Harley Davidson Wheels Into India

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“Harley-Davidson Wheels Into India” Summary Harley-Davidson has continued it’s global expanse and they’ve set their sights on India. Though they face challenges particularly with gaining market share from their competitor Royal Enfield who has established themselves well, covering the entire country with their dealerships and offering a lower price point than Harley-Davidson, with the right marketing approaches they have a huge opportunity to be successful before them in India. By focusing their efforts on marketing their ability to customize their motorcycles to be individual to each customer they are able to help minimize the impact of having a higher price point. Also, they should advertise the entire Harley-Davidson and HOG experience, from group ride events to rock concerts, you gain access to as a Harley-Davidson customer. By making sure to keep focused on these selling points for the Harley-Davidson brand, they are sure to become a success in India. Marketing to Influence Emotions Using marketing to influence emotional aspects of the motorcycle buying process is something that’s crucial to the success of Harley-Davidson. One key way they’re doing so is by allowing consumers to come in and test drive any motorcycle they’d like. By being able to actually get onto the Harley and take a ride, the consumer feels the joy the Harley motorcycle can bring them as well as see features that they may want to add on, and maybe even in the process convince them of extra add-ons they hadn’t known about or thought they wanted that they enjoyed during the test ride and now want to add to their motorcycle. Also, by allowing consumers to test ride, the consumer is likely to come back from the test ride feeling happy from the enjoyable experience which a good mood means good things typically for the seller. Many consumers also typically enjoy being able to show off,
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