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Bottled Water: New Entrant

Posted by Anonymous on 125 Points
Where can I get a comprehensive, but free, sample business plan and market strategy document for a new entrant into the bottled water business?
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  • Posted by Markitek on Member
  • Posted by Mushfique Manzoor on Member
    hi fahmid

    i am pretty sure this is an assignment and you need to develop a marketing plan. so here is a sample of the structure of the plan....

    A typical marketing plan usually consists of the following chapters..

     Executive summary
     Situation
    o Market
    o Product/Brand
    o Competitive
    o Distribution channel
    o Macroeconomic

     PEST analysis
     SWOT analysis
     Issues analysis

     Financial objectives eg.
    o Produce a net profit of US$ 500 Million
    o Produce cash flows of US$ 2000 Million (The financial objectives are translated into some marketing objectives)

     Marketing objectives eg.
    o Achieve sales of US$ 2000 Million
    o Expand number of dealers
    o Increase consumer product recall

     Marketing strategy
    o Target segment – Who to target.
    o Positioning – how the brand is to be perceived by the target consumers.
    o Product Line – Decisions on number and type and SKU varieties.
    o Price – benchmark with competitors or perform conjoint analysis to understand importance level of price and price individual products accordingly
    o Distribution outlets – number of distributors, dealers and/or cooperative societies
    o Sales force decisions – increase or decrease temporary field staff based on requirements
    o Service – level of claims, inquiries, and returns handled
    o Sales promotion – develop new and innovative campaigns with field visits and field days
    o Advertising – increase or decrease advertising spend (based on company policy) by inputs from sales response models
    o R&D – increase expenditure by 15% to get desired outputs
    o Market research – Increase expenditure by 15% to improve knowledge

     Action programs – Detailed designs on programs and their implementation plan with dates

    cheers!!

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