Marketing Essay

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| | Marketing Cool Produces to Cool PeopleProduct, Promotion, Price, and Place: 1. What is Skechers? Skechers is a shoe company of comfortable footwear with edgy hip designs; they have been in business since 1992 and are now a national recognized brand. 2. How does the company figure out what consumers want and deliver it? Skechers use marketing research through focus groups made up of kids all over the world; also the use of target marketing of people ages 12-24 years old or anyone leading a youthful lifestyle. 3. What is Skechers’ primary communication to their consumers? Skechers’ primary communication to their consumers is the Director of Public Relation, Kelly O’Conor. 4. How do they use promotion to support this message and the brand? Skechers uses promotions, such as personal selling, sales promotions, public relations and advertisement to support their message and brand. 5. Do you think Sketchers cost more or less than the average price for shoes in each of their competing categories? Yes, I believe some of Skechers shoes are more expensive than the average price of shoes in each of their competing categories. 6. Why would Sketchers choose this type of pricing and why do consumers pay it? I believe Skechers have chooses some higher prices because they know that having a quality shoes and the edgy designs will sell if it is better than the other brands; also consumers pay for quality especially if they know the brand that they are dealing with. 7. Skechers are sold not only to end consumers through their retail stores but B2B to shoe retailers and distributors as well. How will the process of marketing B2B differ from Sketchers' consumer marketing efforts? Skechers has built brand integrity and a loyal customer’s base that even in B2B the other business would want to business with a company that has a national reputation. However, the marketing
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