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Learn about strategic approaches for market leaders, challengers, followers, and nichers to gain a competitive edge. Understand the importance of customer and competitor orientations in marketing management.
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Marketing Management 3Miss/ EmanElfar Section 2 Spring 2017/2018
Strategies for Market Leaders, Challengers, Followers, and Nichers
Market Challenger Strategies There are tow basic strategies market challenger follow: • Challenge the leader with an aggressive bid (offers) for more market share • Play along with competitors and not rock the boat
Market Follower Strategies Second mover advantageoccurs when a market follower observes what has made the leader successful and improves on it • Challenges firms its own size or smaller
Market Nicher Strategies Ideal market niche is big enough to be profitable with high growth potential and has little interest from competitors Key strategies to market niching is specialization in: • Market • Customer • Product • Marketing mix
Balancing Customer and Competitor Orientations Companies need to continuously adapt strategies to face changes in the competitive environment There are three basic orientation :- • Competitor-centered company • Customer-centered company • Market-centered company