Customers College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

In the modern business world, people are competing to ensure that their products are leading in the market. Market competition is getting dynamic with the entry of new producers in the market. Business brands that have been in the market for long has been able to set standards that new emerging businesses are finding difficult to cope with. Business competition is now taking new trends and traditional business methods are slowly fading away, with the entry of new market competitors and much business market shifting to the open market policy and monopolies’ slowly fading away, business competition is expected Continue reading...

1. The 80/20 rule applies to my product which is a car. This is because in the world, 80% of cars are owned by a 20% population. Although 80/20 rule applies in the case of a car, it does not apply in the case of a mobile phone. Ideally, the possession of a mobile phone is almost equal to the population in world.
2. List of phases of consumer decision process
- Problem recognition
The consumer grows a need of having a car following the changes in his or her income status and the need to be self-reliant and Continue reading...

The company chosen for the purpose of the assignment is Sony Corporation. Sony offers its consumers variety of product in Consumer Products and Devices (Official website of Sony, n.d.). Sony Corporation had an undying reputation of providing the best quality. Consumers consider the brand to be reliable and of high quality.
The major factor for which an effective operations management is important for an organization is to improve the productivity and to meet the competitive priorities of the customers. This in turn improves the efficiency of the organization.
The quality management approach at Sony is not only developed to Continue reading...

Question 1

Why is brand tracking so important? Additionally, why would a large company, such as Proctor & Gamble want to use brand tracking.

Response 1

As per statement of Peter Drucker that, “If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it” . The easiest and most effective way to determine whether a campaign is worthwhile, a promotion is successful, and the brand achieves its full potentials is Brand Tracking. Only 10 percent of brand managers rely on the brand tracking and confident enough on their standing and brand planning. Brand tracking is a powerful method; the value to the integrity of any brand is Continue reading...

Megahouse Electronics Company,

45B North Carolina
7th street, Mondlane Avenue
George Hemmington
132 California

Old Washington estate

California.
RE: INABILITY OF THE COMPANY TO REPLACE/REFUND THE REFRIGERATOR
The company regrets to inform you that it will not be able to offer a refund or a replacement for your refrigerator as requested. The warranty terms clearly stated that a refund or replacement could only be facilitated if the damage happened within the first year of purchase. The above mentioned equipment has been in your possession for over two years and does not, therefore, qualify for the warranty services. The denial of the warranty does not imply Continue reading...

Business management

Business management
Coast acquisition is business sales term that refers to the total expenses necessary to to attain a sale or retain a customer. Therefore, it the total cost associated with the buying and selling of goods and services, or even assets. In general, the net price plus the associated cost of purchase and taking the good to the point of use comprises the total acquisition costs. These cost include the following; the purchase cost i.e. research, closing, accounting, legal fees, and commissions, the transportation fee from the point of purchase to the end use location, preparation and other Continue reading...

Summary of Barilla Spa

Summary of Barilla Spa
Barilla Spa is the world’s largest producer of pasta based in Italy and founded in 1875. It is experiencing a constant change on its production because of variation in order patterns of distributors. It results in operational inefficiency and increase in cost. The only solution to this problem is the implementation of Just in Time Distribution (JITD). The new system eliminates huge variation in manufacturing and production. It has centralized information and data transparency exists between Barilla and distributors. Forecasting and Production is the basis of actual sales data provided by distributors. This results Continue reading...

Moving away from the middle

Most companies in the food industry are now considering a diversification of their products to cater for the competing needs of the customers. Beverage and cold drinks companies have, in past few years, ventured in bakery business. The snacks made by these companies serve as complementary goods for the drinks. Pepsi is one of such beverage companies that adopted the production of the complementary snacks Pepsi (2010). With this strategy, Pepsi has rapidly increased its sales and customer loyalty. Customers flock in large numbers to find “all under one roof”. The snacks have done a great deal in increasing Continue reading...

