The second thing I would want to know is the details of the additional spending. The spending must fit with our overall brand development strategy. It should support our current endeavors and not conflict with the brand image we are seeking. Moreover, the ads should target our existing target audience -- if not I would need to know that ahead of time. Additionally, the decision of whether to apply the money to customer attraction or retention is a strategic matter (Lewis & Otto, 2005), and therefore this $500K should be considered as a strategic move within the context of the overall marketing strategy.

The third thing I would want to know is what sort of profit we can expect for that additional $2 million in revenue. If the additional revenues do not generate a level of profit above $500K, then the campaign would lose money on a net basis. So we…...

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Rao, Vithala. (2009). Handbook of Pricing Research in Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK.

Lewis, Barbara & Otto, Dan. (2005). ROI isn't the only factor to consider. Marquant Analytics. Retrieved October 14, 2009 from  http://www.marquantanalytics.com/ar08CMOCT.html 

Khermouch, Gerry & Green, Jeff. (2001). Buzz marketing: Suddenly this stealth strategy is hot -- but it's still fraught with risk. Commercial Alert. Retrieved October 14, 2009 from  http://www.commercialalert.org/news/archive/2001/07/buzz-marketing-suddenly-this-stealth-strategy-is-hot-but-its-still-fraught-with-risk

Cocacola is the market leader in beverage and fuzzy drinks category in United States. Pepsi co. is 2nd in the lead to coke. Despite being a multi-brand company, comprised of Pepsi cola and Frito Lays, the brand Pepsi hasn't been able to knock off Coke from the top spot for a long time now. Tropicana, Gatorade and Aquafina bottled water are other brands that Pepsi Co relies on. Combined revenue from all these leading brands make PepsiCo. The biggest non-alcoholic company.
Pepsi has always been a market innovator in terms of advertising and media communications. ecently heavy expenditure has been done on internet display advertising and community engagement through social media. Other than that the traditional media mix comprises of leading Television and radio networks. Cable television advertising and national TV / adio advertising deliver the maximum spots for Pepsi. Advertising is being done on leading national newspapers and magazines, industry…...

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Coca Cola Company is the market leader in the production of soft drinks and non-alcoholic beverages globally. It has a long history of excellent performance courtesy of its extremely efficient management style. The company has been considered as a monopoly in the industry. This is because it has dominated the market as the key player in production of soft drinks and non-alcoholic drinks.
Basic legal

The legal system of a country where Coca Cola operates largely affects the company's political system. For example, the relationship between the judicial system and the political process is a vital factor to the existence, growth, and survival of Coca Cola in the region. National laws particularly in the areas of employment practices, safety standards, trade and patent probations as well as health and safety standards affect many organizations. There are also laws governing any cross-border activities such as payment of custom duties and dividends on…...

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Office Depot started its operation five years after Staples. The company has aligned its business strategy to target increasing its market share through business policies similar to those undertaken by Staples Inc. The company is locally owned and faces difficulties in capital expansion to be able to roll more distribution outlets similar to Staples. This has incapacitated the company in acquiring economic of scale in operation. The company currently controls 27% of the total market shares in regions where Staples operates. Office Max is a foreign company that has been in operation for the last 8 years. The company traces its roots in Australia where it controls the largest proportion of office paper supply. In the region, the company has captured 8% of the market share in distributing paper products majorly. The company targets to acquire the market for paper distribution this being where the larger proportion of stationary…...

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Market Patterns
One industry that has shifted in the past few years in terms of its structure is the smartphone operating system market. A few years ago, most of the early smartphones were based around proprietary operating systems. Palm and Blackberry dominated the market. Apple joined the industry with the introduction of the iPhone, but more recently other firms have entered the market as well, including Google (Android), indows, Symbian and other systems. The market has moved from a stable oligopoly of four firms basically between two firms into a market that is much closer to monopolistic competition. However, there is the risk that as operating systems shake out, the market could return to an oligopoly of just three operating systems (est & Mace, 2007).

In the short-run, firms in this industry will seek to gain market share through differentiation. The products are slightly differentiated from each other -- they perform the…...

