MKT 4131 - Strategic Marketing Plan for ESW Cleaning Products

This report offers a comprehensive strategic marketing plan developed for ESW, a UAE-based household cleaning products manufacturer. The plan begins with an executive summary and introduction, outlining the competitive global marketing environment and the report's objectives: to examine ESW's current strategies and recommend improvements for long-term success. The report includes detailed information about the company, its products, and its SMART objectives, setting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals for market share, sales, customer satisfaction, and revenue. The report provides an analysis of strategic and tactical changes to the current marketing strategy, including expansion into Southeast Asian countries and the adoption of digital and social media marketing. It then evaluates the benefits and potential problems associated with these changes. The internal environment is examined using tools such as the value chain, key success factors, the Ansoff Matrix, and TOWS analysis. The report details the firm's value chain, highlighting primary and support activities, and identifies key success factors such as financial capabilities, brand strength, product value, customization, and moderate pricing. The Ansoff Matrix is applied to guide ESW's growth strategies, and the report includes a marketing strategy timeline, marketing mix, and control mechanisms. Finally, the report evaluates ESW's strategic position and offers concluding remarks.

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Executive Summary
The marketing management can be considered to be an effective part of the enterprise and global
trade. In association with this, it can be considered to be very effective for the different
enterprises to see to it that they are successfully being able to engage in effective planning and
initiatives. In association with this, the given marketing plan focuses on the marketing strategy
and growth development for ESW, a firm in UAE. The firm has set out a marketing plan
accordingly and provided certain expansion strategies as well.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
About the company..........................................................................................................................3
SMART Objectives.........................................................................................................................4
Strategic and tactical changes to current marketing strategy...........................................................4
Tactical changes...........................................................................................................................5
Benefits and problems of changes...................................................................................................5
Internal environment analysis..........................................................................................................6
Value chain......................................................................................................................................6
Key Success Factors........................................................................................................................8
Ansoff Matrix strategy.....................................................................................................................9
Market Development.................................................................................................................11
Diversification...........................................................................................................................11
TOWS............................................................................................................................................12
Marketing strategy timeline and actions........................................................................................13
Marketing mix...............................................................................................................................14
Control mechanisms required........................................................................................................16
Evaluation of organizations strategic position (SAF)....................................................................16
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................18

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References......................................................................................................................................19

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Introduction
The global marketing and strategic business environment can be stated to be highly
competitive in nature and it is in relation to this that all enterprises present in the global trade
wold be required to undertake a number of initiatives and programs with the help of which they
will successfully be able to engage in successful outcomes (Aguinis, Edwards and Bradley
2017). Hence, in pursuit of this, the main aim of the report is to examine the current strategy
which is undertaken ESW cleaning products and recommend certain marketing and strategic
initiatives which can be undertaken by them in order to ensure long term success. In association
with this, the report will follow a structured format whereby aspects like the Strategic Objectives,
Benefits of recommended strategies along with the internal environment analysis of the firm will
be undertaken. Control and evaluation techniques will also be provided.
About the company
The ESW can be stated to be a pioneer in the household cleaning products in the United
Arab Emirates. The company believes that the best household items as well as the household
appliances make the home very comfortable. Hence, in consideration with this, the ESW offers
the most reliable, efficient and versatile household cleaning products. In consideration of this, it
is appropriate to state that ESW is one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of various
household cleaning products such as the sponge scourers, scouring pads, car wash sponges and
the bath sponges (ESWhome.com 2020). In consideration with this, they manufacture easy
household items like comforters, mattresses, beach beds and pillows. The company is present in
the UAE since the past three decades of experience in the manufacturing of best household

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cleaning products. The brands of the firm like the Super Spongex and Suprex sell worldwide.
The brad also manufactures private label products for many retail chains and supermarkets.
The firm offers customized products of various qualities, sizes as well as shapes which
helps in meeting the requirements and prices accordingly. The firm aims to provide best quality
services at extremely competitive prices.
SMART Objectives
The objectives of the firm are as follows:
 The enterprise aims to attain a global market share of 30% over the coming 3 years
 The enterprise aims to sell 10000 units of each product every month in the coming 3
years
 The enterprise aims to improve its customer satisfaction index rate by 30% in the coming
2 years
 The enterprise also aims to ensure that it will successfully be able to double its revenue in
the coming three years
Strategic and tactical changes to current marketing strategy
Strategic changes to marketing strategy
The strategic changes to the marketing strategy can be described as the long term changes
to the strategy in order to ensure an improvised strategic direction. The enterprise has aimed to
make the following changes to its marketing strategy:
 The firm aims to expand its operations and intends to expand into South East Asian
countries (Ansoff et al. 2018)

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 The firm intends to develop a website which shall encourage e-shopping
Tactical changes
The tactical changes can be essentially mentioned to be short term changes which are
generally focused on changing the means and methods as adopted by the enterprise in order to
ensure successful competition and related activities. In consideration of this, the tactical changes
to the marketing strategy of ESW can be mentioned to be as follows:
The firm aims to adopt the social media strategy to advertise its products. The firm has
intended to target the websites such as the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to promote its goods
(Engert, Rauter and Baumgartner 2016).
Additionally, the firm also aims to adopt the digital marketing strategy whereby it intends
to adopt and make use of the different digital media avenues such as YouTube to share product
uses and encourage bloggers to post about it.
Benefits and problems of changes
As witnessed from the above analysis, the different changes which the firm intends to
undertake can be mentioned to be the changes in the marketing strategy with respect to the
adaptation of the social media and the digital strategy. In association with this, the firm also
intends to go online and expand to the south East Asian countries (Hitt and Duane Ireland 2017).
In consideration to this, the benefits of these changes can be mentioned to be as follows:
 The firm will be able to earn a higher amount of revenue as the South East Asian markets
hold considerate potential and in association with this, this will be very helpful for them
and shall assist them in increasing their overall market share (ESWhome.com 2020).

