Scholarly Activity
Marketing Plan Assignment-Situation Analysis
• Segmentation & Target Market Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• SWOT Analysis
This section will begin with an application of segmentation of the market of your selected company. Think about behavioral, psychographic, demographic, and geographic criteria that might help you in segmenting the market. Once you have completed the segmentation, identify the target market that your company will focus on including your rationale. It's important for the marketing manager to understand the competitive environment within the industry in which they operate. Compile a detailed competitive analysis looking at the top 3 or 4 competitors and differentiating each against your company. Finally, assemble and thoroughly explain a SWOT Analysis with a minimum of three elements under each area.
Deliverable: The format of this professional Marketing Plan is essay format with subheadings using Microsoft Word. As this assignment is a comprehensive plan, additional research and support should be included using a minimum of three sources correctly formatted to APA standards on the reference page. In-text citations should also be used. The length for each assignment submission is minimally three pages long, double-spaced, plus title page and reference page.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Note: Use this scenario for this activity -
1. Arimount is a well-known beauty and grooming company that has been in the industry for about 20 years. They would like to launch a new deodorant product. The company's development and research department has created a new chemical that will allow deodorants to work for up to five days-even after showering. The company is interested in increasing their overall market share with the introduction of this innovative product.
Use all reference to include text book. Use APA format and in-text citation