Mary Kay cosmetics: Asian market entry - published: 17/02/2009
Case study - 14 pages - International marketing
Mary Kay Cosmetics (MKC) is an American company that deals directly with selling of cosmetics and toiletries products. It has existed for 15 years since 1992. It is implanted in 21 countries and planning to market 4 or 5 new markets. It is a “feminine firm” which promotes a strong...
The Chinese motorcycle industry
Case study - 10 pages - International marketing
The motorcycle industry in China was born in the 1950's, with the foundation of the Beijing Motorcycle Factory. Today, China is the largest producer in the world, accounting for nearly half of the world's total production. The first Chinese motorcycle was developed in 1951 to meet the country's...
Marketing plan du vin chilien Montgras
Case study - 8 pages - International marketing
This Chilean company was created in 1992 by two brothers, Hermann and Eduardo Gras along with an associate, Cristian Hartwig. The main objective for its creation was to provide export-quality wines. Nowadays, MontGras is ranked 20th among the Chilean wine exporters. In addition, it grew to be one...
Sales Promotion of Red Bull in France and China
Market study - 14 pages - International marketing
It seems interesting to analyse Red Bull, as the company uses unique methods of marketing. The brand relies on buzz marketing and word of mouth. The company, which is already established in 144 countries worldwide, launched its famous beverage in France. Most of Red Bull consumers are young...
Baboshirts
Case study - 13 pages - International marketing
"Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, services, organizations, and events to create and maintain relationships that will satisfy individual and organizational objectives." The main purpose of this project is to...
How to implant a French cafe in Ireland in terms of marketing communication?
Case study - 9 pages - International marketing
A French cafe-bar is trying to enter the Irish market. A marketing team has been taken into account for several matters, such as, the location, the café-culture, the market data and the customers' habits. To launch this cafe-bar, marketers will have to develop an integrated marketing...
Marketing plan for Caudalie products in Saudi Arabia
Case study - 55 pages - International marketing
Caudalie, founded in 1993 by two people: Mathilde Bernard Thomas and Professor Vercauteren, features products made from grape pips (from wine producer: Laffite), which are considered to be highly beneficial for the skin. Two years later, the duo launched their first range of products. Keeping in...
Player in the international market: The introduction of Emmi energy drink
Case study - 30 pages - International marketing
As the leading Swiss maker of cheese and milk, Emmi hopes to continue being one of Europe's innovation leaders and trendsetters in the market of milk products. The brand expects to see an above average growth in the international markets over the course of a year and annual growth of 2-3% over...
A new sunscreen line in Kuwaiti market
Case study - 15 pages - International marketing
In Western countries, the photo damage created by the sun is a public concern. People are encouraged by governments to heighten of public awareness of the risk linked to sun exposure. The use of sunscreen as one of the ways to protect the skin against its alteration on a short or long term is...
Marketing challenges when targeting developed markets: How to overcome them?
Case study - 13 pages - International marketing
Over the past decade, many Asian companies have established branded products in several emerging markets (consumer electronics industry or domestic appliances for example). But nowadays, the next challenge is, for emerging market companies, to establish branded products in developed countries....
How to launch a new line of children's educational books in Senegal?"
Essay - 10 pages - International marketing
Educational books are bought by the pupil or student or loaned by the school. Nevertheless, in Africa, the situation is a little different. Because of the lack of financial capacities, the schools and the students can usually not afford to buy these books. That is why there are often charity...
International brand management: the cases of Nike, Danone and Coca-Cola
Dissertation - 29 pages - International marketing
Globalization is a business strategy. Globalization has allowed developing countries to earn money on assets through investments. The related absence of government intervention enabled reduction in corruption, elimination in trade regulation, liberalization of capital markets and an increase in...
Australian wines in the Irish wine
Sectorial analysis - 11 pages - International marketing
For the last 20 years, the Irish wine market has grown ceaslessly in terms of value and volume. Australia is the leader in the Irish wine market. However, the distribution system in Ireland does not allow the Australian companies to have a strong power of negotiation. The Irish wine market is a...
Business plan for the start-up of a clothes shop in China: Frenchy
Business plan - 21 pages - International marketing
We are going to launch a new brand in the most famous emerging market in the world: China. The concept is to launch a semi-luxury clothing company with the brand name ‘Frenchy'. Our objectives are very simple; we want to open a French clothing shop in China, because this market is growing...
International marketing: the French company Caroll in Brazil
Case study - 30 pages - International marketing
In order to enter the Brazilian market, the French company Caroll has to adapt its strategy. Indeed there are a lot of competitors like Zara, Etam and the local competitors. The Brazilian market represents a good opportunity for the firm and Caroll has to develop its brand on the Brazilian market...
