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Table of content
Introduction ……………………………………………………………3
Market segmentation…………………………………………………...3
Geographic segmentation…………………………………………………….………4
Demographic segmentation…………………………………………………………..4
Psychographic segmentation………………………………………………………….5
Behavioral segmentation………………………………………………………………5
Target market…………………………………………………………………………..6
Positioning……………………………………………………………………………..6
Marketing objectives……………………………………………………..6
Marketing mix strategies…………………………………………………7
Entry mode…………………………………………………………………………….7
Product strategy ……………………………………………………………………….7
Pricing strategy………………………………………………………………………...8
Distribution strategy…………………………………………………..……………….8
Promotion
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Income segmentation is a longstanding practice in categories such as cars, clothing, cosmetics, financial services and travel. However, income does not always predict the best customers for a given product. In this case, boost is affordable by middle class income group, as the price is above the average of the normal drinks such as bubble milk tea which is most popular drink and the major competitors of Boost. Furthermore, each generation is profoundly influenced by the times in which it grows up.
2.3. PSYCHOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION
In Psychographic segmentation, buyers are divided into different groups on the basis of psychological/personality traits, lifestyle or values(Kotler, 2009).Based on the differentiation of consumer's brand preference, consumers has been divided into homogeneous groups using psychographic variable through the classification in VALS2 (values and lifestyles) and LOV (list values) systems. Products are the building blocks of lifestyles (Solomon, 1999). Thus, life style and personality variables are effective segmentation variables for identifying sub-market profiles and targeting consumers. Chinese people life style nowadays is more health then ever before, in 2010, it will be the healthy year. People have rapidly gained the knowledge about health in recent years. Boost is a healthy drink, so it will be easily accepted in China. Also, social class has strong influence on preference in many things
2. Age Group, Family Size (Segmentation- Demographic): People in the lower age group of 20-30 as well as the people having family with a mid-size will also be the customers for our products. The former is fun-oriented, experiencers, who are young, enthusiastic and impulsive people seeking variety and excitement, while the latter is a closed group who love to spend quality time together.
A firm 's international marketing program must generally be modified and adapted to foreign markets. This international marketing program uses strategies to accomplish its marketing goals. Within each foreign nation, the firm is likely to find a combination of marketing environment and target markets that are different from those of its own home country and other foreign countries. It is important that in international marketing, product, pricing, distribution and promotional strategies be adapted accordingly. In order for an international firm to function properly, cultural, social, economic, and legal forces within the country must be clearly understood.
This business plan is for Reek’s Bistro, a new medium-sized restaurant located in the Triangle area of North Carolina. The Triangle is made up of three primary cities of the Research Triangle metropolitan region, Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Reek’s Bistro will focus on Mediterranean cuisine in an American style restaurant environment. An emphasis will be on natural foods that taste good and are good for you. The restaurant will procure locally grown produce, while offering additional services and products, such as catering and Reek’s Bistro brand items sold in grocery stores.
The book of Marketing Management defines “Market Segmentation” as the process of dividing the market into group(s) of similar consumers and selecting the most appropriate to serve. Eventually, the selected group will be called the target market. According to this definition and the case on hand, Printup must decide on the parameters according to which she should start the segmentation process. I suggest using the psychographic segmentation as basis where consumers’ lifestyle is investigated by asking them about their activities, interests and opinions (AIO) and then grouped according to the similarity of their
This means that a customer belonging to a certain bank can withdraw more money than the balance in his account. However, the bank sets the minimum limit that a person can withdraw depending on his credit worthiness.
The original formula for Red Bull was developed in 1964; however, the Red Bull company was not founded until 1984 after a merger between Dietrich Mateschitz, marketing guru, and Chaleo Yoovidhya, the owner of the Red Bull formula. Categorized as an energy drink, Red Bull was initially designed to “treat jet lag and boost energy for truck drivers” (Hollensen, 2012). In today's era, Red Bull is commonly used as an energy drink; like coffee, and as a mixer in alcoholic drinks, like Red Bull Wings and the Jägerbomb. This aligns with the company's focus on the younger generations of partygoers and post-secondary students.
According to the kotler (kolter,2009) there are many key elements to be considered into account to segment the consumer market they are demographic, geographic, psychographic and behavioural market segmentation. Where the business market needs to consider variables such as demographic, operating, purchasing approaches, situational and
Two opposite viewpoints for developing global marketing strategy are commonly expounded. According to one school of thought, marketing is an inherently local problem. Due to cultural and other differences among countries, marketing programs should be tailor-made for each country. The opposing view treats marketing as know-how that can be transferred from country to country. It has been argued that the worldwide marketplace has become so homogenized that multinational corporations can market standardized products and services all over the world with identical strategies, thus lowering their costs and earning higher margins.
For most manufacturers, success or failure is determined by how effectively and efficiently their products are sold through their marketing channel members (e.g., agents, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers). Given this situation, considerable marketing channel research has focused on organizational responsibility for managing channel how interrelationships among a firm and its channel members can be managed better (Achrol and Stern 1988; Anderson et al 1997). Globalization of markets is a phenomenon that has received much attention and been extensively debated both at general societal/institutional/cultural levels and at market and business levels. In any globalization process, distribution of goods and services
Organizational Behavior is the study of individuals and their behavior within the context of the organization in a workplace setting for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness.
As a marketer, we all know that a product is more than a physical item: It is a bundle of satisfactions (or utilities) that the buyer receives. These utilities include its form, taste, colour, odour, and texture; how it functions in use; the package; the label; the warranty; and any other symbolic utility received from the possession or use of the goods. In short, the market relates to more than a product’s physical form and primary function. The values and customs within a culture confer much of the importance of these other benefits. In other words, a product is the sum of the physical and psychological satisfactions it provides the user.
3.1: Explain how products are developed to sustain competitive advantage. Explain product lifecycle and product mix.
As an Educational Administrator use the ‘POSDCORDE’ management principle in your organization and show its effectiveness in outcomes or output produced.
Explain the stages that are typically taken by a firm moving from a domestic business to an international?
International marketing is an area in which exact work by professionals is regularly more advanced and perceptive than academic contributions (Wind, 1979). For the expansion of international marketing, firms require both general learning and market-specific learning. Market-specific knowledge is picked up principally through involvement in the business sector, while learning of the operations can be exchanged starting with one nation then onto the next (Andersen, 1993). For experiential knowledge of the market, an immediate connection between business sector information and business sector commitment is proposed and HR can be considered as a measurement of knowledge (Andersen, 1993). Consequently, the wider the knowledge about the business