This essay is to present a thoughtful analysis of the current marketing structure of a company, its position and its future marketing strategy. The aims and objectives are as follows:
1. To look at one product of a company by sensible recommendation of product positioning, targeting and relevant marketing segmentation bases.
2. To describe different strategy the company can used to compete in the marketplace by using Ansoff’s growth matrix.
3. To discuss how 7Ps can be used for company overall marketing plan
4. And to describe the major factors that influence customer’s buyer behaviour.
MeganIris food stores are a company which sells Afro Caribbean food products and its main store is based at Dalston, East London, United Kingdom.
As mentioned in The guardian mentioned, with most of the world economic superpowers in recession, consumers spending powers have been reduced, which have led consumers to shop around for cheaper and quality food items to buy.
Product positioning, targeting and relevant marketing segmentation bases.
MeganIris has built a strong brand name in the Afro Caribbean community and its recent choice to pursue Ginseng Power is in line with the overall company objectives. Some of the determinants for segmenting the market are:
Geographic segmentation- the product should be group by area to area to plan the areas where more inventory of the product should be stored
Demographic segmentation- consumers should
This marketing plan lays the foundations on which to build a solid and successful entry and entail a marketing campaign promoting core brand attributes and aligning them with our target market. To keep the plan on track specific objectives have been created to guide all strategic decisions. The objectives are divided into marketing and financial objectives
Ansoff Matrix is formulated on the basis of four market factors that directly affect the business of the company. It helps the company to determine these four factors and formulate their market and business strategies that further help them to increase their product line and business in the market place. Therefore, it is important for Tesco to focus on Ansoff Matrix to increase their working effectiveness (Taylor, 2011). These factors include,
The purpose of this exercise is to provide a framework for you to analyze the marketing environments and opportunities for Company G. These analyses provide the rationale for the decisions you make regarding your marketing strategies.
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Mariotti & Glackin (2013) provide that development of marketing strategy and competitive advantage is from the "Four P's". The "Four P's" include product, price, promotion, and place. This paper further outlines each of the "Four P's". Mariotti& Glackin (2013) recommend continually referring to the mission statement and vision statement while developing the marketing strategy. This reference helps to build the marketing strategy and form the core competency for the business. The first part of the business plan, the mission and vision statements, are stated below:
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