Perceptual Maps in Marketing Jennifer Cantrell August 5, 2013 MKT/421 In this simulation, Thorr Motorcycles, Inc. manufactures higher end motorcycles. They currently produces more than 200,000 each year. The company’s top seller is the CruiserThorr however sales have been dropping due to the aging of the company’s current target market. The CruiserThorr does not have as much appeal for the younger target markets due to the pricing strategy. Since it
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Perceptual Maps in Marketing MKT 421 Perceptual Maps in Marketing Perceptual Maps Thor Motorcycles, Incorporated builds motorcycles and motorcycle accessories. “Thor motorcycles currently produce more than 200,000 units” The company specializes in the Cruiser Thorr, its high-end motorcycle. The Cruiser Thorr helps the company maintain five billion dollar sales in its industry. Unfortunately, the current buyers are growing older, and the motorcycle is not attracting new buyers. The marketing
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Perceptual Maps in Marketing Thorr Motorcycles Perceptual Maps in Marketing Thorr Motorcycles is a profitable business that saw declines in sales and in customer satisfaction. The first main causes for the recent decline in sales was the target market of buyers between ages 35 and 50 are less interested in the existence that Thorr Motorcycles offers. The second cause was that people between 21 and 35 years are more interested in low-priced models
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Perceptual Maps in Marketing Simulation Summary Thorr Motorcycles, Incorporated manufactures various models of motorcycles, and is a $5 billion company. The CruiserThorr power cruiser model provides the company a high brand image in the market, but sales are decreasing. The company contributes the decline to the aging target customers who purchase the cruiser as a lifestyle symbol, and the high cost of the motorcycle. Thorr must reverse the falling sales by developing a marketing plan with the
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Running head: PERCEPTUAL MAPS IN MARKETING SUMMARY Perceptual Maps in Marketing Summary Name University Perceptual Maps in Marketing Perceptual mapping can be summarized as the discipline of comparing products based on the perception of potential customers in the marketplace. The goal of this practice is to allow product marketers to build a stronger understanding of customer viewpoints and opinions on brands, advertising campaigns, and new market offerings. By developing a visual map of customer
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* * * Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing * Thorr Motorcycles is a lucrative business that saw downturns in sales and customer satisfaction. The two reasons for the recent drop in sales are that the current target market of people between 35 and 50 years old are aging and are less interested in the lifestyle that Thorr Motorcycles offers and that the younger market of people between 21 and 35 years old have taken interest in less expensive models of motorcycles. To formulate a positioning
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Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Using Perceptual Maps is a great way of interpreting what type of impression the buyer has of the product brand. The buyer’s information from surveys are collected as data and entered into the perceptual map. This information is used to get a better idea of how your product characteristics rate in comparison to those of the competition and to determine your products location in the market. Marketing is not just selling and
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Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Name University of Phoenix Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing One of the marketing strategies that Thorr Motorcycles utilized is using the Perceptual Maps. Thorr Motorcycles is one of the leading brands of motorcycle manufacturers all over the world. They can manufacture up to 200,000 motorcycles a year. This move was considered as the main stimulation in their marketing campaign, which involves using various marketing strategies in order
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Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing Krissinda Richards MKT 421 December 21, 2011 Dr. Dyrren Davis Using Perceptual Maps in Marketing In the world’s market things are constantly changing. Products are introduced, have a growth period, then it starts to decline and eventually replaced with something new.The Thorr motorcycle simulation describes how the product life cycle of the Cruiser Thorr develops and then slowly declines as time and people change. In this situation, the CruiserThorr has
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Perceptual mapping is a graphics that can display visually the perceptions of a customer or a future customer. The product is displayed on a graph that shows its position relative to the competition. The perceptual map will help a company identify a positioning strategy in relation to the company’s competitors. In the simulation, there were three situations that solutions were needed to be identified. In the following paper, the situation, a proposed solution, and the outcome will be described.
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