Is Tesco PLC Market Orientated?
The purpose of this section of this report is to define the marketing concept; to explain what it means to be a market-orientated organisation; and to show that Tesco’s appear to be a successful, market-orientated company. Furthermore, that Tesco’s employ strategic relationship marketing to offer value to customers’; and achieve higher revenues and brand loyalty in return. Finally, to explain that being market oriented may also have some disadvantages if not carried out effectively.
For organisations to be truly marketed-orientated they must exceed the value offered by their competitors; and at the same time, the overall goals of the organisation must be achieved. Additionally, for marketing to be carried out effectively and efficiently throughout the organisation, then it must involve analysing, planning, implementation, and control (Kottler and Armstrong, 2012). According to Kottler and Armstrong (2012, p. 5), the modern marketing concept can be expressed as “the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return”. Tesco’s, it appears, may have managed to successfully achieve this.
The management at Tesco’s seem to place an emphasis on customer needs through the ‘Tesco Values’ philosophy, expressed as two values “no one tries harder for customers; treat people how we like to be treated”(Tescoplc, 2013)3. Tesco’s maintain that this represents listening to customers and using all the tools at their disposal, such as, Clubcard data, Frontline contact with employees, focus groups and research trackers to gather information (Loyalty square, 2013). Subsequently, this communication allows the company to act i...
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...chase the product again, and are also inclined to say good things about the brand to others; the opposite applies to customers who are dissatisfied with the products. Value also affects post purchase behaviour, as research shows that 56 percent of Irish consumers agree, that if they purchase something that was not on sale, they feel like they have overpaid (Board Bia, 2012).
Thus, to conclude this section, it is clear to see that consumer behaviour in Ireland is rapidly changing. Economic circumstances, and the rapid pace of technology seems to be main influences which are affecting the way consumers make decisions to purchases certain brands of products from Irish supermarkets. And so, successful marketing requires that companies study this behaviour, and try to use the information to create important, lasting relationships and increase value for Irish consumers.
Tesco PLC's Expansion in North Bracknell Introduction: Tesco PLC is an international supermarket not only selling high quality goods but has now also become one of the biggest job markets. As well as this Tesco has been running sub-projects to increase the level of customer care. [IMAGE] Tesco's main aims are shown by the steering wheel provided by their website (www.tesco.com). Tesco want to have good quality for value to earn their customers loyalty while still making a profit. I will be investigating the Tesco Superstore, petrol station, pharmacy and coffee shop in North Bracknell (Warfield).
Tesco’s objective is to be the ‘champion for customers’, and they want to achieve this by being number one in customer satisfaction. They want to grow globally and by doing this they ‘create value for customers to earn their lifetime loyalty’. Tesco is
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