FOB MARKETING – Flashcards

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Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.
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marketing definition
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Basic, simple marketing cycle
Marketing and exchange
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Marketing and exchange
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? In marketing Start with the customer, get customer insights Get customer insights through integrated marketing, how do you promote it? What do they want? What are they looing for? By delivering what the customer wants you create profits through delivering satisfaction ? In sales Start with the product "Shout about it and someone will come and get it" About shouting about products not Profits through Sales Volume
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• Difference between selling and marketing concepts
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•CONSUMER/ MARKET DRIVEN BUSINESSES V SALES/INTERNALLY ORIENTATED BUSINESSES •Customer concern throughout business V •Convenience comes first •Know customer choice criteria and match with marketing mix V •Assume price and product performance are the key to most sales •Segment by customer differences V •Segment by product •Invest in market research and track market changes •Rely on anecdotes and received wisdom •Welcome change V •Cherish the status quo •Try to understand competition V •Ignore competition •Market spend regarded as an investment V •Marketing spend regarded as luxury •Reward innovation V •Innovation punished •Search for latent markets V •Stick with the same •Being fast V •Why rush? •Strive for competitive advantage •Happy to be me-too
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Difference between Consumer/Market driven businesses and sales/internally orientated businesses
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• What is involved in marketing? ? As an organisation you market at Individuals households To do that, you have to know about consumer behaviour ? Marketing towards buyers within companies Business to business Industrial companies (massive units to buy cars, or all the equiptment for the oil industry) Institutions (hospitals, universities) Profit organisastions vs Non-profit organisations
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Marketing involves Individuals and Organisations
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? Products Tangible that you can see or buy off a shelf FMCG: fast moving consumer goods, small scale, don't cost a lot of money for the end consumer Durables: washing machines, freezers, televisions ? Services Personal Business ? Ideas Education The Church ? Products or services?
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What are we marketing?
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? First step for launching a new product is understanding your environment ? Can be done at a strategic level for an organization as a whole, or on a product level ? PEST: Political What's happening in gov't? What's happening at the gov't level that could influence your market? Economic ? Recissions? Credit Crunch? Deflation? Societal ? What are we doing different now that we didn't ten years ago? ? What are the new trends? Technological ? Are people using apps? Should we be getting into apps? Etc.
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Marketing Occurs in a Dynamic Environment
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Needs to be constant and dynamic Create value for customers and build customer relationships ? Understand the marketplace and customer needs and wants ? Design a customer-driven marketing strateegy ? Constuct an integrate dmarketing program that delivers superior value ? Build profitable relationships and create customer delight and loyalty Create value from customers in return ? Capture value from customers to create profits and customer equity -Long term benefit and trust from the customer in you
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? Understanding the customers needs and wants within this environment
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How do we maintain profit for our shareholders and company but still remain ethical and sustainable?
• What's happening in marketing and where is it going?
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• What's happening in marketing and where is it going?
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Transactional becomes relational ? Importance of relationships ? Changing environment
? Building relationships
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? Building relationships
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• False wants and too much materialism -Social commentators have said that marketing urges too much interest in material possessions. People are judged by what they own and not who they are. - issues of trust, responsibility • Too few social goods -Overselling private goods at the expense of public goods. • Too much political power -Businesses lobby politicians to support their interests above the public interest.
