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Analyzing the
Marketing
Environment
Chapter 3
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Marketing Environment
Studying the marketing environment
allows marketers to take advantage
of opportunities and combat threats
Marketing intelligence and research
are used to collect information about
the environment
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The Demographic
Environment
Demography: The study of human
populations in terms of size, density,
location, age, gender, race,
occupation, and other statistics
The changing age structure of the
U.S. population is a significant
demographic trend
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Baby Boomers
78 million people born between 1946
and 1964
Wealthiest generation in history
Account for 50% of consumer spending
Hold of the nations financial assets
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Generation X
49 million, born
from 1965 to 1976
Most educated
generation to date
Less materialistic
than other groups
Skeptical of
marketing
Careful spenders
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Millennials
83 million, born between 1977 and
2000
$733 billion in purchasing power
Ethnically diverse
Fluent with digital technology
Personalization and product
customization are key to marketing
success
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Millennials
The Keds campaignHow Do
You Do?engages Millennials
through print ads, a micro Web
site, YouTube videos, Twitter,
Facebook, brand ambassadors,
artists, and a mobile campus
tour
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Increasing Diversity
Ethnic groups have mixed together but
maintained diversity by retaining
cultural differences
An attractive diversity segment for
marketers is the 54 million U.S. adults
with disabilities
Many major companies also explicitly
target gay and lesbian consumers
Marketers design products, ads, and
promotions for different groups
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Increasing Diversity
Samsung features people with
disabilities in its mainstream
advertising and signs
endorsement deals with
Paralympic athletes
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Income Distribution
Top 5 percent of American earners
get nearly 22 percent of the
countrys adjusted gross income
Bottom 40 percent of American
earners get just 12.6 percent of the
total income
Unequal distribution of income has
created a tiered market
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Income Distribution
To capture Indias growing middle
class, Tata Motors introduced the
small, affordable Tata Nano
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The Technological
Environment
Companies that do not keep up with
technological changes will soon find
their products outdated
Marketers should be aware of
government regulations when
applying new technologies and
developing new products
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Walmart encourages
suppliers
shipping products to its
distribution centers to
apply RFID tags to their
pallets
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Cause-Related Marketing
To exercise their
social
responsibility and
build more
positive images,
many companies
are now linking
themselves to
worthwhile causes
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Themselves
Others
Organizations
Society
Nature
The universe
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Marketing at Work
The Pepsi Refresh Project makes
doing good a major element of
the brands mission
The project awards thousands of
dollars in grants to fund
worthwhile ideas
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Responding to the
Marketing Environment
Reactive firms Passive, simply
react to changes in the marketing
environment
Proactive firms - Manage the
marketing environment via actions
designed to affect the publics and
forces in the marketing environment
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Responding to the
Marketing Environment
Examples of proactive responses
Hiring lobbyists
Running advertorials
Pressing lawsuits
Filing complaints with regulators
Forming agreements to control
distribution channels
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Marketing at Work
The Internet
makes it easier for
consumers to
share information
about products
It is essential for
companies to
manage their
online reputations
well
Boeings embarrassing
blunder over young Harry
Winsors airplane design
made instant national news,
a potential disaster that
Boeing managed to turn
positive
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