Coca-Cola Corporation is one of the most popular and biggest soft selling company in the world as well as the most popular brand in the world in 1886 in Atlanta Georgia state of USA by Pharmacist Dr. John S. Pemberton, whose idea was to have a mixture that would relieve tiredness and headache. The customers reacted enthusiastically and at this point he named it Coca-Cola, selling nine glasses in the first year. Dr. Pemberton sold the Coca-Cola Company in 1888 to a businessman who was patented it in 1887and given a trademark on 1893 and by 1895 it had Continue reading...

Introduction

Customer loyalty is crucial for every business. In case of a business losing customer loyalty, it faces several problems in the form of loss of market share and revenue. Repetitive sales from the consumer helps create better and improved market position. In case of retail industry, customer loyalty is extremely important and essential for long term success (Payne and Frow, 2005). In present times where in E commerce has taken over, a firm like TESCO would require ensuring customer loyalty in order to survive the competition. Moreover they are also expanding their businesses and customer loyalty can help them Continue reading...

- At the equilibrium quantity how much annual revenue do the producers receive?
20 $ per crate of oranges
- If the government imposes a price floor of $30 per crate how much revenue will producers now receive?
(80 million crates x30 $) = 2,400 $ million
- Discuss whether producers are necessarily better off.
The producers are not better off because when the prices for the oranges is low, many customers demand for them and this would result to extreme losses. On the other hand, when the price for the oranges is high, few customers are capable of buying them although Continue reading...

My recent decision to purchase low quantity of petrol for my car every month will be a suitable example to illustrate how the change in price of a good will affect its quantity demanded. As per law of demand, ‘’ There is a negative relationship between price of a good and its quantity demanded. In other words, keeping all the other things constant, as the price of a good increase, the quantity demanded of that particular good decrease and vice-versa’’.
Similarly, over past 6 months, the price of petrol has increased by $3/unit. This has affected by purchase decision and Continue reading...

1. What types of market research should Kiki employ to determine the market potential for the magazine?
Market potential is a measure of the capability of sales of goods or/and services of any category by all companies that operate in this market segment. Concerning marketing research, there are two common types: fundamental and applied. In order to determine the market potential for “Kiki” magazine, the applied marketing research should be used. This type is aimed at determining the demand on company’s product, the level of consumer loyalty, brand image of the product, the condition of distribution channels, the Continue reading...

Marketing concept and strategies of Apple Company

The Apple Company has employed various marketing concept and strategies in enhancing the customer's relationship. Google and Amazon companies have also considered the same concepts to enhance their relationship with their customers. To maintain this relationship, the companies have considered and given the customers feedback priority in the decision making. The management of these companies has developed customer relation by putting an effort in the understanding their expectations. This leads to translation of the expectation into quality improvement (Corbae, Jensen, & Schneider, 2003). This has gained these companies competitive advantage in computer marketing both locally and internationally.
Customer's retention comes Continue reading...

English

Analysis of Advertisements According to Fowles’s Categories and Their Effectiveness with Bovee et al.
Under Fowles’s list of fifteen emotional appeals, “giving form to people’s deep-lying desires and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for, advertisers have the best chance of arresting attention and affecting communication,” while Bovee et al (1989), suggests “that an effective sales pitch contributes to the advertising’s appeal to customers.” ‘The Time’ magazine, dated January 31, 2011, has quite a few news breakers, but one distinct advertisement that draws the attention of most of its readers is the one Continue reading...

Channel images and Brand Images

Marketing channels refers to the way in which goods and services are availed to consumers for use. All goods and services go through channels of distribution; therefore, marketing will depend on the way goods are distributed. The route that is taken to deliver goods to consumers is very important, because marketers must decide which route is best for their products.
A push strategy is considered appropriate and used by most of the manufactures. It uses advertising and promotion strategy to persuade consumers to demand their products from intermediaries. Purchasing products directly from the supplier is considered to be cheap, Continue reading...

