Marketing Audit Report: Case Study of Penton Ltd
Case study - 7 pages - Finance
This report presents an extensive study of the main components and principles of a marketing audit with specific reference to the firm ‘Penton Ltd'. Penton Ltd. is a medium sized DIY manufacturer which has been facing declining profit margins and stagnant sales in recent years. A detailed...
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin - When the 'Grande Dame' Enters the Chinese Market
Market study - 22 pages - Services marketing
In France, the famous luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet&Hennessy) understood this problem early on in the process. In fact, since the early 90's, the group had begun its internationalization process since the early 90's: it is now a real pioneer in China thanks to its ability to identify the...
International Marketing - Bonne Maman's jam
Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Business strategy
Since its inception in 1971, the French jam manufacturer Bonne Maman, a subsidiary of Andros, has become one of the main jam brands in France, with about 35% market share in 2008-2009 fiscal year. Its main power is the product itself, prying on the French spirit of the homemade. The taste...
International customer behavior: How mp3 industries created and developed a new market?
Thesis - 26 pages - Services marketing
We prefer to study the MP3 player market as it is a novel and fast growing one. Flourished in 2004, the MP3 player replaced the old devices like walkman and disc man, thanks to the technological developments. In 1998, an unfamiliar brand introduced the first MP3 player and it was only in...
The Reorganization of the European Aviation Market in the past twenty years
Thesis - 52 pages - Business strategy
Discussions about the aviation market are recurrent in the press and the media. It is true that this sector is experiencing many changes. So we took the opportunity to study this subject in more detail when we proposed to analyze it. Today, globalization and competition have become...
International marketing : Port wine export to the US
Market study - 7 pages - Services marketing
The worldwide wine market is very explicit. It has the particularity that no one wine company (even in the modern world history) should have more than one percent of the market shares, in contrast to other beverages such as sodas. The wine sales have been showing solid growth in...
Marketing and the promotion of Bordeaux Wines in France and abroad
Thesis - 60 pages - Services marketing
In the past few years, there has been a new phenomenon known as the "French Wine Crisis". This industry of French wine previously known as unique and untouchable is nowadays confronted by an international competition that was able to adapt its products and features to a new kind of consumer and...
Porsche and the marketing analysis
Case study - 30 pages - Services marketing
This document is dedicated to the automaker who was born in 1948 in the village of Gmund in Austria; the builder won all sorts of competitions, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans 16 times; the builder who has created a myth by his range of Cars: Ferdinand Porsche. Today everyone knows the brand...
International marketing plan for a French car manufacturer - published: 03/09/2013
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
First, I think that the most important motive is the opportunity offered by the American market. Indeed, even if I can't find any numbers of that, I'm sure that there are more cars per capita in the US than in France. This specificity of the North-American car market offer a...
Markets and the Evian strategy
Case study - 32 pages - Services marketing
The bottled water market is dominated by two large companies: Danone and Nestle. But they themselves act as umbrella companies that include numerous different brands. Currently, Nestle is the largest, as it owns Perrier-Vittel SA, which is composed of a greater number of brands than...
Coursework assignment: Marketing plan
Thesis - 11 pages - Services marketing
The Coca-Cola Corporation is the leader throughout the world in the soft-drinks market thanks to its international famous drink, the Coca-Cola. The company developed a range around the most unavoidable product (Diet Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero, Cherry Coca-Cola…). The international firm...
Marketing audit - Bank of America
Essay - 9 pages - Services marketing
Bank of America has undergone many changes in the past four years, through a variety of Merger and Acquisition activities. While these Mergers and Acquisitions have aided Bank of America in gaining additional geography and market share, these same activities have also posed numerous...
Analysis of Stabburet's marketing plan
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
Stabburet is committed towards providing its customers with a wide range of foodstuffs. Its mission is to be the first choice in the food market all over Norway and meet the needs of existing and new customers within this market. Furthermore, it aims to provide customers with the...
The energy drinks market in Europe : a market for the future ?
Market study - 35 pages - Services marketing
The on-the-go market has witnessed continued, robust growth over the past five years and this shows no signs of abating in the next five years. The demand for on-the-go products has been set in motion by significant shifts in the underlying structure of socio-cultural and economic...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
The Impact of the Global Economic Recession on the Emerging Markets
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Developed countries are facing our today's global economic recession with difficulties like the previous financial crises. Are Emerging economies undergoing this crisis differently? According to Minsky and his readjustment of Fisher's theory, today's subprime crisis which affects the...
Market research: 'Amazon' from Hermes (2009)
Essay - 22 pages - Services marketing
"A scent is like a mirror of personality. We want to be different and individualistic. Scent is like a dress that reflects the personality of the person who wears the fragrance. This is a signature scent. A perfume is made of both good and bad odors. It is a balance of doses that determines the...
The market for French luxury goods in China
Thesis - 19 pages - Economy general
With a growth of 9.5% per year, the Chinese economy is experiencing a period of unprecedented economic success. This success is accompanied by a dramatic increase in the purchasing power of part of the Chinese population. Therefore, the Chinese market is becoming increasingly demanding for...
The marketing tools of the low cost airline companies
Thesis - 31 pages - Services marketing
The low cost concept was first introduced in 1971 in the United States, with the launch of a new company called "Southwest Airlines". However, the concept only gained popularity and set the cash registers ringing with the creation of Ryanair in 1991. Backed by its pioneering pricing policy, the...
Analysis of the confectionery market and the chewing-gum segment
Market study - 60 pages - Services marketing
This paper will present the entire market of chewing gum. Chewing gum has won over all generations from the age group of 7 (and younger) to 77 years of age, and this is especially because of the great diversity that it has acquired in the last few years. The chewing gum has a history to...
Marketing strategy: Case Adidas
Case study - 33 pages - Services marketing
In a globalized environment, where the competition has never been so intense, sportswear firm Adidas aims to become the leader in the sports footwear market. In order to reach this goal, this group focuses on the marketing campaign, which reflects the company's culture and passion with...
Evolution of the ski market from 2000 to 2006: Industry of winter sports and Alpine skiing
Dissertation - 73 pages - Services marketing
The main objective of this study is to trace all the developments experienced by the alpine ski market between 2000 and 2006. The underlying objectives often are of one general point of view: To present a thorough analysis of the characteristics of the alpine ski market and its...
The marketing strategies of organic fast food
Thesis - 22 pages - Business strategy
This paper focuses on the recent changes encountered in the fast food industry. Fast food restaurants are slowly changing their marketing strategies in order to meet new consumer attitudes and behaviors. The recent environmental issues and obesity problems are worrying consumers and therefore,...
Can the UK ad be used in the foreign market in its current form? - Using a UK advert in the Poland market in its current form
Thesis - 25 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this report is to provide additional key information with respect to using a UK advert in the Poland market in its current form. The idea of globalization is found to exist in Poland yet there is still a strong culture which affects buying decisions. In the UK context the advert...
Market research: coffee market
Market study - 15 pages - Services marketing
Coffee is a product in the market generic hot drink. Roasted coffee is the first and largest segment of the market generic hot drinks with more than one billion turnover in 2002 in France carried out at the supermarket. Competition from other hot drinks (tea,herbal, blends,...
How firms use efficiency wages to raise employee productivity and how it explains wage stickiness in the labour market
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Some firms will attempt to increase their profits by improving their worker productivity by paying a wage that is above the wage paid by other competing firms. A well known example of the gains from this sort of wage setting is found in third world economies. At the market level wage,...
Financial markets in Emerging Economies: Comparison with developed economies
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
The financial markets of emerging economies have seen a huge growth in the last few years. These markets are attracting large investments from the developed world, especially because of higher expected return. At the same time; investments in emerging markets are considered...
The labor market in Spain
Essay - 13 pages - Human resources
Today, a lot of desires or worries of the European population are linked with the employment. From the question “What would you do when you grown up?” to the social claims and the general strikes. The reason is simple: a job provides a means to live but above all, work is presented as a...
The global youth market (with a case study about Converse)
Market study - 30 pages - Services marketing
Hassan and Prevel in 1991, defined the global marketing segmentation ‘as the process of identifying specific segments- whether they be country groups or individual consumer groups- of potential consumers with homogeneous attributes who are likely to exhibit similar responses to a company's...
Indian securities market and the role of Sharekhan
Case study - 74 pages - Finance
Securities market has essentially three categories of participants, namely the issuer of securities, investors in securities and the intermediaries, and two categories of products, namely the services of the intermediaries, the securities including derivatives. The securities market...
