Swatch Marketing Assignment

2214 Words9 Pages
Strategic Options & Strategic Choice According to the SWOT analysis above, it is evident that Swatch has a steady presence in the fashion market with strong brand image and customer loyalty. In order to maintain and take advantages of such strengths, Swatch should adopt the market-penetration strategy which means to sell existing products into existing markets with the objectives of securing the dominance of current market and increasing market share from current products ( Kolter,2009, p.85). Comparing with the cost-leadership strategy and the product development strategy, the former calls for price cutting when selling products. It not only reduces company’s sales profit, but also affects its bran image. The latter strategy requires company to develop a new product, which may cost so much money and time to do the market research and product test. Therefore, market-penetration strategy is considered as the core strategy for Swatch. Marketing Mix Decision Swatch’s marketing mix is comprised of the following four aspects: Product Customization --- to personalize the watch to fit customers’ taste and make it more unique Special features emphasize more special and limited edition for a youthful, innovative and exciting look. Price Premium price --- to reflect the exclusiveness, limited and high quality of the product; Place To open duty-free shops in the airports such as Gatwick and Birmingham airport and in Eurostar station in London --- Eurostar estimates its passenger numbers will increase from 8.3 million this year to10 million by 2010 ( Railnews,2007). To put banner on the Internet such as Face Book Promotion Celebrity endorsement --- to invite Leona Lewis and use her image Advertising --- Print and broadcast ads/Posters and leaflets/Billboards Direct & Interactive marketing --- E-mails/mobile messages/ Web sites Product Strategy
Open Document