Marketing
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781259924040
Author: Roger A. Kerin, Steven W. Hartley
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 1VC
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Club LA soccer is consider to be 1 of the 19 clubs in Major League Soccer (MLS). Club LA has won the Major League Soccer champion trophy 4 times which is said to be more successful. President CK and the company marketing managers decided to use their skills in creating “a specific product for people”
The services and the experience of the professional soccer club will keep on changing because there will be difference in opponents, players, outcome and the weather conditions. Each component of the promotional mix and activities of marketing are used to create experience of Club LA. The main elements of soccer business are sponsorships, merchandise sales and broadcast rights.
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Club LA
President CK
To discuss: The product of Club LA.
Introduction:
A product can be defined as a thing that could be provided in the market for acquisition, attention, consumption, or for utilization, which may satisfy a need or a want.
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