6.1 Marketing Mix Marketing mix is a set of controllable marketing tactics used by business to promote their product and achieve its marketing objectives. (L. Lake, 15 June 2017) Marketing mix is also called the 4Ps which consist of Promotion, Place, Product and Price. (M. J. Baker, 2001, p.54) 6.1.1 Product A product is the item that business makes with aim to fulfil the needs and wants of customers. It is also the item that business actually sold to the customers. For our company, our product is the ice cream. (Talloo, 2007, p.154) 6.1.1.1 Product Design- features and quality Our company has designed our products according to the features and quality that all range of customer desires. Our ice cream is made from natural fruits such as …show more content…
6.1.2 Price Price is the value or amount that customer pays to buy a product. For instance, for our Star Lab ice cream shop, we need to consider the cost of production of our ice cream, price of our main competitor and our potential customers demographics in order to succeed this competitive market. (C. Breidert, 2007, p.9) 6.1.2.1 Pricing Strategy Pricing strategy that can be used by our company such as penetration pricing, cost-plus pricing, value based pricing and more. But we think that market penetration pricing is the best pricing strategy to be used by our business. Market penetration pricing is about setting a lower price on our product with aim to attract customers to buy our product because of the cheaper price compare with other competitor. In our ice cream industry, we have many competitors such as Gelato and Llaollao, so we can use this strategy to stand out among other competitor and draw attention from the customers. After we had successfully penetrated into the market, we will slowly raise back our price to our normal pricing. (A. Pahwa, 28 January …show more content…
It is finalised strategies to enhance business and product’s positions in selected markets. (N. Paley, 1999, p.9) 6.2.1 Location The location of our company is at Prima Setapak. This is because we see many opportunities at that area as there are many students and working adults living there. There was primary school and a secondary school near our shop. Moreover, there were a few condominiums near our business location. A lot of college students and working adults are living in the condominium too. It is very convenient and easy for them to walk to our shop as it only takes 5 to 10 minutes to walk to our shop. But in the future, our goal is to locate our business to a shopping complex such as KLCC and MidValley. This is because we plan to spread across our business and let more people know about it. We plan to add more franchise to other locations, not just operating our business in Prima Setapak only. (J. Hayzlett, 4 August 2016) 6.2.2 Products and
There are several real estate opportunities, especially for companies that will gather for this group of residents. With this in mind, the demand for condominium and apartments is on the rise. In fact, several older buildings are being converted to chic apartments. The projection is that, if the employment and
Product concept is when the quality of the product is premium, performance and features. Sales concept is when businesses sell products or services and it would manufacture goods that are profitable when selling using marketing techniques. Marketing
The various offerings form the marketing mix product strategy of the brand. The business segments of Coles are- Coles supermarket, Coles online, Coles liquor, Coles express, Coles Financial Services, Spirit Hotels The products sold at the supermarket include- Baby products, Bakery, Dairy, Deli, Fresh fruit & veg, Coles Mobile, Gift cards, Heston, Liquor, Meat, Gluten free, Kosher Coles also offers its own brands such as Graze Grass-Fed Beef and BonSucro sugar. Coles has exclusive contracts with Shell and offers fuel at its Coles express convenience stores.
Market penetration is a strategy that involves getting your current market to like and buy your product more. Costco’s current market is small business owners and a select number of adults who want to buy a lot of product at once for a decent price. With the current trend of buying organic, Costco could use this strategy by advertising their organic products more, while continuing to provide samples of them inside. This would remind their customers that they do in fact have organic products, and make them want to come in to buy them. Offering samples would allow them to try the products you advertised, where they might fall in love with it and decide to buy something even if they were on the fence, or were planning on buying something
So, to set price of a product a company should consider the customer’s perceived value. Gregg plc provides its customers different kind of product. So, depending on the products quality, quantity and types the price is fixed by the company. Foods which are provided by the company are very popular to the customers. The price of the food is not so high for the purchaser.
Chapter 11 Review 1. Psychological pricing the organization establishes prices that appeal to tendencies in consumer behavior. It's a practice used more often by retailers than by manufacturers o Prestige Pricing - A situation where a high price contributes to the image of a product and to the status of the buyer. Example : Rolex o Odd-Even Pricing – Establishing prices below even dollar amounts. Example: pair shoes placed at $49.99 sounds better than $50.00 o Customary Pricing - Matching prices to a buyer’s expectations; the price reflects tradition or is a price that people are accustomed to paying.
This approach uses the mathematical models to analyse the variation in customer behavior for buying a particular service or product with varying prices. Price optimization includes analyzing competitive management, customer elasticity models and other optimization techniques. This approach is generally used to provide its customers a tailored pricing for different needs and demands of the customers. This strategy helps AllState to come up with new and different price mixes as per the dynamic market and customer needs. This approach helped AllState to retain their loyal customers by providing them services at customized
The use of a marketing mix is a great method to help make sure that positioning the right product in the right place will take place. It is an essential tool to know what products can be proposed and how to plan for an effective product offering and also help to discover growth opportunities in a market. In the 70’s it was extensively recognised by marketers that the marketing mix should be modernised. The extended marketing mix known as the 7Ps was created by Booms & Bitner in 1981 which include 3 other features to the 4 P’s.
D) Marketing Plan (4Ps) Marketing Mix (4Ps) • Product – Divide product into three categories for different market o High-end function, design, and price – to target high-end group. The function will feature the highest potential such as child protection lock, built-in coffee and toaster maker, rotisserie, new technology
The reason being is that since Yummy O’s is a new cereal product entering the market, there are already other existing competitors such as Kellogg’s. Those competitors are more established cereal products than Yummy O’s is. Knowing this, the pricing penetration can be used as the tactic for pricing the Yummy O’s cereal. According to Grewal & Levy (2018), the concept of price penetration is to set prices low to introduce the product and generate sales of the product immediately. Observing the demand curve, a low price of a cereal product can emit a high quantity of demand for the cereal product.
4.4 Pricing Strategy For a number of reasons, price is one of the most important aspects of an effective marketing strategy (Gerstein & Friedman, 2015). First, price is the only marketing variable that generates revenue. Second, buyers see price as an attribute of value (Tanner & Raymond, n.d.). Consequently, an organization must carefully assess its internal and external environment to choose the most effective pricing objective, which—in turn—will drive a product’s initial pricing strategy.
KFC campany, or KFC, and also known as Kentucky Chicken. It is a fast food based in Louisville. KFC was found by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952. Brand from 1997 when the company was spun off from Pepsico. He become a well-known personality throughout thousands of KFC restaurant or outlets worldwide.
The pricing strategy or pricing policy is one of the most important managers make for a product as it affects the profitable outcome and competitiveness that a product may make. (Toni, 2017). A business can use a variety of pricing strategies when selling a product or service. The price can be set to maximize profitability for each unit sold or from the market overall. It can also be used to defend an existing market from new entrants, to increase market share within a market or to enter a new market by dropping the price or offering more benefits with the device such as packages.
Synopsis Consistent taste and “word of mouth” is what has taken Student Biryani, a brand of Café Student, from a small roadside vendor to one of Pakistan’s fastest growing franchise networks. The Karachi-based food outlet – after attracting notable traffic in Dubai – now wants to test North American and European markets; extend its Gulf network through global franchising. STUDENT BIYRYANI is a famous national brand making waves in the ethnic food markets in Pakistan since last four decades. Founded by Haji Muhammad Ali in 1969, Student Biryani was prepared only in one tumbler (Deig) catering to around 40 servings.
Product design can fulfil the demands of the customers and they are willing visit the same company again in the future. Referencing to the words of Vonderembse (n.d.),