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CHAPTER 3-THE MARKETING ENVIRONMENT. MKT 202. Marketing Environment. The environment inside which the firm has to make marketing plans and decisions. The two broad categories are Microenvironment Macroenvironment. Microenvironment. The Company itself Management structure-flat vs. tall
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Marketing Environment • The environment inside which the firm has to make marketing plans and decisions. The two broad categories are • Microenvironment • Macroenvironment
Microenvironment • The Company itself • Management structure-flat vs. tall • Management Policies-Fair vs. Unfair • Corporate philosophy-Open vs. Rigid
Microenvironment • Suppliers • Quality of Raw Materials • Timely delivery of raw materials • Good source of market information • Access to priority
Microenvironment • Market Intermediaries • Resellers • Banks/Financial Institutions • Market Research Firms • Ad agencies • Physical distributors
Microenvironment • Competitors • Direct • Indirect • Substitute product • Complementary product
Microenvironment • Customers • Individual • Corporate/Organizational • Government • International
Microenvironment (Publics) • Financial Public • Local Public • Citizen Action Public • Government Public • Media Public • General Public • Internal Public
Macroenvironment • Demographics (Population Factors) • Increased population • Increased middle class • Changing family systems • Joint to nuclear families • Large to small families • Working women • Increasing diversity
Macroenvironment • Economic Environment • Industrial • Developing • Subsistence • Engel’s Law
Macroenvironment • Natural Environment • Shortage of raw materials • Increased pollution • Increased government intervention • Greater focus on Sustainability
Macroenvironment • Technological Factors: Summary of the Digital Age in Chapter 1 • Cultural Factors: • Primary (Core) Beliefs-they will never change • Secondary Beliefs-they may change, so marketers try to influence them.