Our group project for marketing, which is assigned for this semester, with a group of five students including myself is a restaurant located in Wilton called Cactus Rose. Cactus Rose is a vibrant dining area with a fusion of Latin American entrees. Part one in our textbook is called “Marketing the First Century” which covers chapters 1-3. Part one of the textbook basically covers the importance of marketing in our everyday lives and the different strategic plans and ways of the marketing concept that will help us, particularly in the real world. Studying about this section help us gain better knowledge how important marketing is and understand the effective plans that will help us solve future problems for the business world. Part two in our Chapter 1 emphasis the importance of why marketing matters in our everyday lives. Cactus Rose is the first Latin American fusion cuisine restaurant that draws its own crowds also for its well-known tequila bar around the town of Wilton. They offer in their cuisine which includes fresh ingredients, natural beef, free range chicken, wild caught organic fish and seafood and also a variety of handcrafted margaritas. With the benefit of the marketing mix, Cactus Rose should think about what could impact its demand in terms of good, service or idea. The four Ps which are product, price, place and promotion. The four Ps will help Cactus Rose distinguish what they need to improve to better increase customer awareness, sales and profitability. A part of my contribution to the group project is conducting a new website for Cactus Rose. In terms of the four Ps, the improvements that are needed for this restaurant to gain more profit are more in the promotion decisions. In order to accomplish the marketing mix, our group planned to do more advertising for the restaurant through social The consumer decision-making process is the way in which individuals and organizations make decisions to spend their available resources, such as time or money. By filling out this process, Cactus Rose will productively market much more to customers in order to meet their needs and wants. The steps include problem recognition, information search, evaluating alternatives, making the purchase and post- purchase evaluation. Chapter 6 covers the “product life cycle”. Product life cycle is series of stages a product goes through from the time it is launched into the market until the time it is removed from the market. Cactus Rose is currently in the stage of growth. Since, Cactus Rose has been around the town of Wilton for just a couple of years, it is considered as one of the best fine dining area around town. The restaurant can still can be enhanced and promoted and gaining the people around town’s full support. Eventually, it will reach its full marketing potential in the near
Product life cycle is an important marketing concept which divides the sales history of a product into distinctive stages (Vashisht, 2005). These different stages would present their own opportunities and opportunities and thus call for different strategies for marketing practitioners. Generally, a product would goes through four stages including introduction, growth, maturity and decline. Home theatre products seem to head towards its declining stage with its sales dropped by about 10% in 2012 in Australia (Euromonitor International, 2013). Its profit is also dropping with more generous pricing competition in this market. However, there is a new trend emerging that could transform the competition landsc...
The consumer decision process consists of these six steps. First, problem recognition: Awareness of an unmet need. Second, information search: Search for alternatives that will meet your needs. Third, alternative evaluation: Evaluate the alternatives. Forth, purchase decision: Decide on the best alternative for you based on your criteria. Fifth, post-purchase behavior: Determine if you are satisfied with your choice. Sixth, disposal of product: Determine if you will keep it, upgrade it, or get rid of
This research seeks to reveal the importance of marketing strategies in today’s complex and competitive business world. For this reason, this study will discuss various theories, issues and approaches of the marketing linking them with W.L. Gore & Associates and thereby propose the best options, ideas, strategies and techniques for the improvement of the company. To reach the points, this study will especially collect secondary and qualitative data and information.
Firstly, one of the most important focuses would be given to the target customer as we will need to know more about their taste and preferences. What it is they need and or want. Particular topics covering this area will be, the need for ‘Market segmentation’, identifying a competitive position in the market about to enter in the market and studying consumer behaviour, will all be discussed.
Product lifecycle management can supply a good line of communication between all sections of product development. This results in seamless data capturing and supply, analysts’ and those working in the development sector can co-ordinate with people in marketing to ensure that ideas such as marketing strategies which might boost sales are utilized and not overlooked [2]. This approach could include improving the product and re-launching the “new improved” version, although this involves a cost to the company [2].
