Development of pre-dried and blended lime mortars for the ready-mix market
Essay - 7 pages - Services marketing
The following document will overview the development of pre-dried and blended lime mortars for the Ready-mix Market, including a overview of some of the technological developments in the market of pre-dried and blended lime mortar mix, or Ready Mix. It will conduct a literature review on the...
Wal-Mart ( 2007 )
Essay - 5 pages - Services marketing
Wal-Mart, one of the largest retailers and employers in the world, has surged to the top of the business world through its various control mechanisms. Its market power, 2nd mechanism, third mechanism, and fourth mechanism, are essential to its success, but there are also some negatives to deal...
The role of marketing and advertising of the London's West Ends
Essay - 5 pages - Services marketing
Recent hit shows from the Sound of Music to Joseph have driven the reversal in fortune of West End theatres, which had suffered a trend in declining ticket revenue and profits in the last decade. In January 2008, the Society of London Theatre announced a record breaking year in 2007 with more...
To what extent does e-commerce favour market facilitation over consumer objectives?
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Traditional business models cite “location, location, location” as the critical factor for commercial success, however the hallmark of e-commerce is that issues of location in the physical sense are not relevant . As such, the concept of “location” has created an internal...
Advertising and branding in society
Essay - 6 pages - Services marketing
While there is debate about the effectiveness of advertising in society, few can escape the reach of advertising in everyday life. In one day at Dominican University, we witness the effects of brand names and advertising in many forms. Upon walking through the doors of Caleruega, the...
General Electric's product differentiation strategy
Market study - 3 pages - Services marketing
Throughout the course of its development, General Electric has undergone a number of changes. While many of the changes have been quite overwhelming for the organization—such as when Jack Welch took over in 1980 and drastically downsized the organization—the end result has been the...
Itunes Differentiators : Pricing and Product Quality at Work
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
The iTunes Music Store is an epitome of the success of effective pricing strategy. It has been launched by Apple in 2003 and since then has been a phenomenon in terms of the sales of digital music. Originally, the store has been opened for Macs running OS X with an archive of 200,000 songs; to...
Toward a Popular Trade Regime
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Services marketing
This paper aims to articulate a set of reforms that may bring the benefits of free trade to a wider populace, thereby increasing domestic support for and ethical merit of the free trade regime. Counter to the opinion above, I argue that the current form of globalization must include economic...
Organic and fair trade coffee in Chiapas
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Though I have never been a coffee-drinker, the ideological and symbolic weight of coffee has not escaped me. With caffeine for the office worker and flavor for the distinguished upper-class palate, coffee's appeal stretches across many socioeconomic categories and occupies a unique register of...
Effects of ethanol trade barriers on U.S. and Brazilian markets
Thesis - 7 pages - Services marketing
Rising oil prices, a slowing U.S. economy, the war on terror, and increasing concern about global warming have all converged on the international stage and in the mind of the average U.S. consumer in recent years. Calls for energy independence, clean energy, and cheaper alternatives to oil have...
Marketing in Major League Baseball
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Even before the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, people were religiously collecting their merchandise. Now, with the onslaught of newly marketed “2004World Champions” merchandise, there are even more t-shirts and hats to go around. Yet, this obsession goes beyond apparel. In the...
Business case study: Panera Bread
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Panera Bread began back in 1981. It started out as a small sandwich shop. After going public the company grew in size with the addition of more stores. It is currently headquartered in Missouri. Revenue has seen a tremendous change for the better. This year alone revenue is expected to come out...
The Top Principles of Communication
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
Corporations, organizations and even the individuals that make them up are in a culture where super-communication is of utmost importance. Cell phones, pagers, e-mail and instant messenger make communication more evolved then it was even ten years ago and while person-to-person communication has...
Communication Theory: Broken Down
Essay - 4 pages - Services marketing
Truth is the underlying layer to all human actions. Truth is the deciding factor of integrity (honesty) and it is what we yearn for and seek after like nothing else. Theory, on the other hand, is the outer layer of truth, sort of like the very beginnings of peeling back an onion. As time...
Field Project: Au Bon Pain
Market study - 3 pages - Services marketing
Au Bon Pain was established and opened its first café in 1978, in Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The goal of this first café was to offer fresh baked bread and cater to commuters, tourists, shoppers, students, and residents located throughout the city of Boston. Au Bon has been greatly...
