Course: Marketing Management


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Course: Management Theory and Practice
Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020 Examination


Dolls, Cars, activity kits, board games are toys liked by kids. M/s Wonderkids, a company that has multiple businesses has been eying the opportunity to target kids with various toys. The company has launched a doll with the name “Pari” and a car with the name “Speedy”. The company plans to distribute the products across the country. The doll “Pari” is available in the range of Rupees 400 – 600 whereas the speedy car is available in the range of Rupees 350 -550. The company plans to target B2B customers by selling bulk quantity to kids based park, play groups. The company has just launched the product and it has hired you to handle the marketing activities of the new launched products.

QUES.1. Explain various ways to segment consumer market.

Answer: A market segment is a portion of a larger market in which the individuals, groups, or organisations share one or more characteristics that cause them to have relatively similar product needs.

Five conditions must exist for segmentation to be meaningful:
1. A marketer must determine whether the market is heterogeneous. If the consumers‟ product needs are homogeneous, then it is senseless to segment the market.
2. There must be some logical basis to identify and divide the population in relatively distinct homogeneous groups, having common needs or characteristics and who will respond to a marketing programme.

QUES.2. What is the distribution channel that you will use to distribute the product across Indian market? Explain the same with reason.

Answer: Every marketing activity starts and ends with the customer. The customer is the ultimate target for a marketer. The availability of the product in the market depends on the efficacy of the distribution channel. Therefore, the distribution channel plays a significant role in the marketing activities. The success of a company’s marketing effort depends upon its command on the distribution network. The company can reach customers either directly through its own sales force (called direct marketing) or through a set of intermediaries and channel members (called indirect marketing).

The channels of distribution perform the following functions:
a.       They facilitate the physical movement of


QUES.3. a. Who will you select as a brand ambassador for “Pari” and “Speedy”? Explain the same with reason.

QUES.3. b. Explain various types of consumer products and state which type of consumer product is “Pari” and “Speedy”?

Answer: a) Brand ambassadors play a major role in the marketing of a particular brand, service or product. Brand ambassadors are the main reasons for many people to buy the endorsed products. Brand ambassador is the first person who believes in your brand and agrees to endorse it using his/her expertise, experience, knowledge, skills etc. If they don’t believe in the brand, there is very little they can do at the core and cry of being authentic in this age. Brand ambassadors represent the brand whenever they can and wherever they find themselves. It is the duty of brand ambassadors to make the product likeable, more interesting and different

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