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 Moreover, it will help them to serve a large consumer base. As the firm intends to go
online and engage in a sound social media strategy, it will be able to engage in effective
profit and increased brand image
However, the implementation of these strategies shall also have certain side effects for the
organization which can be described to be as follows:
 Different markets have different demands and the enterprise, ESW may find it very
difficult to engage in effective skills which shall assist in attaining goals of the firm.
 In association with this, expanding online has various costs as well which may not be as
profitable in the long run.
 The political and legal scenario of each country has to be abided by accordingly.
Internal environment analysis
In this section, the internal environmental analysis of ESW will be undertaken by making
use of a variety of tools such as the Value chain, Key success factors, the Ansoff Matrix and the
TOWS.
Value chain
The value chain analysis can be described as a critical tool which is essentially made use
of by an enterprise in order to gain an understanding of its overall internal operations and the
means used by the enterprise to engage in long term success (Haider et al. 2017). In association
of this, the value chain of the firm can be mentioned to be as follows:

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Figure 1: The Value chain model
(Source: Ginter, Duncan and Swayne 2018 )
The primary activities of the enterprise can be described as those goods and services
which assist in ensuring that, the overall activities like the Logistic activities along with the
Marketing activities can be carried out adequately. The inbound logistics of the firm can be
mentioned to be the goods and services which enter into the firm in the form of the raw materials
(Hitt, Ireland and Hoskisson 2016). The operations can be mentioned to be the regular operations
which take place at the ESW which thereby assists in carrying out the production and marketing
activities easily. This is then followed by the outbound activities whereby the readymade
products get distributed to various retailers as well as supermarkets and hyper markets
(ESWhome.com 2020). With the help of this, the products of the enterprise get distributed in the
market and this assists in ensuring better and stronger operations. The marketing and sales
activities which are carried out by the different enterprises engage in making the product even
more popular and in consideration of this, the activities to promote the goods are undertaken.
Lastly, the post sales services and other such offer ae provided by the firm which assist in
ensuring that the customers are satisfied.

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The next activities which are undertaken by the firm can be mentioned to be the
secondary or the support activities. According to Ethiraj, Gambardella and Helfat (2018),
although the primary activities help in adding value to the procedure of production they are
overpowering the support activities. The competitive advantage of the ESW comes from the
technological improvements or the innovations which are decided upon by the business models
and the research procedures (Keegan 2017). Hence, the support activities such as the information
systems and the research and development activities along with the general management
activities are the primary source of development and differentiation. Hence, just like any other
competitive enterprise, even ESW engages in various primary and support activities to gain a
competitive advantage (Kotabe 2020).
Key Success Factors
 The key success factors or the critical success factors can be described as the aspects
which are integral in ensuring entrepreneurial success. These factors influence the
business operations to a great extent and also contribute towards ensuring that the
business is being able to attain its overall objectives in a successful manner and ensure
that the firm is being able to perform adequately well (Kotler et al. 2018). In
consideration of this, the Key success factors of the ESW can be mentioned to be as
follows:
 Financial capabilities: The financial capabilities of the ESW can be understood to be
essentially effective. In association with this, it can be mentioned that, the firm has been
operating in the UAE since the past thirty years and hence, has considerate access to a

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large number of financial and other strategic resources (Di Benedetto and Lindgreen
2018).
 Strong brand name in the UAE market: The firm has been the market leader since the
past thirty years and in association with this, the firm has a strong brand name and
reputation in the UAE market which acts as goodwill for it and helps it in performing
adequately well.
 Good product value: The products as offered by the enterprise can be mentioned to be of
an adequate value (Kotler et al. 2019). In regards to this, it has to be critically mentioned
that, the products which are sold by the firm are of extremely good quality and provide
adequate value to the customers.
 Customization available: The products of the enterprise are subject to considerate
customization and related facilities. In relation to this, it can be rightfully stated that, as
the products are available in various colours, sizes and types then in such a scenario this
offering acts as a key success factor and facilitates considerable sales in the enterprise
(Deepak and Jeyakumar 2019).
 Moderate prices: The prices as offered by the enterprise can be understood to be very
moderate in nature. With association to this, as the prices are quite moderate, this leads to
a good value proposition.
Ansoff Matrix strategy
The Ansoff Matrix strategy can be mentioned to be the Product or the Market expansion
Grid which can be stated to be a tool which is made use of by the various enterprises to plan their
growth. Hence, to guide the expansion of the ESW, the Ansoff Matrix is being applied. The

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Ansoff Matrix offers a four strategy structure to the enterprise which helps it to grow and
perform well.
Figure 2: The Ansoff Matrix
(Source : Ansoff et al. 2018)
This matrix was developed by the business manager Igor Ansoff and was published in
the Harvard Business in 1957. The Ansoff Matrix has assisted various marketers as well as the
leaders to undertake various risks as present in the market to understand the growth of the
business. The four Ansoff strategies are as follows: