Gathering Information and Scanning the Environment pptx

Gathering Information and
Scanning the Environment
Marketing Management, 13
th
ed
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Chapter Questions
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What are the components of a modern
marketing information system?
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What are useful internal records?
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What is involved in a marketing intelligence
system?
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What are the key methods for tracking and
identifying opportunities in the macro
environment?
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What are some important macro environment
developments?
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What is a
Marketing Information System (MIS)?
A marketing information system consists of
people, equipment, and procedures to gather,
sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute

needed, timely, and accurate information to
marketing decision makers.
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Table 3.1 Information Needs Probes
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What decisions do you regularly make?
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What information do you need to make these
decisions?
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What information do you regularly get?
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What special studies do you periodically request?
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What information would you want that you are
not getting now?
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What are the four most helpful improvements that
could be made in the present marketing
information system?
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Internal Records and
Marketing Intelligence
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Order-to-payment cycle
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Sales information system
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Databases, warehousing, data mining
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Marketing intelligence system
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Steps to Improve Marketing
Intelligence
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Train sales force to scan for new developments
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Motivate channel members to share
intelligence
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Network externally
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Utilize a customer advisory panel
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Utilize government data sources
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Collect customer feedback online
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Purchase information
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Table 3.2
Secondary Commercial Data Sources
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Nielsen
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MRCA

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Information Resources
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SAMI/Burke
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Simmons
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Arbitron
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Sources of Competitive Information
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Independent customer goods and service
review forums
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Distributor or sales agent feedback sites
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Combination sites offering customer reviews
and expert opinions
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Customer complaint sites
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Public blogs
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Needs and Trends
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Fads
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Trends

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Megatrends
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Trends Shaping the
Business Landscape
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Profound shifts in
centers of economic
activity
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Increases in public-
sector activity
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Change in consumer
landscape
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Technological
connectivity
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Scarcity of well-trained
talent
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Increase in demand for
natural resources
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Emergence of new
global industry
structures
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Ubiquitous access to
information
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Management shifts
from art to science
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Increase in scrutiny of
big business practices
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Environmental Forces
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Demographic
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Economic
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Socio-cultural
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Natural
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Technological
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Political-legal
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Population and Demographics
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Population growth
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Population age mix

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Ethnic markets
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Educational groups
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Household patterns
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Geographical shifts
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Economic Environment
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Income Distribution
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Savings, Debt, and Credit
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Social-Cultural Environment
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Views of themselves
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Views of others
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Views of organizations
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Views of society
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Views of nature
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Views of the universe

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Table 3.3 Most Popular
American Leisure Activities
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Reading
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TV Watching
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Spending time with
family
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Going to movies
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Fishing
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Computer activities
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Gardening
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Renting movies
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Walking
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Exercise
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Listening to music
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Natural Environment

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Shortage of raw materials
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Increased energy costs
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Anti-pollution pressures
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Governmental protections
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Keys to Avoiding
Green Marketing Myopia
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Consumer Value Positioning
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Calibration of Consumer Knowledge
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Credibility of Product Claims
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Technological Environment
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Pace of change
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Opportunities for innovation
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Varying R&D budgets
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Increased regulation of change