The purpose of developing a list of strategy-related issues and problems a company faces is to O enable company managers to determine the company's chances for gaining a sustainable competitive advantage, given its current lineup of company's resources and competitive capabilities and its expertise in performing its value chain activities. O help company managers identify what specific strategic actions a company should take over the next several years. O help company managers pinpoint the company's 5 or 6 best strategy alternatives for improving the company's strategy. O help managers evaluate the company's prospects for future competitive success and attractive long-term profitability in light of the prevailing competitive forces and industry driving forces O create an agenda of items that need to be addressed in crafting a set of strategic actions that fit the company's overall situation.

1Outline how the marketing strategy process applies to a new business in relation to developing, producing, and marketing a new product/service Select any stakeholder or competitor related to the Amazon/Whole Foods acquisition and discuss the strategic applications 2Examine the challenges executives face to develop and implement marketing strategies which achieve the goals of both the organization and society This is the subject of Strategic Marketing, please provide refrences

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding the three phases of the strategic marketing process; planning, implementation, and evaluation. Read the description of the marketing action and then match it to the appropriate stage of the Strategic Marketing Process. Situation analysis Executing the marketing program Designing the marketing program Market-product focus and goal setting 4 Marketing program 5 6 Acting on deviations 2 3 Defining precise tasks, responsibilities, and deadlines 8 Obtaining resources Comparing results with plan to identify deviations 9 Match each of the options above to the items below. As the sales for digital cameras has increased, the sales for traditional film and film camera has declined Managers at Kodak select which products will be directed toward which customer for each of its strategic business units 3 Kodak managers select the marketing mix (4Ps) and related budget for each of its strategic business units Managers for the digital…

2. Pick the Marketing Management Philosophies from the list below. Select one: a. Product Orientation, Sales Orientation and Promotion Orientation b. Product Orientation, Sales Orientation, Market Orientation, Societal Orientation c. Product Orientation, Place Orientation, Price Orientation, Promotion Orientation d. Product Orientation, Sales Orientation, Market Orientation3.Which of the following best defines Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Select one: a. A collaboration of managers working together to reach a common goal of maximizing employee satisfaction. b. A company-wide business strategy designed to optimize profitability, revenue and customer satisfaction by focusing on highly defined and precise customer groups. c. Managing members of an organization coming together to design a marketing plan. d. None of these