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Ethical challenges in marketing
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? Top part is consumer influences ? Bottom part is how the combination of influences creates a decision making process
Possible influences on the consumer buying process
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Possible influences on the consumer buying process
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Cultural Social Personal Pyschological inflences
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influences that make up buyer
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Cultural: major influence. Where you have grown up. Includes morals, language •Culture is the most basic cause of a person's wants and behavior. "..that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society" E.B. Taylor 187 Cultural issues: don't want to offend or stereotype- have to be sensitive to cultural differences. HSBC do It well: saying they are global and local: depending on which culture you grew up in will see rug differently. Within culture are sub-cultures: youth
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SOCIAL INFLUENCES Roles and family: the toothpaste your family has bought for years likely to influence what you buy •2 or more people, related by birth, marriage or adoption •Roles: -Gatekeeper, buyer, decider, user, influencer.... -Family decision making, sibling influence, "family identity bundles" Epp A ; Price L (2008) " Family identity: A framework of identity interplay in consumption practices" Journal of Consumer Research Vol 35, Commuri ; Gentry (2000) Reference groups and social networks.... • normative-. • comparative- may compare yourself with others • aspirational- Aspire to luxury brands. • opinion leaders/co-creation- personalization of what consumer wants
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Personal Age- can you buy alc?, occupation, economic situation, lifestyle (and changes), self-concept- hight self asteem or low, life-stage
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Personal
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Psychological Influences Personality - unique psychological characteristics (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) - big 5 scale used to measure personality Perception and attitudes - brand - Burberry brand almost destroyed by chavs wearing iconic pattern. Motives Ability ; Knowledge
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Psychological
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? Basic needs at the bottom, least necessary needs at the top Need to first satisfy basic needs: hunger. Move up the hierarchy: Marketing trying to help achieve these needs: e.g. phone for safety or for social needs: social media, or esteem needs: liking photos. Most successful products satisfying needs.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs- physcological
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs- physcological
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3 types of buying behaviour routine: always buy colgate toothpaste because mum did. Difficult to break limited: hungry: go into shop and pick snack spontaneously- branding is important extensive: structure of decision process
Types of consumer buying behaviour
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Types of consumer buying behaviour
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E.g. problem recognition: man needs to buy more family friendly car. Info search: need to find out about safety of cars etc. collecting info via car magazines, word of mouth etc Evaluation of alternatives: look at different options. Can be informal or formal. Important for marketers: need to know whats important for consumers and where they are finding info. Purchase: sales assistant not very helpful so may deter you from buying Post-purchase evaluation: how you feel socially/financially after purchase. Do you feel comfortable. Company may send flowers: makes you feel better- what is going to make consumer happy. Develops on going relationship. At each stage of decision process marketer needs to know about influences.
The consumer buying decision process
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The consumer buying decision process
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Select customers to serve Breaks down audience into segments that want your product. Segmentation: divide total market into smaller segments. Targeting: select segment to enter- which one most cost effective. Decide on a value proposition Differentiation: differentiate the market offering to create superior customer value. Positioning: position the market offering in the minds of target customers. "A market segment is a group of individuals, groups or organisations that share one or more similar characteristics which make them have relatively similar product needs." Need to make sure segmemts are discreet and reachable
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Segmentation
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The process of market segmentation and target marketing
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The process of market segmentation and target marketing
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• Geographic variables Country/region - Urban or rural area • Demographic variables sex - dove targets men and women v differently - age - stage in the family life cycle- face creams • Socio-economic variables income/occupation - education/social class •Psychographic variables - more difficult to target personality lifestyle attitudes •Product -related variables - Users v. non-users- tesco clubcard- knows what you have bought and can see what incentives e.g. discounts change your behaviour. -loyalty patterns benefits sought attitude to product
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Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets
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product place price promotion - analysed target market
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The marketing mix
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? Anything received in an exchange ? Favourable and unfavourable ways to be perceived Combination of tangible and intangible attributes, including functional, social and psychological utilities or benefits ? ? Can be an idea, a service, a good, or any combination Anything that can be offered to a market for attention, acquisition, use or consumption that might satisfy a want or need
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Product
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CONSUMER Convenience Shopping Speciality Unsought ? Annoying products ? House insurance, car insurance, taxes BUSINESS Raw materials Major equipment Accessory equipment Component parts Process materials Consumable supplies Business services
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Two classifications of products
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? Product attributes What attributes are my consumers look for In supermarkets, where you position your price What is the product made up of, expecctation, how do we make our product different BRANDING What the customer thinks about you PACKAGING The way the design, logo, colours look Identifies product wihtin market Signifies quality, style, story LABELLING Way it looks and also legal requirements Food labeling Calorific value, etc. PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES What are we offering the ustomer over and above the product Reinforcing differentiation within market place
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Product and Service Decisions
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Levels of products and services
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Levels of products and services
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?People: NOT CUSTOMERS; the appearance and behaviour of service dleiverers; staff and representatives ? Processes: how the service is actually delivered; back up systems ? Physical Evidence: layout, furniture, brochures, signs, etc, certificates, photos ? Idea generation NPD: New Product Development; backwards and forwards through various stages to ensure customer satisfaction ? New product planning ? Idea generation ? Screening and evaluation ? Technical development ? Market appraisal ? Launch
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The extended service mix
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As a product moves through its life Faces different marketing conditions Different marketing objectives become important Different marketing strategies become applicable
• PLC: Product Life-Cycle Concept
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• PLC: Product Life-Cycle Concept
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Introduction -Create product awareness and trial Growth -Maximise market share Maturity -Maximise profit while defending market share Decline -Reduce expenditure and milk the brand
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Marketing Objectives and strategies at different stages of the PLC
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Diffusion of Innovation
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Diffusion of Innovation
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The power of a brand lies in what customers have learned, felt, seen and heard about the brand over time. In other words, the power of a brand resides in the minds of customers ? Four product brand strategies
Branding a product or service
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Branding a product or service
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• Represents the costs involved in producing the product. • The revenue that can be generated from the sale of the product. • The profits and longterm survival of the firm. • The ability to respond quickly to market conditions.
