Marketing Assignment
Marketing Assignment
Aim: Conduct a marketing analysis of
Haigh’s Chocolates
http://www.haighschocolates.com.au/
•Go to the website
•Describe the marketing background of the company
• Key information about the industry with references
• What type of a company?
• Their business
• Sustainable practices- environment, society, resources use, etc • Sustainable practices- Discuss at least 5 things that company does to contribute to sustainability
•Analyse the main products, services, suppliers and customers of the company
- What is their product?
- Product portfolio
- Services they supply
- Who are their suppliers?
- Who are their customers?
•Describe the following marketing strategies used by the company
- Pricing / what’s their pricing strategy With references
- Promotion /what type of promotions do they use- Think about Promotion MIX- Not just Advertising
- Distribution / How do they distribute their product/ selling points/ logistics
Compare the marketing mix to its competitors
• What is their competition?...(types of competitors: Direct/indirect)
• What is their marketing mix?
•Make recommendations for improvement of marketing mix for product(s) to become more competitive- Include relevant sustainability aspects •References- use in-text references where you use theory or referring to other literature
•Appendix: Include a Swot analysis and positioning chart
•SWOT analysis—Internal and external env.
•Positioning chart- Where your company among competitors