MARKETING MANAGEMENT 1

11 Dealing with Competition Keep your enemies close to you

Dr.Md.Ridhwanul Haq

Chapter Questions

How do marketers identify primary competitors? How should we analyze competitors strategies, objectives, strengths, and weaknesses? How can market leaders expand the total market and defend market share? How should market challengers attack market leaders? How can market followers or nichers compete effectively?

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Figure 1.1 Five Forces Determining Segment Structural Attractiveness

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Know thyself and I say know

your limitations first
Threat of Intense segment rivalry Threat of new entrants Threat of substitute product Threat of growing bargaining power Threat of suppliers growing bargaining power

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Industry Concept of Competition:

Number of sellers and degree of differentiation (Monopoly to pure competition) Entry, mobility, and exit barriers Cost structure Degree of globalization

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Analysing Competitors
Identifying competitors Analysing competitors: Strategic group Understanding competitors objectives Strength and Weaknesses

Share of market (competitors share of the target market) Share of mind (When customers utter competitors name) Share of heart (When customers want to buy competitors product)

Selecting Competitors
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Dimensions of competitors
Strong VS Week (TV Channels) Close VS Distant (Channel I vs ntv vs ESPN) Good VS Bad (Follow/ not follow industry culture). Anti dumping

strategy. Self sponsoring TV channels)

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Competitive Strategies for Market Leaders (Private schools in Dhaka)

10% 20% Market Market Nichers Follower

30% Market Challenger

40% Market Leader

Figure 11.5 : Hypothetical Market Structure

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Expanding the total market

a) Getting new customers( Market penetration/new market
segment/geographic expansion strategy) b) Increasing more usage (Increasing volume/frequency of product usage) 3 times intake

Defending market Share: So, need

continuous innovation of new offer. (Have your client channels
like SODA??!!)

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Figure 11.6 Six Types of Defense Strategies

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Leaders defending strategies

Position defense: Grab maximum share with current

image (MUM water)

Flank defense: Offering maximum product line so that

competitors face difficulties to enter in to industry. (Square)

Pre emptive defense: Offer unique feature for getting

maximum market share (Halal soap)

Counter offensive defense: With out wasting of time

defend (leader vs leader)

Mobile defense: When leader moves to other domain. Otobi now for Kloset Contraction defense: Strategic withdrawal (Starship vs
danish)

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Other Competitive Strategies

Market challengers Market followers Market nichers

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Market Challenger Strategies

Define the strategic objective and opponents Choose a general attack strategy a) frontal with promotional b) flank: geographic segmentation PRAN for rural market Choose a specific attack strategy

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General Attack Strategies

Frontal Attack Flank Attack

Encirclement Attack (By offering

aggressive promotion)

Bypass Attack
offering new product b4 leader (Pepsi blue)

Guerrilla Warfare
PRAN for Coke in BD
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Pepsi buys Gatorade in a Bypass Strategy

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Specific Attack Strategies

Price discounts (Ibn Sina) Lower-priced goods Value-priced goods Prestige goods

Product innovation Improved services Distribution innovation Manufacturing-cost reduction Intensive advertising promotion

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Samsung Attacks Using Innovation

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Market Follower Strategies

Counterfeiter Cloner

Imitator Adaptor

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Balancing Orientations
Competitor-centered Customer-centered Keeping balance is the job.

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Nicher

Product specialization: Hamdard (Ruh Afza) &

Thank U..

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