or less homogenous segments based on their acceptance and buying patterns of products or services. This JB market can be broken down into the following market segments and sub-segments.
Every year hundreds of products are launched to the market, all vying for shelf space and consumers' attention. However successfully launching a product is not just bringing it to the market (GlaxoSmithKline, 2007). Organizations must examine the product life cycle for the product being introduced to ensure long-term product success.
Products tend to go through different stages, each stage being affected by different competitive conditions. These stages require different marketing strategies at different times if sales and
The product life cycle is known as the procedure where a product is introduced to the market, expands in popularity,
International market segmentation is the dividing of market into segments, this allow marketers to effectively determine whether business can thrive in a particular area. Segmentation is based on four factor namely geographical, psychographic, demographic and lastly behavioral segmentation. Geographical segmentation refers to grouping markets geographically such as nations, states or cities. Psychographic segmentation is the dividing of buyers into groups based on lifestyle or social class/status. Demographic segmentation uses factors like age, gender, occupation and etc to separate markets into groups. Last but not least, behavioral segmentation, this kind of segmentation divides buyer into groups by their knowledge about particular
Market segmentation is an approach used by a company to select their target market and provide data for a marketing plan. “Market segmentation consist of a two-step process; naming broad product markets and segmenting these broad products-markets in order to select target markets and develop suitable marketing mixes” (Perreault, Cannon, & McCarthy, 2014, p.97). There are 4 categories pertaining to market segmentation; behavioral, geographic, demographic, and behavioral.
Market segmentation: The process of dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers who might require separate production or marketing mixes (Wells, Burnett, & Moriarty, 2006).
Every product is subject to a life cycle including a growth phase followed by a maturity phase and finally an eventual period of decline as sales fall. Marketers must do careful research on how long T.H.E life cycle of T.H.E product T.H.Ey are marketing is likely to be and focus T.H.Eir attention on different challenges that arise as T.H.E product moves.
Product Life Cycle (PLC) Introduction:- A new product goes through a set of different stages said to be product life cycle. The product life cycle proceeds through multiple phases, involves many professional disciplines, and requires many skills, tools and processes. By explaining the product life cycle stages, we clearly define the phase, each with its own characteristics that will have different impact on each reader depending on their particular situation. We discuss introduction, growth, maturity and decline. Once the product is designed and put into the market, the offering should be managed efficiently for the buyers to get value from it. Before entering into any market complete analysis is carried out by the industry for both
Introduction: This paper aims at analysing the usefulness of the Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept to the marketers. It will describe the different stages of the PLC concept and their respective implications on the marketing mix and the strategies which can be adopted during the different phases.
Product – Product can be defined as the goods or services which is made to fulfil customer’s demands and needs. While making the product company should take care about its quality and features must be according to the customer’s needs to satisfy them.