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Market research entails any organised efforts to collect information about customers and market targets. It is an essential component of business strategy. It is concerned with marketing processes. In most instances, marketing research is a strategy that is used to maintain competitiveness over competitors (Wenzel, 2012). Marketing research provides integral information to identify and scrutinise the market size, market needs, and competition. Organizations and businesses can employ various aspects of advanced marketing research to remain competitive and to deal with intense competition in their industries (Beall, 2010). Primarily, I could use marketing research to examine the market to identify ...

Does the Dominance of the Big Four Supermarkets Hinder and Damage Competition and What is in the Best Interest of the Consumer?

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Competition is the best way of ensuring the interest of market stakeholders (Stucke, 2013). Competition in the UK grocery sector has become an issue with the big four supermarkets controlling around 71.7 percent of the market. As of the end of 2015, the individual market shares of the big four supermarkets are 27.9 percent for Tesco, 16.6 percent for J Sainsbury’s, 16.4 percent for Asda, and 10.8 percent for Morrisons (Kantar World Panel, 2016). The UK ...

International Marketing – Iceland Supermarket

Introduction Iceland Foods Ltd. is one of the leading names in the food retail sector in the UK. The company was founded by Malcolm Walker in 1970; and, since then, it has undergone consistent growth in its popularity, consumer-base, and profitability in the domestic market. Before, fridges and freezers came to be commonly used; it focused on selling loose frozen foods i.e. vegetables and meat. Later on, it worked on product development strategy by introducing some branded grocery items that proved to be a booster to its sales revenue. Within 46 years of its business life, the company has ...

Tata Steel UK – Port Talbot

Introduction This paper entails a critical analytical review of a business entity which operates in the United Kingdom and which has recently encountered operational difficulties that have necessitated the formulation of a solution from a strategic management stand point. The business entity which will be evaluated in this paper is Tata Steel, which has vast interests across the United Kingdom as well as in other parts of the globe. The paper will analyze the problems that the entity currently faces as well as propose viable solutions that will lead to the resolution of these operating issues going forward.

Tata Steel UK Background

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Jerry is a trained medical assistant and has the sufficient knowledge to issue a refill. However, in the situation he is faced with, he has to examine the medical history of the patient. He has further to consult with Dr. William who has been treating him and has some background and determine if the patient can be issued with a refill. In the event that Dr. William is not immediately reachable, he will have to examine the patient because he lacks any background information. Thorough medical checks have to be carried out so as to avoid a situation where a patient is issued with ...

Associated British Foods was founded in 1935 initially known as Food Investments Limited. It changed its name in 1960. During this period, the company had grown incredibly and has not stopped ever since. It has continually expanded its business by primarily acquisition. Associated British foods has embarked on opening store worldwide and until now it has ventured into Europe, Africa, America, and even Asia. In total, it is presently operating in 47 countries (Ruddick, 2012). The company specializes in foods, spices and of late, clothes retail. Its varied brands such as Primark, Twinings, and Pataks have charmed investors and ...