1. Welcome to MKT 100-021Week 8 – Segmentation,Targeting & Positioning Anthony Francescucci Assistant Professor, Marketing Please ensure all electronic devices are in “silent mode”, “vibrate mode” or “turned off” 1
32. Differentiation “No Company can win if its product and services resemble every other product and offering” (Kotler et al. 2009, pg. 10) 32
33. Why differentiate? To avoid the commodity trap, marketers must start with the belief that you can differentiate anything. 33
34. Differentiation Strategies Features Salespeople Performance Cost Cust. Service Durability Tech Support Style, Design Repair Team Ease of Order Delivery Install Maintenance Character & Value Prop Coverage Distinctive Way Expertise Emotional Power Performance 34
36. Let’s look at a Positioning Statement 36 Mountain Dew: To young, active soft-drink consumers who have little time for sleep, Mountain Dew is the soft drink that gives you more energy than any other brand because it has the highest level of caffeine. Target Market Characteristics Customer Need Customer Benefit POD
37. iPod Shuffle $55 (1GB) iPod Touch $329 (8GB) iPod Nano $169 (8GB) How is apple positioning IPOD? 37
38. iPod Shuffle $55 (1GB) iPod Touch $329 (8GB) iPod Nano $169 (8GB) What are The Differentiation strategies? Cost Product - Ease of Use Product - Feature rich 38
42. Example 1 Aaron owns a small furniture store. He buys BookCo brand bookcases from a local wholesaler for $200 per unit. Aaron is considering buying directly from BookCo, and he wants to calculate what he would pay if he received the same price that BookCo charges his wholesaler. Aaron knows that the wholesaler’s percentage margin is 30%. Wholesaler Retailer Manufacturer Local Wholesaler Aaron’s Furniture Store BookCo Manufacturer’s Cost $ + Manufacturer’s Margin $ = Manufacturer’s Price $ Wholesaler’s Cost $ + Wholesaler’s Margin $ = Wholesaler’s Price $ Retailer’s Cost $ 42
43. Example 1 43 Aaron owns a small furniture store. He buys BookCo brand bookcases from a local wholesaler for $200 per unit. Aaron is considering buying directly from BookCo, and he wants to calculate what he would pay if he received the same price that BookCo charges his wholesaler. Aaron knows that the wholesaler’s percentage margin is 30%. Wholesaler Retailer Manufacturer Local Wholesaler Aaron’s Furniture Store BookCo Wholesaler’s Selling Price = Wholesaler’s Cost ÷ [1 – Wholesaler’s Margin (%)] Wholesaler’s Cost = Wholesaler’s Selling Price ($) * [1 – Wholesaler’s Margin (%)] Mfg Selling Price ($) = $200 * [1 – 30%] = $140
44. Example 2 44 Clyde’s Concrete sells 100 cubic yards of concrete for $300 to a retail landscaper. The landscaper wants to include this in her bill of materials, to be charged to the homeowner. Further she wants to earn a 25% margin. What is the landscaper’s selling price for the concrete? Clyde’s Concrete Landscaper Homeowner Retailer Customer Wholesaler Wholesale Selling Price Retailer’s Selling Price = Retailer’s Cost [1 – Retailer’s Margin (%)] Retailer’s Selling Price = $300 / (1 – 25%) = $400
Marketing often involves selling through a series of ‘value-added’ resellers. Sometimes a product changes form through this progression. At other times, its price is simply ‘marked up’ along its journey through the distribution channel. In some industries, such as imported beer, there may be as many as four or five channel members that sequentially apply their own margin before a product reaches the consumer. In such cases, it is particularly important to understand channel margin and pricing practices in order to evaluate the effects of price changes. Remember: Selling Price = Cost + Margin
The manufacturer supplies the wholesaler. That is, in this link of the chain, the manufacturer is the supplier, and the wholesaler is the customer. Thus, because we know the customer’s percentage margin, in order to calculate the manufacturer’s price to Aaron’s wholesaler, we use the supplier selling price equation for percentage margins.
The manufacturer supplies the wholesaler. That is, in this link of the chain, the manufacturer is the supplier, and the wholesaler is the customer. Thus, because we know the customer’s percentage margin, in order to calculate the manufacturer’s price to Aaron’s wholesaler, we use the supplier selling price equation for percentage margins.