Global Marketing

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With nearly half of the world’s largest corporations, an export rate only second behind China, and the perceived value of American goods by foreign consumers, the need for global marketing by companies in the United States is a necessity. Global marketing expands a company’s market, allowing them to grow, and not only rely on their own country resources and revenues for their success. Companies that expand operations abroad gain benefits to their business such as new approaches to distribution, development of new products, and new insights into customer behaviors. As a nation, global trade provides a way to source needed materials and products that are either not available, or in insufficient amounts to meet the needs of customers.
Environmental factors have a large influence when deciding to expand a business abroad. Marketers must pay attention and understand not only the demand patterns of the targeted markets, but also the competitive, economic, social-cultural, political-legal, and technological influences. A nations size, economic development and income determine its prospect...

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