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The nature and importance of price. To the seller
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• Represents the value placed on what is exchanged. • Also represents the cost to the customer. • It can signify the quality of the product or provider. • It is affected by buying power.
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The nature and importance of price. To the buyer
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? Organisational objectives ? Pricing objectives ? Costs ? Channel member expectations Supply chain to the customer ? Buyer's perceptions ? Competition ? Legal and regulator issues ? Other marketing mix variables
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Factors influencing general pricing decisions
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•Profit oriented: -Target return objective - sets a specific level of profit, usually stated as a % of sales or investment. Also called the ROI. -Profit maximisation - • seeks to achieve as much profit as possible. 'To charge what the market will bear' •Sales oriented: -Sales growth objective - seeks some level of unit sales, pound sterling/dollar sales or share of market without referring to profit. •Market share objective: -gain some specific share (%) of a market or market share leadership. •Status Quo oriented: -Price stability - to meet the competition or even avoid competition. -Non-price competition - aggressive action on one or more of the Ps other than price. -Survival
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Pricing Objectives
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• development of pricing objectives • assessment of target market's ability to purchase and evaluation of price • determination of demand • analysis of demand, cost and profit relationships • evaluation of competitors' prices • selection of a pricing policy • development of a pricing method • determining a specific price
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8 stages of price setting
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Value based pricing
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Value based pricing
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• Emphasises price as an issue. • Attempts to match or beat competitors' prices. • The firm needs to be a low cost producer to compete on price. • It is particularly evident in industries where product differentiation is difficult. • It enables the firm to react quickly to competition. • Can encourage customers to become price sensitive.
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Features of price based competition
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• Competition focuses not on price but on some distinctive features of the product or service. • Firms need to be able to distinguish products or brands, obtain a unique brand image. • Distinctive features must be of value to the customer. • Works well when customers are less price sensitive. • Enables the firm to build customer loyalty.
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Features of value based Competition
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• Charging an initial high price • Appeals to those who can afford and most desire the product. • Generates much needed cash flow. • Covers large R&D spend. • Helps keep demand consistent with production capabilities. • Competition may be attracted by high price.
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Pricing Policies for New Products price skimming
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• Initial price set below competing brands. • Useful when demand is elastic. • Useful for low cost producers. • Less flexible than skimming • Can be useful if threat of entrants is high. • Can deter some competitors due to low unit profit.
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Pricing Policies for New Products penetration pricing
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•Product line pricing •Optional-product pricing •Captive product pricing •By-product pricing •Product-bundle pricing
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Pricing tactics within the marketing mix
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•Discounting •Segmentation •Psychological •Promotional •Geographical •Dynamic
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Tactical: Product adjustment strategies
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• Despite the increased role of non-price factors in the modern marketing process, price remains an important element of the marketing mix both strategically and tactically •Many internal and external factors influence pricing decisions • Decisions on price can affect sales but can also adversely affect brand and long term future •In the end, the consumer decides whether the company has set the right price and they may differ in the values they assign to different product features
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Price summary
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The groups of individuals and organisations which direct the flow of products from producers to consumers
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Distribution/Marketing Channel:
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• Distribution (or "Place"): Activities that make the product availbale to target consumers • Distribution Channel: the means by which products are moved from producer to end consumer •Channel Intermediaries: someone who's helping you achieve the goal of delivering goods to end consumer •Wholesaler: will buy in bulk from one producer and then sell on to another part of the business, don't come in contact with consumers, wine wholesaler buys from france then distributes to wine shops • Retailer: deal directly with the end consumer • Facilitators perform some other function in the distribution of products, make it run smoothly • Many ways a marketing channel can be built:
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Key terms
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closing the gap between functions
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Purpose of distribution channel =
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Types of marketing channel...