As you are aware of, our company has been pursuing corporate-wide programs to sustain our growth, manage our operational efficiencies and strengthen our competitive position in each of the regional markets we are in globally. Part of this program is developing Global Shared Services where we can optimize our available resources and promote efficiencies in our operation.
Shared services refer to the service provision that is done by a part of a group or an organization, particularly in case where the similar services have been found in large part of the group or organization. Thus, the resourcing and funding Continue reading...

Business Strategy

Competitive advantage can be defined as the advantage gained or accrued by a firm or company over other firms in a competitive industry. This is done by offering customers a greater value of the purchased products and through several mechanisms (Rumelt, 2003). Such mechanisms may include low priced goods, high quality products, and after sale services that are superior to competitors. Competitive advantage may stem from several factors such as economies of scale, integration and non- integration and process based core competences (Peteraf, 1993). To further understand the concept of competitive advantage, several theories have been put forward for Continue reading...

International marketing plan

Executive Summary
This paper seeks to explore the marketing strategy of the creative company in Brazil. Being the first time in gaining entry into the economy, the company will have to undertake market research of the region in order to establish the customer’s wants and needs. This will give the company a clear understanding of the market destination.
This paper also provides the STEEP and SWOT analysis of the market in order to determine the market composition of this region. Implementation and control of the outlined strategies needs to be followed and adopted to the later.

Background Information

Creative is Continue reading...

The current reading offers critical insights on the manner in which consumers have developed an increased preference for restaurants that offer healthy foods, and nutrition information on the foods they serve. In fact, consumers deem such restaurants to be socially responsible because they address the concerns of their customers. I concur with the notions contained in the current reading in that I often have a fascinating admiration for restaurants that offer healthy diets and nutrition information regarding their diets. There is various reason as to why I patronize restaurants that provide nutritional information and healthy foods. More importantly, I Continue reading...

Integrated Marketing Communication: Easy Jet

Executive Summary
UK airline industry is one of the most advanced in the global market with a number of the globally leading operators. The industry is highly competitive and marked by local and international airlines which accounts for the creation of more than 220,000 jobs. (BATA, 2014) However, the market is subject to several factors including technological advance, economic factors variation, social preferences and lifestyles changes, political factors, environmental regulations as well as legal requirements. Those factors set industry trends and determine the industry dynamics including increasing competition, operation’s efficiency and wider market reach as well as Continue reading...

According to Clayton Christensen, the difference between disruptive innovation and innovative efficiencies is that the disruptive innovation helps in the creation of jobs but utilizes capital, helps in sustaining the innovations, and helps in improving the efficiency of innovation. Contrary to it, the efficiency innovations are just like poison choices for the companies, and they are paving the way to the stagnant economies and are destroying the job creation process. The disruptive innovation is stronger due to the reason that it prevents the economy from stagnation and helps to improve the innovative capability of the company. Clayton Christensen has Continue reading...

The December holiday is a period of the year when people do a lot of shopping. There is either a lot of stock in the shops for the many consumers, or overpriced goods, and sometimes both. People purchase goods for others, and at the same time they expect presents from the people they are buying for the goods. For this reason, there are those who purchase goods and those who receive these gifts that have been purchased (Bige, 2008, p. 425). The two groups of people have a different perspective on the way they view the gift. There is Continue reading...

A non-profit organization’s mandate to provide a laptop as part of their program, OLPC (One Laptop per Child) that is costing $100, failed in its mission. But the publicity of the dream product provided an impetus for a new product development. Some companies began to explore the possibility of developing their own versions of a low-priced, ultraportable computer. Of the companies who tried to launch the low cost portable computer, the Taiwan manufacturer ASUS proved that a viable market existed—with the middle-class consumers in western Europe and the United States. Their product Eee, with a 7-inch screen, Continue reading...

The theme of this chapter is that such a price strategy should be adopted that attract a large number of customers and should be according to the need and requirement of the market.
- In this chapter, Kotler and Lee has explained that, before setting the price, the objective should be determined that whether it is set in order to maximize the sales, usage level and the participation or it is set in order to establish quality leadership position by adopting market skimming strategy.
- Further, before setting a price, the market competition should be analyzed.
- Moreover, authors Continue reading...

