Integrated Marketing Plan of Samsung
Ashwin Poudel
BUS 510, Marketing Management
King’s College / Westcliff University
23 October 2016 Abstract
This paper argues about the different aspects of marketing process like segmentation, media plan, marketing research, competitive analysis, PESTEL, SWOT, 4P’s, and distribution channel used by Samsung worldwide. Moreover, we will be discussing how Samsung has set their media plan to market the products. . As the Samsung is a multinational company, it produces many products. In this particular paper, we will be discussing Samsung Electronics. The Samsung is a multinational company, we will be discussing its impact on global market as well as its condition in Nepalese market too.
Keywords: Distribution, channels, Samsung, electronics, 4P’s, PESTEL, Media plan, Integrated Marketing Plan of Samsung
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