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Types of marketing channel...
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?Organisational resources and objectives: what can you afford what are you trying to achieve ?Product features: some need more experts and specialists, so impacts whether you go direct or not ? Market characteristics ? Consumer behaviour: what are your consumers doing?, use of the internet for example ? Environmental forces: pestle analysis
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Factors Influencing Distribution Channel strategy
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? Information gap: fulfills the information gap beetween what do people need/want ? Promotion gap: advertising ? Negotiation gap: negotiating with bulk buyers ? Ordering gap: efficiency in ordering ? Financing gap: take on responsibility for financing ? Risk-taking gap: utilizing experts on risk taking in your area ? Physical possession gap: chain becomes more fluid an cash is easier to come buy ? Payment gap: physical possession goes on, payment down the chain is smoother and quicker
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Functions of a distribution channel: closing the gaps
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Sorting= classifying different supplies into groups of similar products. Accumulating= developing a stock of similar products Allocating= Breaking down stock into smaller units Assorting= Combining products into collections required by customers
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Functions of Intermediaries
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If you have a trusted intermediary then you can deliver once to them and then they distribute, which is cost effective so long as they are experts
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Why use intermediaries
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Producer to consumer is more common, a channel with no intermediaries Examples: Farm shops Distribution via sales representatives or party plan Internet sales direct from producer or service provider
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Channels with no intermediaries
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provides the services interface to end consumer Producer -> retailer -> consumer Examples: White goods Furniture Electricals Books
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Channel with one intermediary
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wholesalers take delivery of many limited, high volume lines, resell to retailers in mixed assortments convenient to end consumers • Producer -> wholesaler -> retailer -> consumer Examples: Groceries Pharmacies
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Channel with two intermediaries,
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Producer -> agent -> wholesaler -> retailer -> consumer Channel with three intermediaries, agent acts on behalf of producer or wholesaler to make sale Example: Agricultural products
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Channel with three intermediaries, agent acts on behalf of producer or wholesaler o make sale
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Short more direct customer feedback greater quality control greater price control Long greater geographical coverage greater efficiency more professionalism
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Relative advantages to producers of short and long channels?
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? All about how you maximize the efficiency, minimize the costs, etc.
The shape of logistics networks
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The shape of logistics networks
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Intensive Using all possible outlets (e.g. Coke) Want all the possible outlets, want to be well placed, seen as the brand of choice, convenient and impulsive Benefits = convenience, impulse Selective Using proportion of outlets (e.g. make up) -Chanel, debenhams, harvey nichs: about being selective, may want to limitdistribution - Want to go somewhere where the sales staff can talk with the consumer -Resource efficiency, quality control, strategic positioning Benefits = resource efficient, quality control, Strategic positioning. Exclusive Using very restricted outlets (e.g. Ducati) - Experience going there Benefits = resource efficient, quality control, premium image
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• Levels of Distribution Intensity
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In conventional marketing channels, intermediaries are autonomous firms - Producer -> wholesaler -> retailer -> consumer Advantages = specialisation, professionalism BUT Producers risk losing control/end customer contact Conflicts happen between channel members... ...adversarial negotiations over price (Bertini and Gourville, 2012) ... retailers add new lines, restricting space for original lines ...prdrs/wlrs/rtlrs disagree over responsibilities To retain advantages of long channels but overcome these problems, firms adopt channel integration activities... corporate, contractual and administered vertical marketing systems
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Channel Integration
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Corporate Contractual Administered
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Vertical integration options
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Where one firm in the channel owns or acquires other channel members E.g. Shell owns extraction, processing, storage, transport, retail functions Advantages = total channel control (with all benefits of price control, quality control) Risks = over-extension of expertise
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Where one firm in the channel contracts other channel members to perform their activities according to specified terms and conditions, in return for technical/marketing support E.g. licensing - Coca Cola contracts local enterprises to make up, bottle and distribute its soft drinks to retailers E.g. franchising - McDonalds/Ford contract local restaurateurs/car dealers to offer sales/services to end customers Advantages = Licensors/franchisors control terms with downstream intermediaries, L/Frs gain local knowledge/entrepreneurship Risks = over-supply, customer response issues
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Contractual vertical marketing systems
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Where the size and power of one firm in the channel commands cooperation from other channel members e.g. large multiple grocery retailers Advantages = de facto control of channel members (without having to bear investment costs of acquisition or management costs of contracts) Risks = bad publicity and legal actions e.g. relating to employee welfare, supplier relations...
