Marketing

A feasible solution is a global optimum if there are no other feasible points with a better objective function value in the feasible region.

Oroton is an Australian owned company making luxury goods, from bags to clothing. This study first goes through a resource and capabilities analysis for the Oroton Company. We follow this with an external environment analysis and fashion industry analysis in Oroton’s host market, namely, China. In addition, this study is an analysis on their plan to enter the China luxury goods industry, through setup of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary with a view to using a “Focus” and “Differentiation” strategies. Last but not least, the recommendations are provided for Oroton in terms of how the company can enter into China’s market and further develop its international business efficiently.

Marketing Plan: Your company has just developed a new sports drink that is in a container which will keep it cool for up to 6 hours.  Write a 3 page paper discussing how you would market the product.

This report will examine Just Group Ltd, the number one market leader in fashion and apparel retail store in Australia. The objective of this report is to review current strategies used by Just Group with regarding to seven traits model according to Schumann, P. A. 1994. Besides, future strategies recommendation will be provided as the key for the company to sustain competitive advantage. Just Group is a number one market leader in fashion and apparel retail store in Australia. The sale of the company continues to increase while the number of stores increases as well.

Shanghai Tang has been in the business of selling high quality retail items for men and women, clothing and accessories, since 1994. Their designs have been based upon Chinese cultural influence while also being modern and wearable in markets around the world. Although business has gone well under the leadership of Rafael Le Manse, the company is experiencing some new internal and external issues. Shanghai Tang’s competition is about to establish a market presence in China and in order to stay ahead in the game; Le Manse needs to figure out how to expand the existing customer base. Also, Le Manse’s long time creative partner, Joanne Ooi, is leaving

The western fashion market is making a rapid move toward the eastern hemisphere and into Chinese territory. While activewear is becoming highly popular in the United States, expensive jean producers are looking toward broadening their consumer market. Brands such as American Rag Chie, RtA, and AG are quickly developing strategies to sell high quality jeans to China’s large economy.

The last problem we highlighted concerns how to increase the number of customers in the mainland China market . First, we believe that the most relevant issue is a survey amongst customers on the Shanghai Tang brand perception and the 5 luxury brands in their top-of-mind, in order to analyze the competitors that the company has to face in the future.

Luxury product sales boost in the emerging marketing like China, which has extraordinary growth and strong potential consumers for the development of luxury goods in the China market. With gradually lower and lower increase of revenue in the European countries, Louis Vuitton (abridged as LV in the following sections) commits itself to set up more stores in China. However, LV is faced with the problems of declining profits in China, which urges it to adjust its entry strategy into the China market. In this case, this report will focus on distinguishing the factors that influence LV’s development in China and

Yanai is general manager of Uniqlo. This brand is the first brand of Japan, introduction of hypermarkets style clothing sales. Through product planning for unique, development and marketing system to achieve operational lower cost of the shop, which issue in the influx of

Smashburger is a rapidly expanding burger restaurant concept; they have announced a summary of its 2011 accomplishments and their marketing and expansion plans for 2012. Opening their first location in 2007 and growing rapidly ever since, now in 2011 Smashburger had yet another successful year of growth and consumer acceptance. Smashburger is quickly gaining national recognition for its juicy handmade burgers that are smashed fresh and served delicious, along with its localized recipes that celebrate regional taste profiles in

Another reason was its bids conversion ratio which was falling year by year which can be seen from following table:

Owing to the successfully accomplishment of " low price, quality assurance" and excellent online sales channels, UNIQLO sees itself as nicely positioned to weather the China's slowing economic growth (Roxburgh, 2016). Meanwhile, serious competition with other apparel retailers is the primary obstacle to the development of UNIQLO. In the view of Zhu (2013), the Chinese market is massive, diverse, and has enormous potential. For the sake of truly thrive in this market, there is a need for foreign brands authentically understand the changing characteristics of Chinese customers, and establish quality products and services to satisfy their requirements. One recommendation is because this report use the SWOT analysis and Marketing Mix to assess UNIQLO's marketing strategies in China, it is worthwhile for further researchers to utilize other marketing tools to evaluate UNIQLO such as Porter's Five Competitive

The condition of Australian fashion retailers have been under-serviced and underwhelmed when it comes to fashion choice, especially in affordable variety (Wells 2013). There are only numerous fashion labels are available to dress 23 million people. In addition, the price cannot be compared to international brands’; the volumes produced by big international retailers like Zara and H&M are to service global market, unlike Sportsgirl or Country Road who produce much smaller volumes.

First of all, a strong brand can be seen as the condition for organisations to expand products, offer more service, and introduce new products (Chernatony and McDonald, 2003). Secondly, a strong brand can lead to growth marketing communication effectiveness (Keller, 2009). ‘To build a strong brand, the right knowledge structures must exist in the minds of actual or prospective customers so that they respond positively to marketing activities and programs in these different ways.’(Keller, 2003, p. 140) Furthermore, Kay (2005) asserted that the strong brand can be seen as a resource of management, which make brand extension easier and useful to build distribution network. Companies are not treated by the intermediaries (Chernatony and McDonald, 2003). Moreover, companies are comparatively easier to change price if they have strong brands. As Henderson, et al (2003) said, a strong brand can allow for premium pricing even still remain loyalty customers, which help companies to survive in the intensive competitive market.

To analyze and evaluate the characteristics and effectiveness of Bossini’s marketing strategy as a casual wear retailer in China.