
HI6006 Competitive Strategy Editing Service
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As we know that marketing in any industry play a crucial role in reaching large number of audience and helps the industry to communicate with the audience by using various tools and techniques like advertisement, sales promotion, direct marketing etc. one of the main advertising tools is direct advertising as discussed below: -
Direct marketing is an advertising form in which business communicate with directly with customers via text messages, newspapers adverts, manes gazietc.
There is some direct marketing code that any industry has to follow.
ADMA is the Australian association for data driven market and advertisement. It the informative body that focuses on marketing based in Australia. Under ADMA 600 organisation including the educational institutions, financial houses, airlines, charities homes etc. ADMA have some of the direct marketing code that they need to practice in the course of business. The ADMA code of practice is based on the principles. These principle forms a proper framework from which gives support to marketers to make sound decisions about data, creativity, contents and consumer experience.
ADMA (the association of data driven marketing advertisement) excepts fairness and honesty from the members while dealing with customers. It aims to earn consumer confidence by setting some standards. It further aims in the promoting the highest standards so as to earn the consumer confidence, promoting fair dealing, regulating various channels and principal of privacy. These principle bases the ADMA code is structured in the way which describes clear framework which includes code authority ethical and regularity consideration etc. (Lee, & Epstein, 2013)
1. Focus on establishing the best practices so as to collect and handle data.
2. Promote the data driven marketing and advertising practices within the legal framework.
3. Earn maximum consumer confidence in area of marketing, media and advertisement.
4. To minimise the risk of non-compliance (Lee, & Epstein, 2013).
Consumer protection and empowerment:
This is the very first main principle of the ADMA code of principle with regulatory provisions. This principle helps the industry in earning the consumer confidence, encourages commercial growth and also encourages corporate sustainability.
Responsible data practices:
Company act responsible in collecting data which can compliance with the regulatory provisions which can ensure the consumer first. It also avoids the intrusive marketing. Company should also take responsibility about the consumer experience and also takes responsibility about the company’s commitments and handle problems if they go wrong (Christ, & Burritt, 2013).
Provide various choices
This principle ensure that consumer have the understanding the value of exchange while sharing their personal information. For this purpose, member, should be clear about the information and also provide various choice that hoe their information is used.
Promoting fairness
The consumer data should be collected fairly and deals with them fairly and the information should up-to-date. For this purpose, members should give prompt services to customers and they should avoid high pressure selling (Christ, & Burritt, 2013).
Encourage transparency
The company is clear and open about their policies to the customers. There should be transparency in their work and should communicate with them the language that is understandable. For this member, should develop the easy means to collect data and also maintain adequate control to monitor data (Christ, & Burritt, 2013).
Honesty
The company should be honest to their customers and not mislead them and deliver as they promised. For this the members, should act decently, honestly and reasonably in fulfilling the obligations and members should also ensure that they avoid disrepute the image of data driven marketing.
Safety of value
The company should take all possible steps to ensure the safety and security of consumer data. For this purpose, the members should hold the data with security and safety and also ensure that the consumer data is destroyed when no longer needed.
These were the AMDA code of practices principles that the company adopt for the security of the consumer data and follow the ethical and legal constraint to earn the consumer confidents without destroying the fairness and transparency in information. For these members has to take the necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of the consumer information and promoting awareness (Maas, et. al., 2016).
Person | Competitor Price (x) | x-m | (M)2 |
1 | $3200 | $1320 | 1742400
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2 | $2999 | $1119 | 1252161
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3 | $2500 | $620 | 384400
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4 | $1300 | ($580) | 336400
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5 | $2000 | $120 | 14400
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6 | $1500 | ($380) | 144400
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7 | $1250 | ($630) | 396900
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8 | $1200 | ($680) | 462400
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9 | $1100 | ($780) | 608400
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10 | $1200 | ($680) | 462400
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11 | $1950 | $70 | 4900
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12 | $1900 | $20 | 400
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13 | $1800 | ($80) | 6400
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14 | $1200 | ($680) | 462400
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15 | $1220 | ($660) | 435600
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16 | $1000 | ($880) | 774400
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17 | $1200 | ($680) | 462400
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18 | $3499 | ($1619) | 2621161
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19 | $3000 | ($1120) | 1254400
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20 | $2490 | $610 | 372100
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21 | $2500 | $620 | 384400
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22 | $1180 | ($700) | 490000
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23 | $1150 | ($730) | 532900
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24 | $1000 | ($880) | 774400
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25 | $1900 | $20 | 400
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26 | $2150 | $270 | 72900
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27 | $2200 | $320 | 102400
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28 | $2499 | $619 | 383161
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29 | $2998 | $1118 | 1249924
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30 | $1300 | ($580) | 336400
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| ∑X= $56,385 |
| = $16,525,307.00
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(Thomas, 2016)
=$16,525,307.00 ÷29
=$569,838.17
=$754.88
A scatter diagram shows all the prices of the competitors and the persons that paid for the competitor’s home theater system.
