Priciples of Marketing

by Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong

Chapter 3
Analyzing the Marketing
Environment

PEARSON
Objective Outline
The Microenvironment
The Macroenvironment
1 Describe the environmental forces that affect the
companys ability to serve its customers.

The Demographic Environment

The Economic Environment
2 Explain how changes in the demographic and
economic environments affect marketing decisions.
Objective Outline

The Natural Environment

3 The Technological Environment
Identify the major trends in the firms natural and
technological environments.

The Political and Social Environment

The Cultural Environment
4 Explain the key changes in the political and cultural
environments
Objective Outline

Responding to the Marketing Environment

Discuss how companies can react to the marketing
5 environment.
Preview
Marketing
Microenvironment Macroenvironment
Environment
It is the actors It consists of the The
and forces actors close to macroenvironment
outside the company that consists of the
marketing that affect its ability larger societal
affect marketing to serve its forces that affect
managements customers, the the
ability to build company, microenvironment
and maintain suppliers, demographic,
successful marketing economic, natural,
relationships intermediaries, technological,
with target customer political, and
customers. markets, cultural forces.
competitors, and
publics.
The Microenvironment
Marketing success requires building relationships with ot
her company departments, suppliers, marketing intermedi
aries, competitors, various publics, and customers, which
combine to make up the companys value delivery networ
k.
The Company
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cturing and finance to legal and human resourcesshare the re
sponsibility for understanding customer needs and creating cus
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Suppliers
Suppliers provide the resources needed by the co
mpany to produce its goods and services.
Most marketers today treat their suppliers as part
ners in creating and delivering customer value.

Apples supplies in the world

Marketing Intermediaries
Marketing intermediaries help the company promote, s
ell, and distribute its products to final buyers.
Physical distribution firms help the company stock and m
ove goods from their points of origin to their destinations.
Marketing services agencies are the marketing research fi
rms, advertising agencies, media firms, and marketing co
nsulting firms.
Financial intermediaries include banks, credit companies
, insurance companies and other businesses that help fina
nce transactions or insure against the risks associated wit
h the buying and selling of goods.
Competitors
Marketers also must gain strategic advantage by positioni
ng their offerings strongly against competitors offerings i
n the minds of consumers.
Each firm should consider its own size and industry positi
on compared to those of its competitors.

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Publics
A public is any group that has an actual or potential inter
est in or impact on an organizations ability to achieve its
objectives.
We can identify seven types of publics:

Influences the companys ability to obtain funds

Financial
Banks, investment analysts, and stockholders are the
publics major financial publics.

Carries news, features, and editorial opinion.

Media
It includes newspapers, magazines, television stations,
publics and blogs and other Internet media.
 Management must take government developments into
Governm account.
ent Marketers must often consult the companys lawyers
Publics on issues of product safety, truth in advertising, and
A public isother
any group marketing
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actual ormaypotential inter
Citizen- A companys be questioned
est in or impact
by on an organizations,
consumer organizationsenvironmental
ability to achieve its
groups,
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objectives.minority groups, and others.
publics
We can identify
Its public relations
seven typesdepartment
of publics:can help it stay in touch
This group includes neighborhood residents and
with consumer and citizen groups.
Local community organizations.
Publics Large companies usually create departments and
programs that deal with local community issues and
provide community support.
General A company needs to be concerned about the general
public publics attitude toward its products and activities.
The publics image of the company affects its buying.
Internal This group includes workers, managers, volunteers,
publics and the board of directors.
Customers Consist of individuals
and households that
buy goods and services
Consist of these for personal
The company might target any or all five
Buy types
goodsofand
custom
buyers in other consumption.
er markets: services for further
countries, including
customers, producers,Consumer processing or use in
resellers, and markets their production
governments processes

Consist of Internationa Business

l markets markets
government Buy goods and
agencies that buy services to resell at a
goods and services profit.
to produce public
services or transfer
the goods and Government Reseller
services to others markets markets
who need them.
The Macroenvironment
The Demographic Environment
Demography is the study of human populations i
n terms of size, density, location, age, gender, rac
e, occupation, and other statistics.
The Changing Age Structure of the Populat
ion
The Baby Boomers

