How Google's hands-off marketing approach resulted in their rise to excellence
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Not many businesses can claim that they have had such an impact in today's culture to warrant an entry in the dictionary. The founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, can boast that and so much more. The two Stanford graduates met in 1995 as students at Stanford. Both computer science...
Identifying a customer: Bharti Broadband Networks Limited
Case study - 38 pages - Services marketing
Technically, it refers to communication that provides multiple channels of data over a single medium, typically using some form of frequency or wave division multiplexing. In other words, information of all kinds is transmitted on a wide band of radio frequencies on a terrestrial or wireless...
Analysis and comparison of the advertisements of Gucci and Donna Karan (DKNY)
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Gucci benefits from a high level of awareness and a prestigious status all over the world. This aspect made it a global status symbol. Donna Karan International, designs, manufactures and sells clothes under the name of 4 brands: Donna Karan New York, DKNY, DKNY Jeans and DKNY Active. Donna Karan...
Marketing strategy: Case study of Easy Mobile
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Throughout the years, the Easy Group strategy kept a clear readability built around some corner-stones principles: a no-frills/low-cost approach, an identifiable and recognizable simple communication strategy mainly focused on price and entertainment, constant expansion, development of new...
A comparative analysis of the French baby wears market and its main competitors
Case study - 27 pages - Services marketing
In an analysis concerning European Consumer trends that I found on Mintel confirmed my feelings; showing that French consumers consider themselves much more fashion conscious and have a look at style at first when buying clothes, even for babies (61,3% look at style first against 41,4% of...
Marketing plan: Avon and Mattel Inc
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
With this article we will highlight how Mattel and its well-known icon, Barbie tried to get a foothold in the Chinese market since 1998 by using a well known company: Avon. This situation is called a piggy - back, this illustrate how company A, here Mattel, wants to sell its products trough the...
Communication strategy & plan: Cif case study
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
Cif is a very old brand in its sector of cleaning product and has a very strong image, but is too much associated to restrictive and occasional use. As a communication agency, I was asked to think about a new communication strategy which could make Cif appears as more usable, more easily and in...
The impact of sales promotion on customer retention
Case study - 57 pages - Services marketing
Effective communication is the essence of promotion. In the age of information, marketing is incomplete without effective communication with the prospective buyers about the right product at the right price that is available at the right place. Marketers must communicate the product, its...
The main factors affecting the purchase decision in anti aging products with reference to Olay
Case study - 22 pages - Services marketing
The anti-aging market is one of the largest in the world. The majority of these people want to find a way to fight aging, which is why there is such a high demand for products which hide or fight the signs of aging. It is a great thing that there are so many anti-aging products available. There...
Market research on Britannia
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Britannia was incorporated in 1918 as Britannia Biscuits Co Ltd in Calcutta. In 1924, Pea Frean UK acquired a controlling stake, which later passed on to the Associated Biscuits International (ABI) a UK based company. During the '50s and' 60s, Britannia expanded operations to Mumbai, Delhi and...
A study on spurious products
Case study - 29 pages - Services marketing
Counterfeit and Pass off Products - Counterfeiting is a kind of duplication where even the original manufacturer would not be able to distinguish between a genuine and a fake product. These fake products bear the identical name of the original product, its packaging, graphics, color...
Marketing of the hotel industry
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
The good times that began for the hotel industry, with the opening up of the economy at the start of the decade, seem to have ended. The industry has had its ups and downs and come a full circle in the last ten years. As with the broad economy (until this fiscal), the hotel industry has over the...
Performance appraisal system of eMorphosys
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
Appraisal of one individual by another individual is a continuous process and it is a natural phenomenon in beings. This is constantly done, consciously in our day today interaction, ether in family life or in a social setting or in an organization for that matter. While the individual or a group...
Market research on customer satisfaction survey for Henkel (B2B)
Case study - 42 pages - Services marketing
This research was implemented to determine the level of Customer Satisfaction with Henkel Products and Services. It is a Business to business (B2B) research. The approach adopted for conducting the research includes surveys and personal interviews conducted in May 2008. Henkel deals its product...
Marketing strategies of Colgate Palmolive Ltd
Case study - 22 pages - Services marketing
As early as 3000 B.C. Egyptians used toothbrushes fashioned from twigs. In the 20th century a major design advance occurred in 1938 with the launch of Dr. West's Miracle Tuft toothbrush, the first nylon bristle brush. Until the late 1970's toothbrushes were widely viewed by consumer as a...