Case study of international marketing: Cardno MBK in Indonesia (2006)
Case study - 6 pages - International marketing
Question 1 The first part of the essay deals with the pros of the negotiation enumerating what was good and why. The second part will deal with the negative points or the cons listing out what were the reasons for failure and recommendations to alleviate the effects of these failures. Question...
Pepsi's entry into India: A well planned out strategy - publié le 09/07/2008
Case study - 6 pages - International marketing
With other Pepsi markets nearing saturation, Pepsi decided to expand its international operations into India in the late 1980s. However, even prior to entering India, Pepsi was met with strong objections by one of India's leading political parties. George Fernandes, General Secretary of the...
Consumption, production and promotion of French and foreign wines through the world
Market study - 20 pages - International marketing
For a long time, France has been spoken of as the country of wines. Wine production and consumption is whole part of our identity and culture. Moreover, French wines benefit from a real image of quality, soil and top-of-the-range products. On the other hand, foreign wines are often perceived in...
Global Youth Culture - A Cross Border Market
Course material - 13 pages - International marketing
I think it may be useful to remind that however we are acting on a domestic or a global market; we always have to keep in mind that according to Wedel, M. and Kamakura, W A. (1998) an efficient segment should be: Identifiable, Sizeable, Accessible, Stable, Responsive and Actionable. Masaaki, K....
How to do Business with the Czech Republic? The case of beer markets
Market study - 20 pages - International marketing
Within the framework of the course “International Trade and Business Challenges”, our professor Miss Chau asked us to analyze and to develop a strategy to enter a specific sector of one of the BRIC countries and the 8+2 new EU members. In this context, we decided to tackle the beer...
International marketing case study: The mineral water MOUZAïA
Case study - 20 pages - International marketing
Within the framework of our course, Marketing Internationally, we were invited to realize a group work on “which marketing strategy could Mouzaïa adopt in order to establish its products in French speaking Western Europe countries?” From the beginning, we felt involved in the topic as...
Oxfam Make Trade Fair campaign for the Peru cause
Case study - 11 pages - International marketing
"Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers ? especially in...
Perceptual Mapping, Multidimensional Scaling Cluster Analysis Project: analysis of hot irish drinks
Thesis - 159 pages - International marketing
We conduct a perceptual mapping and a multidimensional scaling cluster analysis of hot Irish drinks. Our project is based on the coffee house market in Ireland and we analyze the segmentation of this market through the use of perceptual maps. We have selected seven well-known coffee houses and...
Analysis of Starbuck's International Expansion
Case study - 6 pages - International marketing
Seattle-based Starbucks is the world's largest seller of premium-brewed coffee with over 8,400 stores, including 2,000 stores spread in 31 foreign countries. Starbucks used an international strategic approach to achieve its high level of international development across the globe. Starbucks...
Study of peoples perceptions of charities in Ireland
Dissertation - 193 pages - International marketing
Perceptual Mapping: "A perceptual map is a spatial representation in which competing alternatives are plotted in Euclidean space" (Lilien.G.Rangaswamy). Perceptual maps allow managers to summarize and visualize key elements of the market structure. They also depict the competitive structure of...
Chaebols and South Korean government: What are the problems and benefits of their Relationships until the financial crisis?
Essay - 11 pages - International marketing
Chaebols are business groups consisting of large companies in highly diversified business areas, owned and managed by family members or relatives. While their assets comprised over 45% of the total corporate assets in Korea, the total number of chaebols affiliates have persistently increased....
International Business Environment assignment: an analysis of the national business system and cultural conditions in China and assessment of how this will affect SuperSam
Dissertation - 24 pages - International marketing
Choosing China as a host country for an International Business Environment assignment offers three advantages: first, since 1979, China has faced major economic and political changes. Second, it has been very successful in attracting foreign direct investment, i.e., in 1995, China was the second...
European brewing market analysis - publié le 10/04/2008
Market study - 4 pages - International marketing
To introduce an analysis of the brewery industry, one point must be underlined: the European brewery market is mature, which is essential to understand its trends and its forces. We are now going to use the Porter's model of the Five Forces Analysis to develop this analysis. First of all,...
Nature and the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland, China and India (2005)
Case study - 33 pages - International marketing
FDI can be considered a way to strengthen the « domination of capitalist economies » and the dependence of peripheral countries for PREBISCH. The neomarxist theory is outdated but FDI can still have no effect, or even detrimental ones - The dependence on foreign companies (ex. UNGARY) => the...
Sonatrach and European gas market
Presentation - 19 pages - International marketing
Algeria represents 3.12% of the world gas reserves (Hassi R'mel : one of the largest deposits in the world). Gross production of 150 billions cm3 of gas in 2006 (3.88 % of the total hydrocarbon production). Net traded production of about 81 billion cm3 of gas (66% from Hassi R'mel field). Export...
