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Types of Competition
Competition Other organizations that market products that
are similar to or can be substituted for a
marketer’s products in same geographic area
Brand competitors Firms that market products with similar
features and benefits to the same customers
at similar prices
Generic competitors Firms that provide very different products that
solve the same problem or satisfy the same
basic customer need
Demographic
Demographic
Cultural
Cultural Forces
Forcesthat
thatShape
Shape Economic
Economic
Opportunities
Opportunities
and
andPose
PoseThreats
Threats
to
toaaCompany
Company
Political
Political Natural
Natural
Technological
Technological
classes
Division based on real annual disposable income
on daily wages
rich farmers
5. Global Indians have an annual disposable income in excess of Rs
1,000,000
Creamy layer in society, Globe-trotters with a high standard of living
Changing
ChangingRole
Role
of Government
of Government
Factors
Higher
HigherPollution affecting Shortage
Pollution Shortageof
of
Levels
Levels the natural Raw Materials
Raw Materials
environment
Increased
IncreasedCosts
Costs
of Energy
of Energy
Issues
Issuesin
inthe
theTechnological
Technological
Environment
Environment
Focus
FocusononMinor
Minor Increased
Increased
Improvements
Improvements Regulation
Regulation
Includes
Includes laws,
laws, government
government agencies,
agencies, andand pressure
pressure
groups
groups that
that influence
influence or
or limit
limit …
… in
in aa given
given society
society
Emphasis
Emphasis on
on
Increasing
Increasing ethics
ethics &
& social
social
legislation
legislation Government
Government responsibility
responsibility
•• Protect
Protect companies
companies agency
agency
from
from each
each other
other enforcement
enforcement •• Societal
Societal marketing
marketing
•• Protect
Protect consumers
consumers concept
concept
•• Protect
Protect society
society (self-regulation)
(self-regulation)
Core beliefs and values are persistent and are passed on from
parents to children and are reinforced by schools, religious
institutions, businesses, and government
Existence of subcultures
Subcultures