Tata AIG Life Insurance Co. Ltd: Market mapping and research for group pensions products
Case study - 19 pages - Services marketing
Due to the advancement made by mankind in the fields of science and medicine, life expectation has been increasing at a steady rate, and today one can expect to have a longer life span than the earlier generations. For people, this increase means a longer retirement life, which would mean they...
The importance of brand in boosting the sales in life insurance services: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Case study - 35 pages - Services marketing
A brand name helps an organization differentiate itself from its competitors. In today's competitive world no product can go without a brand. Customers often build up a relationship with a brand that they trust and will often go back to time and time again. For example, some people may only...
Advertising on the radio
Case study - 48 pages - Services marketing
Advertising, in general, expresses the positioning. Powerful advertising is the result of powerful planning. Great ideas and great ad campaigns don't just pop out from nowhere, they are built on the key communication points that motivate sales. Radio is entirely a medium of sound, which evokes...
How language in advertising has changed over the decades
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Like ball players with their bats, or librarians with their books, advertisers look to a versatile collection of contrivances for seducing an audience. Advertisers look to words and language as their way of capturing the attention, and hopefully the dollar of those who are exposed to it. The way...
Derivatives market in India: A study of Wipro Limited shares
Case study - 50 pages - Services marketing
The emergence of the market for derivative products, most notably forwards, futures and options, can be traced back to the willingness of risk-averse economic agents to guard themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset prices. By their very nature, the financial markets...
Advertisement and sales promotion with reference to Leo Labs IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Case study - 35 pages - Services marketing
LeoLabs IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has built a reputation of delivering software and business management solutions that provide measurable results. It has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Hyderabad, India. LeoLabs growth can be attributed to the company's focus on...
A study on comparative analysis of customer satisfaction
Case study - 48 pages - Services marketing
Marketing is the business function that identifies customer needs and wants, determine which target market the organization can best serve, designs appropriate products, services and programs to serve these markets, and calls upon every one in the organization to think and save...
A study on inventory management at the bulk activities division of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Materials are equivalent to cash and they make up an important part of the total cost. It is essential that materials should be properly safeguarded and correctly accounted for. Proper control over material can make a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a business. The success of a...
Croatia
Case study - 13 pages - Services marketing
The goal of this group work is to analyze a country e-marketing strategy, to see if it is adapted to the target, to its cultural and economical environment and its potential and finally to have a critical opinion on the strategy employed. To reach these objectives we will divide our paper in 3...
Ikea & Conforama marketing
Case study - 11 pages - Services marketing
Nowadays, customers are more and more demanding and seek the best product that fits their needs and likes. Marketers also have been forced to face up to fast changes and trends. Besides, a company cannot answer to all consumers' needs so it has to choose whom its product or service will address....
Buyer interview
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
To conduct my buyer interview, I have contacted a French company named Alimentation Fine de France (AFF), which means French Fine Food. My contact was Marie-Dominique X, the key buyer of the company. I asked her a few questions about her company, the general buying process, and the people who...
International marketing case study: The mineral water MOUZAïA
Case study - 19 pages - Services marketing
Within the framework of our course, Marketing Internationally, we were invited to realize a group work on which marketing strategy could Mouzaïa adopt in order to establish its products in French speaking Western Europe countries? From the beginning, we felt involved in the topic as...
Marketing in Major League Baseball
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Even before the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, people were religiously collecting their merchandise. Now, with the onslaught of newly marketed 2004World Champions merchandise, there are even more t-shirts and hats to go around. Yet, this obsession goes beyond apparel. In the...
Business case study: Panera Bread
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Panera Bread began back in 1981. It started out as a small sandwich shop. After going public the company grew in size with the addition of more stores. It is currently headquartered in Missouri. Revenue has seen a tremendous change for the better. This year alone revenue is expected to come out...
Gfk Group. Market research
Case study - 14 pages - Services marketing
The GfK Group is the 4th market research organization worldwide. Its activities cover five business divisions Custom Research, Retail and Technology, Consumer Tracking, Media and HealthCare. The Group has approximately 130 companies located in more than 70 countries and a current total of...