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Seppala, (no date). Monopolistic competition. University of Illinois. Retrieved February 4, 2012 from http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~seppala/econ102/lect15.pdf

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Blodget, H. (2011). Android is destroying everyone, especially RIM -- iPhone dead in water. Business Insider. Retrieved February 4, 2012 from http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-04-02/tech/30089528_1_android-phones-google-s-android-smartphone-market

A challenger thus goes for an all out attack against the leader in order to gain market share. In the field of pharmaceuticals, for example, Merck would be seriously challenged by Pfizer because both companies are massive in size and are targeting almost the same areas. Some of the strategies attained by a challenger would include Frontal attack (offering new and better products at lower price) Leapfrog (offering treatment in previously untouched areas), Flank (reach a new segment of market) and encircle (develop a niche).
Market Nicher:

A company may choose to focus on one single segment and hence achieve the title of a specialist. The company is still trying for domination but only in its selected areas. It doesn't want to compete in every single field like the leader or the challenger. For example a firm may try to become a dominant player in discovering treatments for neurological disorders. For…...

market communication plan for Divine Chocolate that produces chocolates for a noble cause of supporting the cocoa farmers of Ghana and promoting Fair Trade. The paper consists of an analysis of its business environment as well as a set of recommended strategies which it can use to beat the competition and effectively communicate its marketing messages to the most potential target customers.
Divine Chocolate is one of the leading Fair Trade chocolate manufacturers in the United Kingdom and United States. In addition to producing the best quality chocolates, Divine Chocolate also aims to promote fair trade in the Global community. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the current business and marketing strategies of Divine Chocolate and proposes a market communication plan which can help it better understand its target market, effectively run its advertising and promotional campaigns, and beat the competitor brands which are supported by numerous unknown credential…...

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market case analysis for Verizon FiOS TV offered by Verizon Communications. The analysis consists of product, pricing, promotional, and distribution strategies which Verizon Communications should follow in order to operate in the industry in the most competitive and profitable way. The analysis of industry and competition is also given as a part of marketing research strategy.
Verizon Communications is one of the leading communication services providers in the World. Its major products and services include Verizon FiOS TV, FiOS Internet, FiOS Digital Voice, set-top box, and receiver sets. This paper presents a marketing analysis for Verizon FiOS TV -- one of the most successful communication services offered by Verizon Communications in the United States and some other countries. Verizon FiOS TV is a high quality fiber optic cable network for home television entertainment. Verizon Communications offers its Verizon FiOS TV in all the major cities and towns of the United…...

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Kotler, P., Brown, L., Burton, S., Deans, K., & Armstrong, G. (2010). Marketing, (8th ed.). U.S.: Prentice-Hall

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sevice (Huse, Evangelho 2007). What is needed is moe concentation fist on the objectives of the study in light of the planes' poposed econfiguations' inceasing full sevice elative to low cost. Once that hypothesis in conjunction with a picing analysis of how much those loyal business leade taveles on the ailine today ae willing to pay, then a moe accuate eseach design can be developed.
Following a claification of the eseach design and hypothesis, the eseach team needs to also conside attitudinal and psychogaphic eseach in addition to puely looking at the economics of picing as it elates to poviding geate sevices on thei jets in the fom of meeting aeas. Specifically looking at what business leades conside to be exceptional sevice offeings elative to thei baseline levels of expectations is citical to see if the inclusion of tables is even in thei set of pefeences o minimum expectations (Enquist,…...

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references (Ping, 2004). Unfortunately the questionnaire quickly grew to include many objectives, growing to several pages, which will inevitably introduce respondent fatigue and either a social desirability bias of merely responding quickly to appear done or giving up on the questionnaire and leaving it behind in the jet. Incenting the flight attendants to gain as many responses is possible introduces sampling bias and

For this type of customers, Diesel should create a special line of clothing items, different from the one for the primary target customers. For the primary target customers the central piece is the jeans. For the secondary target customers Diesel designers should combine jeans with other clothing items that are best suitable for 25-35 aged customers, that have good jobs and that are present in high social circles. For the secondary target customers the price should be significantly higher than the price for the primary target customers. The secondary target customers are trying to buy a certain status together with the clothing items they buy, so the higher the price of the clothes, the higher the status they are achieving. Other than this, the price should reflect the work invested in creating these clothing items, which require extra care for the secondary target customers.
As mentioned above, the communication strategy…...

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Diesel History (2007). Diesel Clothing. Retrieved July 8, 2007 at  http://www.diesel.com/#/dieselinfoandpress/ .

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Market Audit
The first point that has to be looked into is the health of the company, Colorado Australia. The company is passing through a bad phase and this is not the time for a product launch as generally no new introduction can make money for a period of time after launch. When the company launching the product is itself in a relatively poor condition of finances, then it is less likely to take risks that will be required for the successful development of the new product. Here the situation is likely to be of a new brand in a new market, rather than a totally fresh launch. The company is already exporting substantial quantities and it is possible even the same item is being exported for sale by another organization under a different brand name. It may be possible that expansion of sale of quantities under that arrangement may be…...

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3. How the quality of service changed and why?

