Questions from General Marketing


Q: A company’s sales force creates and communicates customer value by personally engaging

A company’s sales force creates and communicates customer value by personally engaging customers and building customer relationships. With its Market Basket approach, was Staples focusing on building...

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Q: Identify three online price-comparison shopping sites or apps and shop

Identify three online price-comparison shopping sites or apps and shop for a product you are interested in purchasing. Compare the price ranges given at the three sites. Based on your search, determin...

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Q: Read Staples’s code of ethics at www.staples.com/

Read Staples’s code of ethics at www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/staples_soul/documents/staples- code-of-ethics_english.pdf. Is the situation outlined above consistent with Staples’s ethics policies...

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Q: Refer to Appendix 2 to answer this question. Determine the number

Refer to Appendix 2 to answer this question. Determine the number of salespeople Wheels needs if it has 1,000 bicycle shop accounts that need to be called on four times per year. Each sales call lasts...

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Q: At what level of sales would it be more cost efficient for

At what level of sales would it be more cost efficient for Wheels to use sales agents compared to its own sales force? To determine this, consider the fixed and variable costs for each alternative. Wh...

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Q: What are the positive and negative aspects of SunGard’s new sales force

What are the positive and negative aspects of SunGard’s new sales force structure?

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Q: How would the challenges faced by SunGard have impacted sales productivity had

How would the challenges faced by SunGard have impacted sales productivity had the company not initiated its transformational plan?

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Q: Identify specific ways SunGard’s transformational plan addresses the different steps of managing

Identify specific ways SunGard’s transformational plan addresses the different steps of managing the sales force.

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Q: Can Alibaba succeed in countries outside of China? Why or why

Can Alibaba succeed in countries outside of China? Why or why not?

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Q: Discuss the benefits of direct and digital marketing to buyers and sellers

Discuss the benefits of direct and digital marketing to buyers and sellers.

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