Thursday, March 4, 2010

Competitive Strategy

The textbook by Armstrong and Kotler mentions Competitive Strategy as the company's strategy to gain strategic advantage by positioning their offerings strongly against competitors' offerings in the minds of consumers. No single competitive marketing strategy is best for all companies. Thus, each firm should consider its own size and industry position compared to those of its competitors. There are winning strategis for large firms, but there are also losing ones. (Kotler, 67)

An example of two strong competitors in luxury-car industry are BMW and AUDI. Take a look at the picture of two billboards above, where both are dueling, with AUDI's bilboard showing the all new Audi A4 along with the headline: “Your move, BMW”. Santa Monica BMW, a local dealership, took on the challenge and entered a virtual chess game by responding, "checkmate.", with a much bigger billboard showing BMW M3 Coupe. When talking about competitive strategy, companies think through a complete contingent plant. They do not just think about the best, but they try to think and foresee all possibilities that their competitors might do. The advertising battle war between AUDI and BMW is a good example of how BMW could identify its competitor, AUDI. BMW proved to have thought broadly, by responding to take on the challenge using the chess jargon, equipped with a bigger picture of the car on the billboard.

To be able to win a competitive advantage over a competitor, a company needs to not only be creative, but be able to develop competitive actions and reactions that allign with their objectives / goals. Audi and BMW is and will still be competitors, however, both prove to be battling in a healthy competitive environment. Certainly, with different target markets and approaches to the consumers, both companies will strive to achieve their goals / objectives.

Clairine B. Runtung
Section G

3 comments:

  1. Good JOB!
    I really like your post! I laughed at your picture badly. It's just funny to see how audi tries to fight against BMW, and BMW responded by putting a way bigger billboard next to you it!
    Audi is asking BMW to make its move, and BMW gets the CHECKMATE! Awesome post!

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  2. Good JOB!
    I really like your post! I laughed at your picture badly. It's just funny to see how audi tries to fight against BMW, and BMW responded by putting a way bigger billboard next to you it!
    Audi is asking BMW to make its move, and BMW gets the CHECKMATE! Awesome post!

    Hendy Kurniawan, Section E

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  3. To follow such competitive strategies surely need a good level of understanding and positive environment. Responsive attitude of sms automotive is also highly praised in many of the online posts and shares. Planning to hire a team for our business ads. Bulk messages and mails are more than enough to enlarge our platform.

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