The theme of chapter “Optimizing Distribution Channels” is that the performance of the agency can be improved by meeting the needs of citizens.
- In this chapter, Kotler and Lee has described that the public service performance can be measured by analyzing how well the agency is meeting the requirement of common good that is paving the way to the creation of good for a number of people.
- The public sector goods are defined in terms of three measures that are commonly known as triple bottom line, it includes social good, environment good and the economic good.
- Continue reading...

The observations were conducted in Jemmerson coffee shop where the waiter and the conversed while they were taking their coffee and tea as it was in the morning hours. The people in the conversation came into the coffee shop to take tea and coffee while there waited for their friends, family member or business partners. The examples are indicated below between the waiter and the customer.

Example I

1. Waitress: Did I get your order right?
2. Customer: Yeah. How have you been I have been coming in, but I have not seen you for some time now
3. Waitress: I Continue reading...

Strategic Fashion Marketing Assignment

Introduction
Fashion industry is a competitive market, which permanently renews and adjusts to the technological innovations and marketing trends. Nowadays fashion brands are applying various marketing strategies for remaining competitive, combining them for delivering an integrated experience for their customers. However, the key to being popular in fashion is to innovate and this implies fashion marketing innovation also. Fashion companies that have the potential to adjust fashion marketing trends, such as creating an in-store home-like environment or developing fashion blogs, to their business are successful now and will be able to differentiate in five years from now from their Continue reading...

- Working definition of lens
Mass media communication is the use of various media technologies with an objective to communicate to a large population. The media technologies include Television, radio, film and recorded music amongst others.
The communication phenomena that we understand is the role, impact and the significance of mass media and the best ways to utilize the sense of cultural phenomena in our lives.
Mass media heightens our awareness by informing us the things that happen in the society. It ensures that it validates particular social and cultural norms practiced in the society.
- Communication phenomenon for Continue reading...

Executive Summary

This paper seeks to explain how Zara Company carries out its operations across all its stores in the globe. The paper also focuses on the possible threats that the company might encounter from potential competitors. It also analyses both the internal and external environment of the company.

Introduction

Zara Company is a worldwide business entity that deals with retailing of clothing materials across the globe. The company has its own headquarters at Italy. The company’s stores are distributed at nearly every single country across all the continents in the world. This allows for easy access to products by the Continue reading...

The name of the boutique clothing store is Chic Boutique, where the key activity is trading in clothing, footwear and accessories for female teens and the newly young. Retailing in the latest fashion items, and boasting of the widest range of trends, comfort and confidence for our girls and young ladies is guaranteed from our stores. The boutique aims to provide limited run-way inspired pieces and the very latest trends for the fissionable young ladies at market competitive prices. At Chic boutique, we also cater for comfort items at affordable prices. Our store has highly trained and informed staff Continue reading...

GROUP WORK CONTRIBUTION

This extract will involve two different elements and aspects of the study relating to Hotlips Hoolihan (Firm 1)’s that encompasses the following areas:
1. What was your firm's overall strategy?
2. What firms (and products) posed the most direct competition for you in quarter 6? In quarter 12?

Section 1: Firm 1: Hotlips Hoolihan’s Overall Strategy

Strategy has to do with the long-term and organization-wide objectives and plans that directed the operations of a given firm. Strategy sets the tone within which all the different units and components of a firm can be steered in order to meet the desired end of the owners of the Continue reading...

It has been 6 years now, when the world’s largest and said to be the strongest financial economy, The United States, went into financial crisis and the tornado reached around the globe. However, with the continuous monetary and fiscal policies by the Federal Reserve, the economy of the nation, although has not fully recovered after the crisis, but is back on stable path. However, still there are mixed views about the current macro-economic situation of USA from different economists.
As per the recent data released by the US agencies, the country is still underperforming and the same is Continue reading...

