Customers usually make decision of purchase by comparing the “value” of a product or service, which can be looked as the benefit–sacrifice ratio. Many customers find the prices of most health club and gyms too high because they see little value in some of extra amenities, in other words, they find that the benefit they receive is not valuable, comparing to the sacrifices they make; in this case, the benefit-sacrifice ratio in this case is pretty low. Therefore, Planet Fitness offers good value membership, which means high benefit-sacrifice ratio for customers, comparing to other major gyms. This benefit-sacrifice ratio helps Planet Fitness to attract new customers, because, for customers, they see good value membership with high benefit-sacrifice
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With much success expanding into a global market, Lululemon’s vision was to evaluate the world from mediocrity to greatness. To achieve this vision, a strategy was developed with a network of leaders and established three different kinds of calculated sales programs in the hope of increasing love for yoga and improving the level of health within their communities. These are opportunities missed by the company, with the potential to provide the company with financial growth and further brand recognition. Increasing the products they offer to all genders and ages is only going to create more product awareness and consumer loyalty.
...e over ten million customers, providing over 500 brands and thousands of products. For added income, in December of 2012, the company launched their own supplement line taking into account all the positive and negative reviews of existing brand reviews, to create a product consumers like, with the ability to offer lower prices by eliminating the middle man, selling directly from their site. They advertise their personal product line all throughout their site, so that visitors leaving the site without seeing their product are rare. They also provide their own clothing and accessory line, offering customers top of the line products for low prices, which serves as a way to advertise for a profit. Strategically, Bodybuilding.com uses top Youtube.com famous professional and inspirational bodybuilding models, displaying their product on recognizable faces and fit bodies.
Traditionally, the choices for the health minded were limited to large facilities, “big box” clubs. Typically, the larger facilities were charging premium membership rates to cover the extraordinary fixed costs associated with unique amenities (i.e. pool, sauna, hot tubs, showers). “It is very, very difficult to make money in the fitness industry. In order to thrive, you really have to have a niche and sell it (Ohikuare, n.d.). As such, a number of entrepreneurs seized on this market opportunity and the model for the self-service fitness club was born. The concept was to offer customers a smaller facility with the same quality equipment at an affordable price. Essentially, the new offering segmented the existing market by attracting those customers reluctantly paying for amenities they were not using in the large “big box” facility. In addition, the self-service facility would attract new customers who were either unwilling to pay the higher cost of membership and/or intimidated by the traditional facility. In the words of Peter Taunton, founder of Snap Fitness, "What separates us from everyone else is that we don't compromise the quality and integrity of the workout experience" (Sinkler,
The marketing sector is highly competitive and with the increasing trends of entrepreneurship, employers are feeling increasingly pressured to be more inventive and generous with their benefits package which is why WTN has elected to include a Health Spending Account and a Fitness Subsidy Allowance for both our full-time and part-time employees, as well as
Net Promoter Score is becoming an increasingly popular tool used by many companies who try to assess customer loyalty. The Net Promoter Score is based from a model developed by Frederick Reichheld in the book, “The Ultimate Question” (Beyond 2). The system helps measure customer loyalty between an organization and a consumer. The Net Promoter score was designed on an 11-point scale from (0 to 10) and it separates the customers into promoters, passives and detractors (beyond 2). Promoters are people who score 9’s and 10’s on the Net Promoter Score scale. The passives are the people who are 7’s and 8’s on the Net Promoter Score scale. The detractors are the people that are from 0 to 6 on the promoter score scale. One of the main goals of the Net Promoter Score scale is to recognize what each of the companies customers are defined as and to try and convert the detractors and passives to Promoters. The promoters are people who feel their lives are being enriched by their relationship with the company. They are very loyal to the company and have multiple purchases with the company. They tell many different people about the company to try and influence others to shop or use the company. They offer good feedback on how to stay successful or even become more successful in the future. The passive customers are people who make few recommendations to others about the company. Bring little energy to the company and are likely to go to a competitor if they offer a great discount on a product. The detractors are customers who feel that their lives are not enriched by shopping or affiliating with that particular business (Freimark 21). The detractors become dissatisfied with the company or experiences they have had with the company. They ta...
Ninety percent of Canadians are enrolled in at least one loyalty program. Market research has shown that loyalty programs are growing to be very popular in today’s market. A loyalty program is a program offered by a company to customers, who make frequent purchases. Loyalty programs are of benefit to both the consumers and the business. The consumers benefit by receiving coupons, special access to sales and new products whereas the company benefits by gaining an abundance of knowledge about the consumers, through their purchasing habits. Loyalty programs have proven to be very successful for several companies such as Target, Starbucks, and Shoppers Drug Mart. The senior management in sales and marketing believe that initiating a loyalty program
Table of contents 1 Market Background………………………………………………………………..…….3 1.1 Market for Health and Fitness product category…………………………………….3 1.2 The customer (market) needs and/or wants that are to be satisfied………………… .3 1.3 History of Health and Fitness Industry (U.S. and worldwide)...…………………….4 2 Business external (macro) environmental factors………. ………………………….
Incentive to join an organization in order to gain the companionshiop, status, or pleasure that results from membership
Politicians have had a major influence over how the environment is treated; whether it is for the benefit or detriment of the environment. However, environmentalists mostly agree that the environment is in danger. Much of the negative effects have been coming from the fossil fuel industry. However, the essential question is: If fossil fuels are bad for the environment, then why are they not being regulated more strictly? Republicans are to blame for two reasons; one being bad talking environmentalist terms such as “global warming”, and two being their policies that are biased in favor of the fossil fuel industry. Another issue is the way companies are negatively affecting people of lower income, especially those of non-white background. Both claims work hand in
In order to fulfill customer needs, companies offer a lot of shopping ways to customers like bonus point programs and membership programs. Customers can obtain the redemption products and enjoy discounts when purchasing by joining these programs, which can lead to save more.
that 81% thought that the price of the gym was fair for the quality of
The benefit of physical fitness is to prevent obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle thru training and focusing on the body’s compositions. Physical fitness is the measure of the body’s ability to go full capacity. If one doesn’t exercise ones body doesn’t work at its full potential all the time. Exercise can lower the risk of having major problems with ones body and relieve stress.
In other words, their purchasing power is more focused on their need, health, and efficiency and cost effective. It is with this in mind, this writer would say that there lies a possibility for a company to cater to both its best interest and that of the consumer conjointly. Without customers, there would not be any company; therefore, a secure partnership between the company and customers would be more beneficial for both parties, in that the customers would be loyal to the company based on if they feel valued and if their needs are being met by the company. The company can foster this partnership by building a strong customer relationship management – where they have a customer-centric model in which they learn ways to enhance their product and service through feedback received from the customers. Here, both interests of the company and the customer will be
Every consumer has a unique way of measuring benefits versus costs and will sometimes pay for higher quality items and other times buy the low costs items, depending on which has the highest value to them.