products, brand image is of high importance as the consumers generally tend to prefer products manufactured or marketed by a brand that they are familiar with.
Brand names are a source of differentiation. Brand image propels the consumers to consume more value on the specific brand having an established image in the market. A reliable brand image helps foster long term relationships between the product and end users. It is productive way to make better brand personality in the market for the purpose to increases the sale of the product. Branding does influence a customer’s choice. The approval rating for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes increased from 47 percent in a “blind” test to 59 percent (post revealing the name) (Saporito, 1986). In today’s dynamically
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The evidence of increasing use of sales promotions can be seen from a study conducted by Priya Jha Dang (2003). Her study analysed different consumer promotion schemes launched in India over an eight-year period and found that FMCG sector was the highest contributor to consumer promotion schemes followed by consumer durables. The use of sales promotions as short term tactics is now a regular fixture at most FMCG companies. In the context of healthy drinks, advertisements should ensure that they communicate the health benefits of the drinks in a visible and clear way. Advertisements can be through online channels, or through more traditional channels such as print media or …show more content…
The influence of external variables such as brand, store and price promotions have been studied by Grewal et al (1998) who studied their influence on consumer evaluations and purchase intentions.
Primary factor that contribute to sales is the type of promotional tool employed, e.g., coupons, price promotions, and point-of-purchase (POP) displays. Additionally, a host of other dependants have been studied which may attribute the promotion and brand relationship, including challenger promotions (Moriarty 1985), brand loyalty (Massy and Frank 1965), consumer characteristics (Cotton and Babb 1978), and product price and sales volume (Curhan 1974).
3. Consumer Awareness about benefits of healthy
If a brand has a good reputation, customers and businesses, are more likely to purchase that brand. Examples include logos and packaging. (B2B and B2C Similarities and Differences , n.d.) These need to capture the attention of their customers because businesses have competition and therefore need to stand out.
For the business-level, Trader Joe’s adopted a differentiation focus strategy. According to our textbook with this strategy, Trader Joe’s seeks to differentiate in its target market. They rely on providing better service than broad-based competitors. Specifically, they focus on the special needs of the buyer in other segments (Dess, Page 159). Joe’s differentiates its self from other grocers by providing a unique shopping experience fortified with their private label goods and great service from their crew members.
Non-product attributes are functional benefits, experiential benefits, and symbolic benefits (Keller 1993). Excluding advertisement, word of mouth is such a powerful tactic the brand could perform to associate with consumers. With word of mouth, customers will develop brand awareness, brand knowledge, and brand image that lead to customer-based brand equity or CBBE (Keller 2003). Keller (2001) developed pyramid models of consumer-based brand equity building steps as shown in figure 2, and six brand building blocks as displayed in figure 3. Successful brand building is to create resonance that builds relationships between the brand and its customers, which generates brand loyalty, attitudinal attachment, and community engagement as the best
2015 St. Andrews International School Business & Management Extended Essay [Which components of Arsenal Football Club’s promotional mix in China need to be developed in order to maximize merchandise sales?] ABSTRACT The finality of this research project is to suggest the best promotional mix strategy that Arsenal Football Club could use to maximize their merchandise sales. Throughout the essay this paper will aim to answer the question “Which components of Arsenal Football Club’s promotional mix in China need to be developed in order to maximize merchandise sales?”
ALDI supermarkets, a well-known retailer in business, focused on retaining and gaining customer’s loyalty on those who were already familiar with the ALDI brand. ALDI’s main objective is getting its message across which is offering the best quality products at the lowest price possible. One of ALDI’s marketing strategies is the ‘Like brands’ by which ALDI created high quality products similar to those products of a well-known brand and competitors, but with a lower price. ALDI created blind tastes of these ‘like brands’ where people can taste ALDI’s brands and the national brand to see if they can make a
The Texas-based convenience store Buc-ee's has experienced immense success and met the needs of their customers through a variety of marketing strategies that can be defined as being devoted to either price, promotion, place, or product. For example, Buc-ee's utilizes a 'promotion' strategy to develop a reputation as a customer-friendly store by ensuring that their enthusiastic employees consistently welcome and greet customers as they come in. This, in turn, builds a brand of loyal, devoted customers, while also creating familiarity between workers and frequent shoppers. Moreover, Buc-ee's applies promotion strategy through their discernable, famous beaver mascot, which is both their logo and appears on a substantial amount of their products. The prevalence of the mascot character instantly makes their brand and advertising more recognizable than others, and is significantly likely to attract new customers unfamiliar with the store.
