Assignment: Product Management And Situation Analysis
Write a 2-3 page paper on Application to Product/Service on a new business that I am opening.
The product that I created was a holistic health food store that sells products primarily are only from the earth without any additives.
Target Audience and Competition are the next components to be addressed in the process of developing a Marketing Strategy. To choose an appropriate target market, one must understand how consumers make purchase decisions.
Research
• Research and discuss Maslow's theory of needs and how it is applied to marketing. Resources MUST include articles in the library's full-text article databases (Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, and/or ProQuest Central).
• Define the stages of the consumer behavior model (or industrial model, if appropriate) and apply how the concepts affect the marketing effort. Resources MUST include articles in the library's full-text article databases (Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete and/or ProQuest Central).
Application to Product/Service
• Provide a quick overview of the product or service you created.
• Even though you have "created" a product or service, the applications and research in this section will be real.
- Identify your target market. Provide a specific demographic profile and rationale for this decision. Another source that may help you: The US Census Bureau's American Fact Finder. Consider the size of the market and its purchasing power. Research is required to back-up yo ur selection and to provide statistics to show that it is a viable market.
- Analyze your competition. Who are they? Who are the biggest players? How large is the market? What are the trends/forecasts in the industry? How does your product/service fit in? IBISWorld in the Library is a good tool for this section; it may be accessed under "ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES" and then scroll down to the database.
The assignment requires the use of ARTICLES from the library's full-text databases. Articles are found in periodicals. These are not to be confused with eBooks or Reference Books. The most popular databases in marketing are: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, and/or ProQuest Central.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.