The post-World War II baby boom produced 78 million baby

boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964. Over the years,
The baby boomers have been oneGeneration
Baby of the most powerful forces
shaping the marketing
boomersenvironment. X
The youngest boomers are now moving into their fifties; the oldest
are in their late sixties and entering retirement. The maturing
Boomers are rethinkingGeneration
the purpose and value of their work,
Y
resposibilities, and relationships.
The Changing Age Structure of the Populat
ion Generation X
The
The baby
baby boom waswas followed
followed by a birth dearth, creating
creating another
another
generation
generation of
of 49
49 million
million people
people born
born between
between 1965
1965 and
and 1976.
Author
Author Douglas
Douglas Coupland
Coupland calls
calls them
them Generation
Generation X
X because
because they
they lie
in
in the
the shadow
shadow ofof the
the boomers
boomers and
and lack
lack obvious distinguishing
distinguishing
characteristics.
characteristics. Baby Generation
From a marketingboomers X are a more skeptical
standpoint, the Gen Xers
bunch. They tend to research products before they consider a
purchase, prefer quality to quantity, and tend to be less receptive
to overt marketing pitches.
Generation
Y era, Generation X is a highly
The first to grow up in the Internet
connected generation that embraces the benefits of new technology.
They are increasingly displacing the lifestyles, culture, and values
of the baby boomers.
The Changing Age Structure of the Populat
ion Millennials (Generation Y)
Born between 1977 and 2000, these children of the
baby boomers number 83 million or more, dwarfing
the Gen Xers and becoming larger even than the baby
boomer segment. One thing that Millennials have in
common is their utter fluency and comfort with digital
technology.

Baby Generation
boomers X

Generation
Y
The Changing Age Structure of the Populat
ion Discuss case pg. 3.1

Generational Marketing

Marketers often split the baby boomers into three smaller groups
leading-edge boomers, core boomers, and trailing-edge boomers
each with its own beliefs and behaviors. Similarly, they split the
Millennials into teens and young adults.

Thus, marketers need to form more precise age-specific

segments within each group. More important, defining people
by their birth date may be less effective than segmenting
them by their lifestyle, life stage, or the common values they
seek in the products they buy.
The Changing Arab Family
More people are:
Increasing number of Educated and working women
Dependence on servants/maids
Increasing Joint decision making
Geographic Shifts Population
The shift in where people live has also caused a shift in where t
hey work.
For example, the migration toward micropolitan and suburban
areas has resulted in a rapid increase in the number of people w
ho telecommutework at home or in a remote office and co
nduct their business by phone or the Internet.
This trend, in turn, has created a booming SOHO (small office/
home office) market.
Increasing Diversity
Markets are becoming more diverse
International
National
Includes:
Ethnicity eg. UAE
Disabled
The Economic Environment
The economic environment consists of economic factors
that affect consumer purchasing power and spending patt
erns.
Some countries have industrial economies, which constit
ute rich markets for many different kinds of goods.
At the other extreme are subsistence economies; they con
sume most of their own agricultural and industrial output
and offer few market opportunities.
In between are developing economies that can offer outsta
nding marketing opportunities for the right kinds of produ
cts.
Changes in Consumer Spending
In turn, value marketing has become the watchword for m
any marketers.
Marketers in all industries are looking for ways to offer to
days more financially frugal buyers greater valuejust t
he right combination of product quality and good service
at a fair price.
Changes In Income