ADVANCED AND APPLIED BUSINESS RESEARCH Name: Muhammad Zubair Qureshi ERP: 12191 Section: MBA (Morning) Topic: WAC (Pillsbury Cookie) Submitted to: Dr. Huma Amir Date: 31-1-2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case tackles the research analysis that was conducted by General Mills Canada to understand the major factors in terms of variables of their target market in order to make a specific strategy to better the sales performance of the Pillsbury Refrigerated Baked Goods or “RBG”. This research highlights how the company was analyzing consumer preferences in accordance to taste usage and purchase intension for the RBG cookies.
Salespeople play three primary roles? What are they? The three primary roles salespeople play, according to Principles of Marketing by Tanner and Raymond (2010), are “creating value for their firms’ customers, managing relationships, and relaying marketing and sales information back to their organization.”
Brands are complex offerings that are conceived by organisations but ultimately resides in the consumers mind (De Chernatony, 2010). A brand thus signals to the customers the source of the products and services and protects both the competitor who would attempt to provide products and services that appear similar or identical (Aaker, 2004). Brands provides the basis upon which consumer can identify and bond with a product or service or group of products and services (Weilbacher, 1995). A brand is a specific uniqueness associated with a product or services that enables the consumers connect with it by easy identification through the name, slogan, design, logo, symbols, etc. of the organisation that produces the products or
AMITY UNIVERSITY, AMITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH PROJECT REPORT ON: “MARKETING STRATEGIES OF ‘CADBURY’-MONDELEZ INDIA” SUBMITTED TO: DR.SUPRIYA JHA ASB, AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA, UP SUBMITTED BY: ADITI GUPTA BBA – CO7 A3906413041 SUMMER PROJECT REPORT ASB, AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA, UP OBJECTIVES OF STUDY To study about the company’s marketing objectives. To study company’s variety of products. To overview company’s competitors. To study its marketing strategies: communication strategy, distribution strategy and pricing strategy.
Strategic marketing is a broad and practical subject which included the concept of marketing subjects of previous semesters such as business marketing. The study of this subject has contributed to marketing knowledge in many ways, as well as it has strengthened my skills in application of marketing concepts. My knowledge was increased that I was able to develop a complete strategic marketing plan of not only on the part of marketing analysis or strategy of a product or service, but also the whole corporate plan. My skills and capabilities that were developed and integrated during lectures and tutorials include the analytical skills, coordination skills, presentation skills, organization skills, etc.
(David and Geoff, 2000) Consumer buying behaviour is affected by three main factors which are buying situation, personal influences and social influence level. (Weilbacher et al 2003) Advertisements do not affect the whole; but only what consumers have learnt and perceived about the product. Advertisements main task is to explain the complete idea in different way so products have a livelong impact on consumer mind. To analyze customer behavior more aggressively, firms need to understand some important aspects of consumer behavior that are associated with product so consumer buying behavior can be understood.
Literature review Advertising has become a form of communication and a great source for promoting services and products for any business in the whole market because of its broader impact. The main idea of an advertisement is to get the attention of the consumers, build up the product’s strong image in their mind and provide information to help the consumer to make a purchase decision. So, the central focus in today’s diverse global marketplace is the consumer. Companies exert a lot of effort to find out the best ingredients that should be in an effective advertising and identifying its influence on the consumer’s mind, so effective advertising should be considered as one of the most important tools that strongly affect and can change the consumer’s buying behavior. The research attempts to investigate the impact of effective advertising on the consumer’s buying behavior.
Every business industry nowadays, whether they are aware of it or not, depends on business strategies that they implement in order to achieve high growth potential. Some businesses, however, tend to forget the importance of maintaining effective sales strategies, therefore, they experience a decrease in sales causing their business to eventually experience some financial difficulties. Gluck (n.d.) describes sales strategy as a plan that allows companies to position their brand or product in order to gain a competitive advantage. Successful sales strategy should create a need by convincing a potential customer that the good is presented to them can solve their problems. This has to be created as a “planned approach to account-management policy
2. Introduction Defining an effective Marketing Communication Plan and Communication Mix through a well researched strategy will not only help to reach out to potential customers, but it will also help to adapt and respond to the ever changing marketing environment. This report starts by examining the various promotional tools used by marketers in the marketing of their products and services, including the advantages and disadvantages of the tools. The report goes on to examine the meaning of Integrated Marketing Communication (“IMC”) and the importance of measuring the effectiveness of the Promotional Campaign.