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Which Celebrity to Use?

Consumer Behavior, Member Activities, Promotion, Review Exercises

Sometimes it can be effective for a firm to utilize a celebrity to help promote their product/brand. The student task is to identify whether any of the following firms could possibly benefit from using an ‘available’ celebrity.
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Selecting the Message Appeal

Consumer Behavior, Member Activities, Promotion, Review Exercises

The message appeal also plays a part in communicating the overall positioning for the brand/product. In this activity, students need to select the most appropriate type of ‘appeal’ (refer list below) for each challenge listed.
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Push or Pull Strategy?

Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Promotion

Using the information provided, students decide whether the type of firms listed at the end of the discussion should adopt a ‘push’ a ‘pull’ or a balanced/mixed promotional emphasis.
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Which IMC Tools to Use?

Member Activities, New Product Process, Promotion, Review Exercises

For this activity, student need to determine the three most suitable IMC tools for several businesses with differing promotional objectives.

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Evaluate their Retail Strategy

Decisions and Mini-Cases, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Segmentation and Positioning, Services/CRM, Strategy and Plans

This case study outlines the strategic plan for Thompson-Smith, a fictitious retailer with multiple brands (retail formats). The task is to evaluate their five strategic priorities.
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Impact on Positioning

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Products and Brands, Segmentation and Positioning

This activity outlines two situations in regards to the potential impact on the firm’s positioning due to their distribution channel selection.
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When to Buy a Franchise?

Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, New Product Process, Places and Channels, Services/CRM

This activity looks at a conversation between two brothers who are planning to buy into a retail franchise system. But their problem is that they cannot decide ‘when’ to buy a franchise.
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Which Store to Franchise?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels

In this activity, students need to determine whether a fast-food restaurant or a convenience store would be a more appropriate vehicle for franchising?

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Should You Have Your Own Sales Team?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Promotion

In this activity, students need to choose whether a new furniture manufacturer should set up its own sales team or utilize an established company of sales agents?
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Should We Use a Wholesaler?

B2B Marketing, Discussion Exercises, Member Activities, Places and Channels, Promotion

Removing the middle-man (a wholesaler) from the channel will provide a higher per unit margin for a manufacturer, but will it result in a higher profit overall?
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