The quality of service increased significantly as all practices areas of the hospital better aligned to the cultural norms, values and needs of each ethnic population represented by the segments served. The quality also increased because the staff also began to better understand the unique needs of the patients being served, with more emphasis on interpersonal communication than had been the case in the past. This personalization aspect of leadership works both ways; the hospital staff had a much better appreciation and understanding of the unique needs of the population they were serving, and the potential patients and customers developed familiarity and trust with the providers. The next step for the hospital is to create a means to continually evaluate the level of satisfaction they are delivering to patients. The hospital could use the SEVQUAL metrics to evaluate the level of satisfaction…...

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Market Behavior
One industry that has seen a shift in the market model is the smartphone industry. During the mid-2000s, this industry was an oligopoly, populated basically by two firms that emerged from the old PDA market. Palm and RIM (Blackberry) operated as a duopoly, catering primarily to business customers with early smartphones. Apple joined the industry with the iPhone, and was quickly followed by a number of other players. The organization of the industry is somewhat unique, as some firms are vertically integrated providers with operating systems and hardware integrated (Blackberry, Apple) and other firms have a number of hardware manufacturers working in conjunction with operating systems makers. Thus in operating systems there remains almost an oligopoly with two or three major firms and a couple of other minor ones, whereas on the hardware side the industry is fully in a state of monopolistic competition.

Short Run and Long Run Behaviors

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A third area Kudler needs to concentrate on is understanding the psychographic segments of their customers, including how they perceive themselves as part of a broader group (Wagner, 2010). This is essential for them to gain greater insight into how best to manage these key influencers as part of a broader panel and gain critical intelligence on how to position their business.

Finally, it's very critical that any retail business have exceptionally strong competitive insight and intelligence. This is an area of market research that Kudler Foods needs to concentrate on thoroughly., as they will over time attract greater competition on price alone. If the amateur and commercial chef market is an affluent one in this area of the country, other competitors will certainly begin approaching these customers with loyalty programs and advanced deals. Using social media and continued monitoring of competitors while watching these critical segments' shopping patterns, Kudler will…...

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Megan Thompson, & John Stanton. (2010). A framework for implementing retail franchises internationally. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 28(6), 689-705. Retrieved July 26, 2011, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 2146332871).

emaining workers will get jobs at higher than equilibrium wage, the Supply curve shifts to the left, and wage and output stabilize until something else changes like input cost or legislation.
Were firms able to hire workers at less than minimum wage, say like in Figure 4, where the cost of paying illegals including the enforcement cost results in lower demand for legal minimum wage workers, the result would be a total average cost between the two supply lines, increased outcome for the firm, at less than average minimum wage cost. The new Alabama law seems to attempt to drive off the black line "illegals" by mandating stiffer enforcement for services and privileges like business or auto licenses, awls (2011) explains. This creates an interesting distribution of costs if firms derive profit, but the cost of enforcement is being pushed onto others not employing illegals. If the black line in…...

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1. Analyzing Nestle's diversification strategy: How has Nestle expanded its product portfolio and entered new markets to drive growth and increase market share?

2. The role of acquisitions and mergers in Nestle's corporate strategy: Discuss how Nestle has used M&A activities to drive growth, acquire new capabilities, and enter new markets.

3. Examining Nestle's sustainability strategy: How has Nestle incorporated sustainability and ethical practices into its corporate strategy to create long-term value and achieve competitive advantage?

4. Evaluating Nestle's global expansion strategy: How has Nestle expanded its international presence and adapted its business model to different markets and cultural contexts?

5. The impact of....

1. An analysis of Nestle's diversification strategy and its impact on the company's growth and profitability.

2. Exploring the role of acquisitions and mergers in Nestle's corporate strategy and its effect on competition in the market.

3. Investigating Nestle's focus on sustainability and social responsibility in its corporate strategy and the benefits it brings to the company.

4. Evaluating Nestle's international expansion strategy and its success in entering new markets and adapting to local cultures.

5. Analyzing Nestle's product portfolio management strategy and its impact on maintaining a competitive edge in the industry.

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Identifying the Product Life Cycle Stage: A Comprehensive Framework

Understanding the product life cycle (PLC) is crucial for businesses to make informed decisions regarding product development, pricing, marketing, and resource allocation. Each stage of the PLC presents unique opportunities and challenges, and companies must adeptly determine their product's position within this cycle to effectively manage its trajectory.

Key Indicators for Determining the PLC Stage

1. Sales Growth:

Introduction: Slow initial sales due to low market awareness.
Growth: Rapid sales growth as product gains traction and expands market share.
Maturity: Sales plateau as the market reaches saturation.
Decline: Sales decline as the product loses....