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Administered vertical marketing systems
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Channel integration can bring cost, management and marketing advantages to firms (lower costs by agreeing terms of deal with channel members, eases management by allowing more control over what other members do, and can bring upstream firms closer to end consumers) BUT can also generate risks... Over-extension of channel members' expertise Transparency and customer response issues Accusations of market distorting behaviour
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Reflections on channel integration
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Place - the silent, less sexy yet crucial element of the marketing mix ! Today we considered marketing/distribution channel selection, intensity and integration demonstrating the complex nature of channel management which must support customer requirements and marketing objectives in an increasingly complex and global world - not easy!
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summary place
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Communication with target audiences. - ? Have a clear target audience. ? Understand as much as possible about them in order to communicate To inform and educate. To persuade and influence decisions. - Why my product over others To remind and stimulate repeat buying. To reassure before, during and after buying decisions.
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aims of promotion
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• Promotion is the fourth P but promotion (sales) can also be a tool. • Therefore to avoid confusion, I will refer to Promotion - the P - as Marketing Communications....(which is often used in text books)
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confusion
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Traditional model outlining marketing communication objectives
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Traditional model outlining marketing communication objectives
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Marketing Communications Decisions • Objectives (e.g. awareness, purchase etc) • Target group - Which group(s) of customers? • Message - What are you trying to say/ how are you going to say it: rational or emotional themes?
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Marketing Communications Decisions
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The areas that are creatively manipulated with to get your message across
Integrated marketing communications mix
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Integrated marketing communications mix
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•Advertising: TV, press, radio, cinema, outdoor versus video blog, Youtube, viral •Personal selling: Personal versus online •Sales promotion: BOGOFF versus online vouchers, ItsOn sites •Direct marketing: Post/flyers versus online, email, mobile •Public relations: Press release versus twitter, memes, viral, WOM, •Difference is CONTROL: marketer versus customer ...
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incorporating the new
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•Need to maximise budget, resources and reach by giving the target audience consistent, consistent and clear messages about the brand in an increasingly complex environment NB: Fundamentally you must start by understanding your brand, understanding your target audience(s) and comms objectives
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The need for integrated marketing communications
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•Four common methods used to set the total budget for promotion: -Affordable method (increasingly new media usage) -Percentage-of-sales method -Competitive-parity method- supermarkets -Objective-and-task method- Objective to create awareness, make a case for target audience, but it in front of board -Other product-specific factors
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Setting the IMC budget and mix
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• You should have a clearer understanding of the role of Promotion (P) - or Marketing Communications - within the marketing mix • Importantly the role of INTEGRATING marketing communications to maximise consistency, clarity and build the desired BRAND image through all media.
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summary promotion
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"The process of gathering, interpreting and reporting information to help marketers solve specific problems or to take advantage of marketing opportunities" Often referred to as 'Consumer Insight'
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Market research definition
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• Understand environmental trends (PESTLE) • Understand customer requirements/trends • Understand internal influences • Understand competitive position • Understand all elements of marketing mix - P's • Pre-testing, tracking, post launch/campaign evaluations - planning, implementation and evaluation
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Research required throughout the marketing mix
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• Defining problem (or opportunity) and outline the research objectives. • Plan data collection methods and collect the data - primary or secondary data? - qualitative or quantitative? • Analyse the data and interpret the findings • Report research findings to marketing decisionmakers and implement changes....monitor and improve with further research...
