... based on one of three business strategies: differentiation, cost leadership, or focus. Determining the firm's marketing mix involves making decisions about products, pricing, promotion, and place. A related basic issue that marketing managers must address is the extent to which the marketing mix will be standardized or customized for different markets. A variety of factors must be considered in making ... types of product policies. Legal, cultural, and economic forces also affect product policy and must be carefully evaluated. Pricing issues and decisions constitute the second element o...

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... television or billboards. Yet, the advertising budget during 1999 (the year following the multi-state settlement) rose by 22 percent to $8.4 billion dollars. A large portion of this increase was in marketing categories effective at reaching teenagers. High visibility store displays and promotional giveaways are proven very effective means of targeting the youth market. Efforts at targeting the college-aged market appeal ... camel cash and stuffed animal giveaways, cigarette makers will stop at nothing to hook smokers while they are young. The current initiatives and agreements amount to...

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