Plastic pollution

Every day, Americans alone use enough straws to wrap around the world 2.5 times (Straw Hopper, n.d) Every single day, approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution enter our oceans. (SAS Organisation, n.d) 100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million seabirds are killed by marine plastic pollution annually. Studies predict that by 2050 there … Read more

Persuading consumers to buy a product (techniques)

Introduction: The process of persuading consumers into buying a product or letting them give a salesperson access to their home is more complicated than one would think, it consists of a lot of strategically techniques in order to get the task done. The Foot-in-the-mouth strategy: This technique of compliance is typically considered as the one … Read more

The elasticity of demand (example: cars)

The elasticity of demand ( as explained by investopedia.com ) “ is calculated by dividing the percent change in quantity demanded by the percent change in price” . If the elasticity quotient is greater than or equal to one the demand is deemed as elastic and if the elasticity quotient is less than one the … Read more

Entrepreneurial Orientation has a positive impact on competitive advantage

Understanding the sustainability of competitive advantage is central to strategy and management literature (Barney, 1991; Porter, 1985; Schendel, 1994) and comprehending sources of sustained high performance for firms is one of the most researched aspect in the domain of strategic management (Wenerfelt, 1984; Barney, 1991; Grant, 1991). Research scholars have claimed that competitive advantages are … Read more

Investigating the interrelations between the concepts of time and place brands

Abstract The proposed research project aims at investigating the interrelations between the concepts of time and place brands. Place branding is a widely implemented approach to place development, initially based on the ideas of product marketing and branding. It implies considering places (countries, regions, cities, towns, etc.) as specific brands, i.e. as networks of associations … Read more

Comparative analysis – marketing orientation / other business orientations

INTRODUCTION “There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer…. It is the customer who determines what the business is…. Because it is its purpose to create a customer, any business enterprise has two-and only these two-basic functions: marketing and innovation” (Drucker, 1954, p.1) In past two decades, there has been … Read more

External appraisal analysis – critically evaluate Onefinestay’s strategic marketing plan (inc. 4 Ps)

INTRODUCTION According to Kotler (1971) marketing is as a cause by which organizations creates gains for customers, and as a result cage a strong consumer intelligence which in turn generates value from the consumer to the organization. Kotler also said there is a social course of marketing through which groups and singles get what they … Read more

Samsung – report on business and marketing

The name Samsung is one of the most valuable brands in the world and is stated in the top 20 best-known brand names. The Korean meaning of Samsung is ‘three stars’. The Samsung Group was founded in 1938 in Korea by Lee Byung-chull. The company was founded with 30.000 won. In the beginning, Samsung mainly … Read more

How to write a marketing dissertation

The quality of the marketing dissertation you produce reflects your acquired knowledge and understanding of the marketing concepts. It is a chance to demonstrate you creativity, organizational and analytical skills and an opportunity to incorporate those skills to a specific marketing issue or a problem. A marketing dissertation requires you to understand, evaluate and analyze a specific marketing concept. … Read more

Nokia’s marketing strategy

Nokia maybe the world leader in the mobile phones arena, but it seems as if it has completely lost its way as far as the marketing strategies are concerned NO DOUBT THAT the products from the Finnish company, Nokia, are some of the very best in the world, but the company still hasn’t found a … Read more

Market analysis and marketing environment (Starshot photography)

Introduction The purpose of writing this report is to understand about market analysis and marketing environment. To attract more customers, Starshot photography should promote to environment about their services such as paparazzi and celebrity photography service, graphic art design, web design by ocean effect and private detective services. Starshot also must join a contest to … Read more

Company and marketing evaluation of performance

Today, most of the companies are consumer focused. Every company wants to provide best out everything keep in mind about their sales and profits too. At the same time, they have to focus on customer satisfaction and after sales care. The post-purchase management includes: Customer Satisfaction: It is very important that customer should be satisfied … Read more

What is Good Marketing?

Marketing is a process of understanding consumers and devising ways of providing goods or services based on the demands of the consumers. Marketing is one of the most important aspect of corporate strategy, the end result for which is efficient revenue generation for the firm. The marketing process of an organization aims at getting out … Read more

What is public relations?

Literally Public relations mean ‘relations with publics’, e.g. customer, employees, investors, communities, media, suppliers, government, industry bodies, pressure groups, competitors etc. It is defined as the management of communication between an organization and its publics (Grunig and Hunt 1984, p.6 & McElreath 1996). PR is the discipline that looks after organization’s reputation, maintains its public … Read more

Background information about the online shopping market

1.1 Introduction The purpose of this chapter is aim to provide a background information about online shopping market. This chapter includes the background of this research whith includes the definition of e-commerce, e-retailing and their relative merits; the current situation of online market, especially introduce the multi-channel retail retailing, that encompasses definition of multi-channel, challenges … Read more