Questions A

A 1
Product defect is a serious problem. Doug told me that he had already researched the cost of fixing the defect. To calculate whether it is reasonable to fix the defect, Doug should have calculated the approximate amount of consumers, who could probably be damaged. If the sum of money to refund the damages to the customers is higher than the amount of money spent for fixing the problem, it is reasonable to present a new model for western southern regions of the country. In this case, I would provide the company with a new report that contain Continue reading...

Summary

Introduction
The current paper relates Porter’s Five Forces analysis of two companies – Starbucks and Nordstrom. Starbucks is the global company involved in selling coffee beans. Nordstrom is an American upscale retailer selling clothing, handbags, accessories, cosmetics, jewelry, and fragrances.

Starbucks
Bargaining power of suppliers of Starbucks is low because coffee beans are a commodity. The price on coffee beans is affected by multiple factors including weather, natural disasters, political factor, inventory levels, and economic conditions. Besides, Starbucks is pressurized by the international community to be responsible for fair trade and ethical sourcing of the final products. These factors Continue reading...

A list of web sites visited

Saab Automobile Shortens the Supply Chain for Dealer Parts Replenishment with Internet-Enabled Technology
http://www.in.capgemini.com/resources/successstories/saab_automobile_shortens_the_supply_chain_for_dealer_parts_replenishment_with_internetenabled_technology/

National Electric Vehicle Sweden

http://www.saabcars.com/en/the-company/about/

BBC top gear

www.topgear.com/uk/tags/saab

Category Archives: Saab Advertising

http://elevencreative.wordpress.com/category/saab-advertising/

Saab's supply chain solutions story Part Two

http://www.supplychaindigital.com/global_logistics/saabs-supply-chain-solutions-story-part-two

Websites overview

These websites are among the websites that contain information about the Saab Automobiles. They are used in this paper to reveal the current and emerging trend that involves the business, and also provide ads about the company’s product.

Customer base

The customer base of the Saab Automobile in Europe and china can be defined as need-based customers. The need-base customers are those that attach a particular intention to purchase the Saab's products. Despite many competitive automobile companies in Europe and China, Saab Continue reading...

Virgin America

Abstract
This paper is on the topic of Virgin America and its organizational analysis. The first section of this paper will discuss the overview of Virgin America with its brief history. In addition, this section will cover organizational life cycle, products and services and Virgin America’s geographical market. The second section of this paper will discuss the external environment of Virgin America and the level of environmental uncertainty the organization faces. The following section will cover the organizational structure of Virgin America and the implications of their structure. The next section will discuss the organizational culture of the Continue reading...

Over time, technology has continued to advance in a faster pace than normal. The advancement in technology has led to the development of the industrials and electronic sector. The manufacturers to meet the needs of their consumers are producing goods that meet their needs. Consumer satisfaction has been the main objectives of most producers, thereby designing products that closely meet their demands. Samsung products have not been left out in this sector, their products are highly developed in the industry. Samsung has come up with a product known as “Smart TV.” The smart televisions represent a new revolution in Continue reading...

Designing a floor plan

Eggspectation floor plan will depend on some factors. Dimension will have to be considered in respect to the size of settings. For instance, the dining area will only cover 60% of the total area. The remainder is 40% of the total area, which is left for kitchen planning and building. Designing the seating plan also will require some considerations. Since it will be an open type restaurant, it's vital to keep in mind of a 200 banquet seating facility and the 75 fine dining room areas. For a banquet, it would normally require 10 square feet per individual while, Continue reading...

Marketing at A.R.I

Introduction

Hospitality is one such industry that depends largely upon the marketing initiatives. Since most of the companies in this sector provide more or less the same kind of services, the marketing and promotional efforts a particular company can go a long way in ensuring that it has a competitive advantage over others. It is vital for any hospitality company to create a comprehensive and detailed marketing plan based on its target markets and long term objectives. This marketing plan is necessary to create a win-win situation for the company as well its customers. This case deals Continue reading...