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You worked for Red Wire Corp (RWC) as a financial analysts for five years. RWC has produced wire rope under the “Red Wire” brand for more than forty years and has more than 60% share of the wire rope market in the Philippines. Its quality and reputation as a reliable , durable and safe wire for construction cranes, conveyors, elevators and other uses are well deserved. However, a new entrant into the wire rope market has emerged: Green Rope Inc. (GRI). It has been able to undercut the “Red Wire”brand in terms of prices. However, the quality of their rope is not very good in spite of the fact that they have been using the same raw materials as RWC.
As financial analyst of RWC, you had an opportunity to join stock-taking
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Often used to formulate marketing strategy, a current situation analysis tends to examine several factors that play into the current standing of the business, including macroeconomic trends, customer data, and information about competitors. The analysis of this data may be done in several different ways, including the popular SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) method. Using this information, a situation analysis provides a summary of the business as it stands, as well as a forecast of performance and progression in the near …show more content…
Even for a small business in a small town, a downturn in national economy, new labor laws in the nation of a supplier, or a change to state tax laws may result in shifting tides of fortune. Macroeconomic analysis can summarize big picture trends that may affect marketing strategy, financial position, or the market share of the company.
Customer data is one of the most critical components of a current situation analysis. This data may be gleaned through customer surveys or even simple observation. Some of the items to analyze might include the age, gender, income level, educational background, or marital status of a typical customer. Knowing what type of customer is currently patronizing the business may help determine future marketing attempts to reach out to different demographics.
Competitor data helps determine where a business stands in relation to similar organizations. To gain this data for a current situation analysis, it is important to review consumer product reviews, stock pricing, and relative share of the market. Many firms hire outside analysts to ensure an objective comparison that clearly shows where each organization stands in relation to one another. Competition analysis may examine direct competitors, such as a shoe store comparing itself to other shoe stores. Indirect competition, which refers to businesses that may offer a different product that fulfills the same need, may also
The competitive analysis is based on two competitors that are ranked fairly high overall pet grooming. PetSmart and Petco offer devoted associates which are trained and enjoy interaction with all animals. A typical day spent at these two places I observed customers are interested in learning further about their precious pets. PetSmart is focused mainly on product sales than the grooming industry. Where Petco provides a friendly atmosphere, however there is a large number of employee turnover.
Q1 : (Philip,2011) “Marketing environment is consists of the actors and forces outside the marketing department that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers” . The marketing environment consists of micro and macro environment . Macro environment have larger societal forces that effect the microenvironment , it includes : demographic , economic , cultural and other forces. The demographic is the study of human populations like : gender , age, location , density and other statistics . The demographic trends have impacted the marketing includes : changing age , population growth and so on , for example , this changing will affect the united airlines decision because demographic
Marketing Simulation Managing Segments and Customers A Reflective Essay Debanjan Mal As the newly appointed CEO of Minnesota Micromotors, I was responsible for designing and executing the company’s marketing strategy. This was my opportunity to integrate and apply the mantra of marketing that I have learnt during my course: “Create, communicate and deliver value to a target market at a profit”. Before I started the simulation, I needed to understand the big picture and try to figure out the following in order to come up with my marketing strategy and execute it during the simulation: • Understand the overall market and the competitive landscape where Minnesota Micromotors has to operate. • Understand my company’s marketing
Some competitors are larger than JC. Penney, have greater financial resources available to them, which helped them to have greater resources to sourcing (JC Penny, 2011). Competitors’ performance changes in pricing and promotion
Odeon Cinema becomes the largest cinema in the UK, with over one hundred cinemas. The founding of Odeon Cinema was Oscar Deutsch in 1930 (Odeon Cinema, 2018). The spelling of Odeon was an acronym of Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation, at that time their art decoration and their interiors became the company icons. In the beginning, their mission statement was “not only simply somewhere to watch films, but somewhere to experience them” based on Herte (2018). The ODEON was acquired in 1941 by J Arthur Rank who had interests in the film production and distribution, in 1998 the company launch their rebranding campaign to reinforce ODEON place as market leader in the UK with introducing the “ Fanatical about the film” to UK cinema (Odeon Cinema,
A new competitor is a risk occurrence that is completely out of the control of the business. Consumers have different tastes. A new competitor may be able to tap into some of Target’s core customer based with some differentiation. Target will need to have be to tap into and respond to those customer needs by altering its products and services to match those of its competitor. If Target has effective risk management system to track external risk like changes in customer needs or wants, the retailer will be ready if another competitor tries to enter the marker to meet those needs.
A SWOT analysis is a tool used by organisations to identify its internal strengths and weaknesses, but also the external opportunities and threats. Therefore, this allows the organisation to assess what can be used to aid in achieving their objectives, i.e., strengths and opportunities, as well as aspects that can be improved on or potential problems that can be faced, i.e., weaknesses and threats, as they pursue on achieving business objectives and/or decision making. Explained S.W.O.T. Analysis: a) Strengths Caterpillar Inc. holds a very strong brand image worldwide that directly associates it with high quality products that they provide. In 2014, Caterpillar ranked as the number one brand in heavy equipment followed by a strong competitor,
Strategic Tools SWOT analysis SWOT analysis is an evaluation of the Strengths and Weaknesses and Opportunities and Threat of the business in connection to the internal and environmental elements influencing an element so as to build up its condition prior to the preparation of a long term plan (Tim Berry, n.d.). It is an effective way to recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of the company and analyzing the opportunities that available for the company and the threats that the company confront. Existing organization can know what they need to change and respond through using SWOT analysis and new organization could use SWOT analysis to investigate the existing business world and think what the new organization could do to compete with the
If the market is in recession the demand can be expected to be on the lower side whereas in case of boom condition, demand will definitely be much higher. Competitors: The strategies of the competitors over the past periods should be analysed in depth and should be used to fine tune the forecast for next
Their target customers are young people in all kinds of education levels, religions, race and nationality. The occupation of their target customers could be very wide but mainly are sports player and athletics. It is because athletics are more rapidly to use sports products than other people. Their target customers are from different generations: Generation X, Generation Y. Psychographic Their target customers are people who care more about the utility and quality of the product than the price.
POLITICAL Political factors can often give a big impact on the business of a company. Often this factor is not in the hand of the organization. Several aspects of government policies can make a huge difference. However, all firls are required to follow the law. It is the responsibility of the organization to find how upcoming legislations can affect their activities.
Porters 5 forces on the Fashion industry 1. Rivalry amongst existing competitors. The leading competitors in the fashion industry world wide according to research carries out by mbasKOOL.com is: 5. Gap, 4.
2. MARKETING ENVIRONMENT that affect APPLE Co.’s service to customers. 2.1 DEMOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT Focusing
The demographic, physiographic and geographic characteristics help the company identify and target the potential markets and identify the desires of every category of a product to meet the customer’s wants. The company’s principal strategy is based on brand positioning and differentiation which helps it to understand each market’s value proposition. This helps in product differentiation in the competitive market to attract many new customers and keep
Hence we assume this to be a situation of duopoly. The 2 companies sell products which are very close substitutes and are constantly fighting for greater market share. A person may buy a Coke product instead of a Pepsi one, and vice versa. The objective of both is to maximize their profit.