Marketing is not just about selling and advertising products and services. In general, marketing is associated with identifying the particular wants and needs of a target market of customers, and then working to satisfy those customers better than the competition. This involves doing market research on customers, analyzing their needs, and then making strategic decisions about product design, pricing, promotion and distribution or place (Bethel, 2007). Understanding ways to identify the target market is crucial in developing market strategy. This paper is intended to define target marketing and examine a market analysis of Stacy's Pita Chip Company.
1. The product life cycle is essential when a firm is a managing a product. While a product is in the introductory phase of its life cycle the customer is going through a learning process. Firms must consider this learning process when determining how much to spend on marketing strategies, the firm must understand that it will spend a lot of money to make the customer aware of their product and they wont see a lot of sales. During the growth phase of the life cycle the firm will see fast growth which will lead to profits or they will break even. The firm will also see declining expenditures so to properly manage their product they should concentrate more on building and holding customers rather than focusing on innovators and early adopters. At the beginning of the maturity phase sale will increase but slower because the market becomes saturated so the firm must work harder to maintain customers to keep profits from declining rapidly. Firms should focus on customer loyalty and try to increase usage by each user. When a product begins to decline a firm could either move the product to a new market in a different country or they could leave the product in the same market but not spend money on marketing the product and focus more on other products they could market.
We also focus on product life-cycle of the business goods. The stages the product undergoes from manufacturing packaging until the final stage where it focuses on time, cost and revenue generated. In the initial stage of the product, promotion is done to create awareness of the product. In this juncture profits are not a big concern of the company.
The topic also seeks to identify the marketing and promotional strategies that is most appealing to the people. The focus will be directed towards the American fast food companies that is Mc Donald`s, Burger King and KFC. In this view, the topic establishes the strongest advertisement among the three companies. Advertisements is a tool under promotion in marketing that is sells the products as well as the company to the customers. A good advertisement creates an added advantage to a company in terms of
The main objective of this report is to develop and provide a sales and marketing plan for which the company will help to generate more profit and acquire more customers to patronize the product. This report will cover the period of 2016 to 2017 which will serve as guidelines that needs to follow of the employees, managers and management team to reach the desired goals and target for the company.
Therefore, in order to be competitive in this new and lucrative market of food incubator business that My Other Kitchen is aiming for, branding and marketing is vital. In conclusion, being aware of all types of competition and identifying the risks other factors that may influence of the success of the business is of great importance.
A Product Life Cycle can vary due to various marketplace product or service offerings. Maturity length of time may vary because the end consumer was not prepared to accept the new offerings. Faster maturity breakthroughs can be a direct result of certain production service breakthroughs that usually get accepted quite quickly. Decline of a product or service can be the result of a customer interest and then disinterest. When a product or service does not extend its growth, it can be because the product or service has lost its usefulness. In conclusion, The Product Life Cycle can be used as a marketers planning tool to create portfolio planning, strategy formations, as well as future forecasting. One must never to marketplace, and competition. (Fortenberry, J. L.,
From buying a hamburger to buying a house people use a process in order to make a decision on what to buy. (book cite) describes this as the consumer decision process (pg.175). Utilizing a consumer decision process model, marketers are able to better understand how consumers are purchasing products and services. The five step consumer decision process model includes need recognition, information search, alternative evaluation, purchase, and post purchase. Not all purchases require following all five steps to a T, but consumers, whether they know it or not, follow a version of this model when making a purchase. Companies also use this model in order to effectively market their products and services. A company
An evaluation of the restaurant’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats served as the foundation for this marketing plan. The plan focuses on the restaurants marketing strategy, suggesting ways in which it can build on new customer relationships, and development of new food products and targeted to specific customer groups.
The product is either a tangible good or an intangible service that is able to meet a specific customer need or demand. All products follow product life cycle and it is important for marketers to understand and plan for different stages and their unique challenges. It is essential to understand all of the problems that the product is attempting to solve. The benefits offered by the product and all of its features need to be understood and the unique selling proposition of the product need to be studied. Moreover, the potential buyers of the product need to be identified and understood.