Part 1: Surviving Global Environments

Part 1: Surviving Global Environments

Assume you are the global marketing VP of Coca-Cola or Pepsi-Cola, two highly successful global brands. Select one of the two companies and a country to operate in. The following videos will help you to gain some insight on the companies. You will be referring to your required readings to answer the discussion questions listed below.

Coca-ColaPepsiCoDavos 2011 – Muhtar Kent, CEO, Coca-Cola (Links to an external site.)SuccessStory: PepsiCo (Links to an external site.)

Address the following questions and support your answers using theories discussed in Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of your text. Explain the country’s society and their culture. What are the differences and similarities of their culture to the culture of the United States?

1. Determine what social, cultural, political or legal/regulatory characteristics you would need to take advantage of to avoid unneeded and costly adaptations of the marketing mix. Using examples, what theories in Chapter 4 support your conclusions?
2. Create a short SWOT analysis and list three key points in each area of your SWOT that you believe are most important to understand and recognize for successfully sustaining your brand and business in that country. Focus primarily on global environment criteria related to your company (i.e., economic, trade, social and cultural, political, legal, and regulatory environments).

Part 2: Defining the Market Research Process

Although we may be very familiar with Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) many brands, there are still some opportunities for P&G to expand throughout the world where their brands are not yet well known.

• Select one P&G brand that would potentially face a latent market in a certain country, region, or local area around the globe.
  • Discuss your rationale for choosing the brand and how it falls under this category.
• Choose three analytical techniques employed by global marketers.
  • Summarize each of the techniques and why you think these are the most beneficial to the global market.

Your initial post should be a minimum of 300 words. Do not forget to cite your textbook and any other sources used to support your ideas. You may refer to Ashford University Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, review Chapter 6 of your text, the article Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future (Links to an external site.), and watch Introducing Amazon Go and the World’s Most Advanced Shopping Technology (Links to an external site.).

In your initial post,

• Explain how Amazon Go needs to employ electronic data interchange (EDI) and efficient consumer response (ECR) to effectively and efficiently manage its stores.
  • Your explanation can be around one specific example of a grocery item.
• Analyze how Amazon takes advantage of big data analytics and its advanced customer relationship management (CRM) to improve employees’ productivity, enhance corporate profitability, and, above all, create customer loyalty.
• If Amazon Go decides to expand globally and even dominate a domestic market, would they need to acquire information through direct perception? Why or why not?
  • Take into consideration both the Xbox and TOMs examples in the text.

Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. You must use two credible articles to support your analysis. Cite your textbook and any other sources used to support your ideas. You may refer to Ashford University Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.