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The Dynamic Nature Of The Marketing Environment

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I am creating a detailed assignment In view of the dynamic nature of the marketing environment and to what extent are consumers considered to be, in practice, central to marketing activities? I am firstly going to go into depth about what marketing actually is then breaking that up into sections to investigate around the question asked, branching off to explain about what the dynamic environment is and what the four P’s represent, marketing and the consumer and finally to create a conclusion to the question. Andrew Cohen (President, The A team) said ‘’Marketing is meeting the needs and wants of a consumer.’’ There are many different definitions of marketing, most surrounding the same point, which is exactly what Cohen’s definition states- …show more content…

Two of the main levels of the marketing environment are Micro and Macro environment; these are what the marketing environment actually consists of.

Microenvironment- microenvironment surrounds the factors that are close a company that affects their ability to serve their customers, this would include; Customers, suppliers, competitors, other departments within the company, general public, marketing intermediaries and finally members of the distribution channel. These are all forces that closely influence the company and they have a direct affect on the organizations relationship. The suppliers of a company are a part of the microenvironment as even if there is a slight delay in receiving any supplies off the suppliers can result in the customers not being satisfied. Marketing intermediaries are the people that are helping to promote and sell the companies products. Competitors include companies that are offering the same or similar products, for example; Morrisons, Tesco and Asda are all in competition with each. It is in the company’s best interest to develop a strategic advantage over their competitors, encouraging customers to come to them not their competitors. This would include Tesco giving you vouchers for any price difference with their competitors ( if your total bill comes to more than it would in one of the competitor stores then you are given the

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