Thompson Company is a large manufacturer and distributor of cake supplies. It is based in Chicago (Headquarters) and Trinidad. It sends supplies to firms throughout the United States and the United Kingdom . It markets its supplies through periodic mass mailings of catalogues to those firms. Its clients can make orders over the phone and Thompson ships the supplies upon demand. The main competition for Duncan’s in the United States comes from one U.S. firm and one Canadian firm. A British firm has a small share of the U.S. market but is at a disadvantage because of its distance. The British firm’s marketing and transportation costs in the U.S. market are relatively high. a) Thompson Company plans to penetrate either the Canadian market or two other Caribbean Countries (Jamaica and Haiti). What factors deserve to be considered in deciding which market is more feasible?
Thompson Company is a large manufacturer and distributor of cake supplies. It is based in Chicago (Headquarters) and Trinidad. It sends supplies to firms throughout the United States and the United Kingdom . It markets its supplies through periodic mass mailings of catalogues to those firms. Its clients can make orders over the phone and Thompson ships the supplies upon demand. The main competition for Duncan’s in the United States comes from one U.S. firm and one Canadian firm. A British firm has a small share of the U.S. market but is at a disadvantage because of its distance. The British firm’s marketing and transportation costs in the U.S. market are relatively high.
a) Thompson Company plans to penetrate either the Canadian market or two other Caribbean Countries (Jamaica and Haiti). What factors deserve to be considered in deciding which market is more feasible?
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