September
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Market size $000 | Market Share | fx | |
139 | 0.129 | 17.931 | |
120 | 0.1 | 12 | |
100 | 0.08 | 8 | |
90 | 0.022 | 1.98 | |
95 | 0.095 | 9.025 | |
140 | 0.093 | 13.02 | |
250 | 0.18 | 45 | |
225 | 0.178 | 40.05 | |
400 | 0.288 | 115.2 | |
410 | 0.439 | 179.99 | |
1208 | 0.199 | 240.392 | |
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| ∑fx/n= 62.05345 |
October
Market size $000 | Market Share | Fx |
146 | 0.123 | 17.958 |
126 | 0.095 | 11.97 |
105 | 0.076 | 7.98 |
95 | 0.021 | 1.995 |
100 | 0.09 | 9 |
147 | 0.088 | 12.936 |
263 | 0.171 | 44.973 |
236 | 0.169 | 39.884 |
424 | 0.281 | 119.144 |
435 | 0.414 | 180.09 |
1280 | 0.187 | 239.36 |
| ∑fx/n=62.29909 |
(Macinati, & Anessi-Pessina, 2014)
November
Product | Market size $000 | Market Share | Fx |
Widget type 1. | 155 | 0.116 | 17.98 |
Widget type 2. | 134 | 0.09 | 12.06 |
Widget type 3. | 111 | 0.081 | 8.991 |
Widget type 4. | 100 | 0.03 | 3 |
Widget type 5. | 106 | 0.085 | 9.01 |
Widget type 6. | 156 | 0.083 | 12.948 |
Widget type 7. | 278 | 0.162 | 45.036 |
Widget type 8. | 250 | 0.16 | 40 |
Super Widget | 458 | 0.262 | 119.996 |
Super Widget 2 | 469 | 0.384 | 180.096 |
Supreme Widget | 1383 | 0.174 | 240.642 |
∑fx= 62.70536 | |||
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Median in September 2009=17.931
October 2009= 17.958
November 2009=17.98 (As the excel calculation)
Therefore, the calculation of the mean and median of year 2009 in the month September, October and November, mean in Sept.62.05345%,in October is 62.29909% and in Novemberis 62.70536.Now it can be analysed that company has better market share in November 2009 as the calculation of mean and median (Macinati, & Anessi-Pessina, 2014).
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Product | September | October | November | |
Widget type 1. | 0.129 | 0.123 | 0.116 | |
Widget type 2. | 0.1 | 0.095 | 0.09 | |
Widget type 3. | 0.08 | 0.076 | 0.081 | |
Widget type 4. | 0.022 | 0.021 | 0.03 | |
Widget type 5. | 0.095 | 0.09 | 0.085 | |
Widget type 6. | 0.093 | 0.088 | 0.083 | |
Widget type 7. | 0.18 | 0.171 | 0.162 | |
Widget type 8. | 0.178 | 0.169 | 0.16 | |
Super Widget | 0.288 | 0.281 | 0.262 | |
Super Widget 2 | 0.439 | 0.414 | 0.384 | |
Supreme Widget | 0.199 | 0.187 | 0.174 | |
(Mokhtar, et. al., 2016)
a. After the calculation of time series analysis, the market share of company between 2008 and 2009 is calculated. It has some difference between market share of these two months that are 0.1 in September and 0.187 in October.
b. Sales volume of television is growing the high-end widget market whereas market share is also in the increase level. It requires high level of promotion in theLow-end widgets and Mid-level widgets market to increase the sales level. That provide the hike in the sales volume of television. Both markets have high number of customer but it requires to better promotional strategy therefore company should be focus on market promotion to capture high number of customer.
c. As the available data, it can analysis that market share of the company is increasing in the year 2008 and 2009 at the high-end widget market. It has better market strength therefore XYZ limited should be focus on promotional strategy to develop the sales unit in theLow-end widgets and Mid-level widgets market. Company require \ to develop the brand awareness in the market to increase the sales unit.
d. All information about market share is available in the time series analysis and having the accurate data of these market trends. It contains the chart as accurate which shows the market trend of XYZ limited. It has X axes as market product and axes as market product. This graph helps to calculate the actual information about market share (Mokhtar, et. al., 2016).
e. With the use of time series forecasting method all the information about market share in September 2009 and October 2009 are calculated that shows the growth in the market share in the high-end widget market. All calculations are calculated in the Microsoft excel that provide better solution of the problem.
From the above calculation, it can analysis the XYZ limited has better market sales in the high-end widget market while it has low sales rate in the Low-end widgets and Mid-level widgets market. Therefore, it can have recommended that XYZ limited should require focusing on promotional strategy to develop the brand awareness in market as well as focus on growth of sale in both markets (Mokhtar, et. al., 2016).
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