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The Process of Marketing Research
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Approaches to collecting data
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Approaches to collecting data
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Secondary research: Questions for marketer.... - Accuracy/dependency of the data? - Qualitative v quantitative? - When was it collected? - Purpose of the study? - Content of the data?
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Collection and analysis of data: Secondary research
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• Qualitative research - research that deals with information too difficult or expensive to quantify, such as subjective opinions and value judgements, typically uncovered during interviews or discussion groups.
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Primary Data collection: Qualitative versus Quantitative Research
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Research aimed at producing data that can be statistically analysed and results that can be expressed numerically with a big enough sample (or census?) to statistically account for populations' behaviours, choices, trends etc.
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Quantitative research
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Primary Data Collection: A Comparison of Survey Methods
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Primary Data Collection: A Comparison of Survey Methods
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• QUANTITATIVE - Advantages -inexpensive, fast turnaround, automated data collection, no interviewer bias, international co ordination - Disadvantages - respondents 'universe'. Sampling issues, self completion self selecting bias, technical difficulties • QUALITATIVE - Advantages - slightly faster than traditional focus groups, avoids dominant personalities, client control, illustrate concepts or web sites, recruitment advantages, international. - Disadvantages - lose non-verbal aspects, less useful for emotive issues, on-line moderation requires new skills, typing speeds vary, technical problems, sampling issues
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Recent changes: Internet research
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• Big Data: customising versus privacy balance • Netnography • Co-creation
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New trends in market research...
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• Don't under-estimate the importance of market research and customer insight in all aspects of the marketing mix: planning, implementation and evaluation! • Research fundamental part of the cycle or marketing process • Its not the fact that you do the research that it is important, it is how you interpret and use it.
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market research summary
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• Small or saturated domestic markets • Demand • Economies of scale • International production • Customer relationships • Market diversification • International competitiveness
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Rationale for International Marketing
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• Strategic and implementation -Need a broad strategy that takes into differences and difficulties of an internationalaudience -The costs for going international • Cultural differences • Market Segmentation -How your segmenting, who decisiion makers are, reflect into strategy • Monitoring and control -More difficult to control and monitor what's going on, understanding the differences in delivering and regulatory demands in different countries • Physical distribution and place decisions -Getting your stuff to where it needs to go -Centralized, urban, how people shop, understand the local area where you sell
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Differences between International and Domestic Marketing
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HOW TO ENTER MARKET? (commitment, risk, control, profit) • EXPORT -Exporting goods • JOINT VENTURE -Join together with another company that has a foot in the international market • DIRECT INVESTMENT
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Market entry considerations
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• Product - cultural, climatic, technical and economic issues affect product design. • Place - cost, distribution systems vary internationally • Promotion - affected by cultural issues (i.e. humour, religious and cultural norms). • Price - exchange-rate fluctuations. • People - foreign sales staff can give rise to motivational problems. • Processes - processes do not necessarily cross national boundaries. • Physical Evidence - can be affected by trading practices and cultural norms.
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Internationalisation and the 7-P Framework
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• Demographic • Geographic • Political and legal factors • Economic factors • Sociocultural
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Factors to Consider in International Marketing
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•Legislation •Ethical concerns •Political system •Co-operation versus conflict
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Political environment
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•Economic development/climate •Consumer spending patterns •Income changes •Inflation •Trade
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Economic Environment
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? Culture affect the way people behavie in a given society ? Values beliefs attitudes perceptiions ? KitKat different tastes and flavours
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Socio-cultural implications
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• Increased economies of scale • Convergence of consumer tastes • Improved telecommunications and transport systems • Increased political acceptance of global trading • Continuing growth of large firms
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Impact of globalization
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• Geographic segmentation (by country) • Trans-national segmentation (by consumer characteristics)
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Global Segmentation
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• Keep product and promotion the same world-wide • Adapt promotion only • Adapt product only • Adapt both product and promotion • Invent new products
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International Market Entry Strategies
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• Psychological Barriers • Operational Barriers • Organisational Barriers • Product/Market Barriers
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Barriers to International Marketing
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• The gains can be much greater but it is much harder to manage a brand and market internationally • Key is understanding both your new market and new customers - can be very different • Local expertise and experience is helpful.
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international marketing summary
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