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Part 1 –

1. The following table shows a brand switching matrix of customers in three brands in
the market.
Who is the main competitor for brand A?
What is the retention rate of brand B?

Purchases at time T
Purchases at A B C
time T+1 A 20% 50% 30%
B 10% 70% 20%
C 15% 35% 50%

2. A firm which applies the "segmentation, targeting, positioning" scheme understands


that it cannot address the needs of the entire market – true or false? Explain.

3. What is a 'Reference price'? Explain how it is used in marketing.

4. Strauss Company manufactures the dairy product 'Milky'. Assume Strauss wants to
introduce to the market its new cottage cheese, and to do so they tell the various
stores that whoever does not allot a premium place in the refrigerator for the
cottage cheese will not get a regular supply of 'Milky'. What kind of power does
Strauss have over the stores?

Coercive power / Reward power / Legitimate power

5. When is it justified to use the Multidimensional Scaling method?


Part 2 –

1. A discount retailer comes up with a promotion of " 1 whole refrigerated chicken


for 1 nis". What is the role of the chicken in this promotion? Explain.

2. What are the similarities and differences between 'customer equity' and 'brand
equity'?

3. Land's End sells clothing through catalogs. The company sends out 100,000
catalogs a year to its members. Each catalog costs 4$. The annual discount rate
is 10%, and the annual retention rate is 90%. The acquisition (response) rate is
7%. Every customer that buys from the catalog buys products worth 300$ in
profits on average.
What is the CLV?

4. "Our customers love changing and diversifying their shopping. This suggests that
they are involved and knowledgeable of the company and its products".
Is this statement true or false? Explain.

5. What are the two stages of the product life cycle in which the profits are lowest?
Why?

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