Marketers should pay attention to income distribution a

s well as income levels.
After heavy spending due to economic growth in oil ric
h countries, theres an economic downturn and people
are paying debt and saving for future.
Value marketing has become the watchword for market
ers. (value marketing pg 79-80)
The Natural Environment
The natural environment involves the physical environ
ment and the natural resources that are needed as inputs b
y marketers or that are affected by marketing activities.
Marketers should be aware of several trends:
Increased shortages of raw materials
Increased pollution
Increased government intervention
The environmental sustainability is the developing strat
egies and practices that create a world economy that the p
lanet can support indefinitely. (detail pg. 81)
The Natural Environment
The Technological Environment
The technological environment is perhaps the m
ost dramatic force now shaping our destiny.
Marketers should watch the technological enviro
nment closely. Companies that do not keep up wil
l soon find their products outdated. If that happen
s, they will miss new product and market opportu
nities.
The Political and Social Environment
The political environment consists of laws, gov
ernment agencies, and pressure groups that influe
nce or limit various organizations and individuals
in a given society.
Legislation Regulating Business
Changing govt. agency enforcement
Business legislation has been enacted for a numb
er of reasons:
Protect companies from each other
Protect consumers from unfair business practices
Protect the interests of society against unrestrained busin
ess behavior.
Increased Emphasis on Ethics and
Socially Responsible Actions
Socially Responsible Behavior:
Enlightened companies encourage their managers to look bey
ond what the regulatory system allows and simply do the rig
ht thing.
These socially responsible firms actively seek out ways to pro
tect the long-run interests of their consumers and the environ
ment.
Increased Emphasis on Ethics and Socially
Responsible Actions
Caused-Related Marketing:
Cause-related marketing has become a primary form of corpor
ate giving. It lets companies do well by doing good by linki
ng purchases of the companys products or services with bene
fiting worthwhile causes or charitable organizations.
It has some controversy. Critics worry that cause-related mark
eting is more a strategy for selling than a strategy for giving
that cause related marketing is really cause-exploitative
marketing.
Increased Emphasis on Ethics and Socially
Responsible Actions
The Cultural Environment
Cultural environment consists of institutions an
d other forces that affect a societys basic values,
perceptions, preferences, and behaviors
The Persistence of Cultural Values
People in a given society hold many beliefs and values. T
heir core beliefs and values have a high degree of persiste
nce.
Secondary beliefs and values are more open to change. B
elieving in marriage is a core belief; believing that people
should get married early in life is a secondary belief.
Marketers have some chance of changing secondary valu
es but little chance of changing core values.
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Themselves.
People vary in their emphasis on serving themselves ver
sus serving others.
People use products, brands, and services as a means of
self-expression, and they buy products and services that
match their views of themselves.
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Others.
A new wave of Cocooning means going out less and en
joying indoors more with networking cocooning in the
digital age. What kind of demand it creates? (pg 87).
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Organizations.
In recent years, some analysts have voiced concerns that the I
nternet age would result in diminished human interaction, as p
eople buried their heads in their computers or e-mailed and te
xted rather than interacting personally.
Instead, todays digital technologies seem to have launched an
era of what one trend watcher calls mass mingling.
Rather than interacting less, people are using online social me
dia and mobile communications to connect more than ever.
And, often, more online and mobile interactions result in mor
e offline mingling
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Organizations.
People vary in their attitudes toward corporations, governmen
t agencies, trade unions, universities, and other organizations.
The past two decades have seen a sharp decrease in confidenc
e in and loyalty toward Americas business and political organ
izations and institutions.
Many people today see work not as a source of satisfaction bu
t as a required chore to earn money to enjoy their non-work h
ours.
This trend suggests that organizations need to find new ways t
o win consumer and employee confidence.
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Society.
People vary in their attitudes toward their societypatriots de
fend it, reformers want to change it, and malcontents want to l
eave it.
Peoples orientation to their society influences their consumpt
ion patterns and attitudes toward the marketplace.
Marketers respond with patriotic products and promotions, off
ering everything from orange juice to clothing to cars with pat
riotic themes.
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Nature.
People vary in their attitudes toward the natural worldsome
feel ruled by it, others feel in harmony with it, and still others
seek to master it.
A long-term trend has been peoples growing mastery over nat
ure through technology and the belief that nature is bountiful.
More recently, however, people have recognized that nature is
finite and fragile; it can be destroyed or spoiled by human acti
vities.
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Shifts in Secondary Cultural Values
Peoples Views of Universe.
People vary in their beliefs about the origin of the universe an
d their place in it. In Arab world, evidence of Islam is visible i
n architecture, food, lifestyle. The Ramadan month sees cities
becoming more lively at nights and change of work timings.
In recent years, some futurists have noted a renewed interest i
n spirituality, perhaps as a part of a broader search for a new i
nner purpose.
This affects consumers in everything from television shows th
ey watch and the books they read to the products and services
they buy.
Responding to the Marketing Environmen
t (pg. 88)

Uncontrollable Proactive Reactive

React and Aggressive Watching and

adapt to actions to reacting to
forces in the affect forces forces in the
environment in the environment
environment
 The End
Read book- pg 90-91. Company case Aljazirah
pg 92.