Interpellation of Subjects in Advertising
Market study - 4 pages - Services marketing
In the world of marketing and advertising, reaching the target audience of a magazine or other media source is essential for the success of the marketing campaign. Advertisers take many factors in to consideration including age, sex, race, and class when creating ads to market a product or...
Example of A Cover Letter For A Sale Position
Sample resume - 1 pages - Services marketing
I am applying for a sales representative position listed on the [location of listing]. I believe that I have a lot to offer [Company Name]. In [Month, Year], I [will or have] graduate(d) from the [university] with a [type of degree], bolstered by years of work experience in management and...
Product Placement: "Casino Royale"
Essay - 2 pages - Services marketing
In this latest Bond movie, the British Mi6 agent is assigned the mission to thwart international terrorism financed by money won through gambling. In order to do this, he needs to track down the financier “Le Chiffre”. Bond movies are classically known for the significant amount of...
Is it ethical to market to children?
Essay - 2 pages - Services marketing
For-profit corporations increasingly tend to infiltrate (overtly and subliminally) our lives. One example of their interference is marketing strategies aimed at children. Adult consumers are like roaches: they tend to become “immune” to classical marketing strategies and advertisements....
Comparing two advertisements: "Got milk?"
Thesis - 4 pages - Services marketing
The first advertisement that I have chosen was found in an issue of teen people magazine. This magazine is geared toward teenagers and young adults, around the age of 13-20. The advertisement itself depicts a famous young singer, Fefe Dobson, jumping with a microphone. The background is simple,...
Radio frequency identification implementation in the supermarket industry
Essay - 6 pages - Services marketing
This paper discusses the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the supermarket industry. RFID is based on the transmission of radio frequency waves by RFID tags to RFID readers. The RFID tags are attached to products or pallets and can be embedded with a wide variety of...
How to use rumours as a marketing tool?
Dissertation - 68 pages - Services marketing
Today, advertising a new product is totally different than it was 10 years ago. For years, consumers have been flooded by TV, radio, newspaper ads, posters and fliers and more recently, internet spam, pop ups, banners, etc. The frequency of advertising is so high that most consumers often do not...
Gfk Group. Market research
Case study - 14 pages - Services marketing
The GfK Group is the 4th market research organization worldwide. Its activities cover five business divisions Custom Research, Retail and Technology, Consumer Tracking, Media and HealthCare. The Group has approximately 130 companies located in more than 70 countries and a current total of...
Marketing case: Palm
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
To develop the PalmPilot, Palm Computing used the following steps: •New product Strategy development •Idea generation •Development •Market testing •Commercialisation The PalmPilot target market includes technology opinion leaders; they are innovators, which involves...
Green marketing issues about Total
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
Total is a leading multinational energy company with 111, 401 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, Total is the fourth largest publicly-traded oil and gas integrated company in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas...
Effective Advertising
Essay - 12 pages - Services marketing
Despite rapid changes in the global environment and competitive landscape, advertising remains being perceived as the main marketing communication tool. Though it can be disputable, but not in terms of mass audience reach and therefore expensiveness (PICTON, David & BRODERICK, Amanda 2005,...
Tiffany vs. Bvlgari (2005)
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Jewelry sector is the largest in the luxury goods industry with global retail sales amounting to $150 billion. US.representing the biggest market of $ 43 billion. Within the luxury industry, the following jewelers are the major players: Tiffany, Cartier, under parent company Richemont, Bvlgari...
Sergio Rossi : challenges in the emerging market
Case study - 51 pages - Services marketing
The brand history: at the beginning : Sergio Rossi learned the art of shoe making by working beside his father. He established his own brand in the 50's at San Mauro Pascoli. He created shoes for urban and sophisticated customers. Demand increased during the 60's and 70's while Italy's quality...
Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong
Case study - 42 pages - Services marketing
Our Mission : “To provide Hong Kong customers with the “fun, fashion and feel-good experience” that granted its success in the Uk while modeling and adapting the Harvey Nichols' brand values to the Hong Kong's environment.” Our Strategy : Complementary product selection to...
Coach and Polo Ralph Lauren
Case study - 55 pages - Services marketing
International distribution focus : Coach: mainly focus on US & JP, with limited presence in other countries, especially in Europe. Polo: more interested in global expansion in Euro and Asia (GCR, JP, Korea, Russia, etc). Factory outlet penetration : Coach: more selections of product and...
