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    Auto Industry environment in USA

    I need an evaluation of the auto industry environment in the United States and the industry's attractiveness. Ex. barriers to entry, reaction of competitors, ect..

    Use of television to advertise

    Your company is considering the use of television to advertise its product. The CEO has asked you and the other members of the marketing department (your classmates) to evaluate this option. In particular you are to debate the following issue: Has TV advertising lost power? Long deemed the most successful advertising medium,

    Concept Selection method

    How might you use the concept selection method to determine which product features should be standard and which should be optional or add-ons? What are some ways you could communicate a concept for a new user interface for an automotive audio system? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach?

    Identifying Customer Needs

    Can the process of identifying customer needs lead to the creation of innovative product concepts? In what way? Could a structured process of identifying customer needs lead to a fundamentally new concept like Post-it Notes?

    Sonic-Introduction of PDA

    Sonic, a hypothetical start-up company, is getting ready to introduce a new multifunction personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a handheld computer. Sonic's new product in entering a marketplace crowded with offerings from palm, Handspring, and other PDA makers. Despite intense competition, Sonic can rely on numerous s

    Marketing research

    Scenario: JavaJoy, Inc. was founded by Hank Sanchez in 1980. His vision was to elevate coffee to the epicurean level of fine wine. Hank's family had been in the coffee bean brokerage business for generations but he knew that even the finest and most carefully roasted coffee beans required an excellent brewing system to achiev

    Improve Process and Data Collection Paper

    I need help with a paper that includes a description of the improved process and a "To Be" flow chart. Determine what items need to be measured to substantiate the improved process, the data required to measure improvement, and the upper and lower control limits. Select the best total quality tool to ensure continuous monitori

    Charles Schwab's website

    Charles Schwab offers a wide range of investment and financial services. When someone visits or calls a Schwab office, employees can bring up the customer's records and talk knowingly about services best suited to the person's situation. Browse www.schwab.com. a) How does this web site confirm Schwab's customer focus?

    Sources for researching market for high-end coffee brewing equipment

    Hank has doubts that funds will be available to contract with an external research organization. He asks if you would be able to perform adequate marketing research by yourself using information on the Internet. Select a region of the world (not North America) where you feel a market for high-end coffee brewing equipment exi

    Distribution Channels

    1. How would you, a manufacturer of exercise equipment, benefit from the addition of another channel of distribution to the two-level channel it now uses? 2. When motivating channel members, you have several sources of power from which to draw. List those sources and give an example of how each can be used.

    Distribution Channels

    Peoples Bank, based in Connecticut, uses its web site as a key channel for reaching individuals, business customers, and prospects. Not only can customers e-mail the bank with questions, they can click on a link to have a bank representative call them with further information or choose another link if they want to chat online. I

    Media Planning and Strategy

    1) Select one of the following categories: computers (Dell and Gateway), mobile phones (such as Cingular and Verizon), restaurant franchises (such as Subway and Quizno's), and insurance (such as Allstate and State Farm). 2) Research and discuss the choice of advertising media used by the two organizations in your assigned ca

    Media Strategies for Profit & Non-Profit Orgs

    You have a friend in a non-profit organization who has come to you for help in media. 1) First, examine and write a paragraph on how their media strategies will be different from for-profit organizations. 2) Next, explain your friend's company's unique situation and any obstacles it faces for campaigning (search the web

    Marketing Mix

    Marketing Mix: Communications & Promotion Item: Pentax PocketJet 3 with Bluetooth The final component of the Strategic Marketing Plan is the Marketing Mix. The Marketing Mix is the set of decisions about price, communications and promotion, product policy, channels of distribution, and customer relationship management. Onl

    Marketing Research: JavaJoy company growth

    Scenario: JavaJoy, Inc. was founded by Hank Sanchez in 1980. His vision was to elevate coffee to the epicurean level of fine wine. Hank's family had been in the coffee bean brokerage business for generations but he knew that even the finest and most carefully roasted coffee beans required an excellent brewing system to achi

    Online travel services and priceline

    The online market for travel services will reach $63 billion within a few years, and Priceline.com aims to capture a significant share; already, it is high on the top-ten list of travel Web sites. After a brief period of diversification into name-your-price sales of groceries and gasoline, the company has refocused on its core t

    Competitive Market and Marketing Strategies

    1. You have been asked to give a brief lecture on "Positioning Errors to Avoid" for a local Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Provide a brief summary of your lecture. In your lecture be sure to give specific examples, of known service companies avoiding or falling prey to "positioning errors". 2. Ricketts Heating and Air installs

    Retail Trends

    How do you feel that ebay has effected current retail trends? How has this impacted buyers behavior?

    Background on Winsome's sales structure...

    Because of your grasp of what needs to be done and your leadership skills, you have been chosen as project manager for this project. Your first order of business as the project manager is the development of the scope statement. Your boss has asked to see the sales deliverables. You have met with the sales manager and have a ge

    Sonic, a hypothetical start-up company

    Sonic, a hypothetical start-up company, is getting ready to introduce a new multifunction personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a handheld computer. Sonic's new product in entering a marketplace crowded with offerings from palm, Handspring, and other PDA makers. Despite intense competition, Sonic can rely on numerous s

    Tactical Plan

    Develop a tactical plan utilizing at least 5 of the PR tools listed below: Direct Mail Internet/Intranet Event Planning Promotional items

    Public relations campaign

    A financial organization wants to position itself as a leader in embracing diversity in the workplace. I need to come up with a public relations campaign to help this company achieve this. What could be my target audience for the PR campaign? Please be detailed and give many examples. What would be some issues that I could

    Marketing Research

    Task - 7-10 slides with notes Objective - Use effective communication techniques. Discuss the marketing research process, including problem definition, research design, data collection, data analysis and the use of the results. Define different types of data. Details: You are beginning to understand the market

    Headphones

    What is the brand of headphones that are worn by almost all of the professional football coaches? and Why?