Wine Marketing Flashcards
What is the aim of the monopoly system?
To limit alcohol consumption
The only retail outlet allowed to sell alcohol in Sweden?
Systembolaget
Describe to enter the retail sector in Sweden.
- Register with an importer who is an approved supplier of Systembolaget
- Systembolaget tender requests (4times a year)
- Approved suppliers to submit samples
- Selected by blind tasting panel
- Wines will be tasted again and chemically analysed prior to launch
How long Systembolaget’s tender system take?
7 - 8 months
As Systembolaget selects products on quality alone, what benefit smaller producers can have?
- Smaller producers has the same access to the market as larger ones.
- Once it’s selected, wines have exposure throughout Sweden
- Potential to sell larger volumes
When USA was under prohibition, by what law?
1919 - 1933
Volstead Act
Why the three-tier system was introduced?
- To prevent direct sales from the producer/supplier to the retailer
- To avoid producer monopolies and increased prices
What are the three-tier system’s benefits to each state?
- Creating additional jobs
- Easier regulation
- Easier collection of taxes
- More tax revenue by additional tier of businesses
The three tiers are:
Supplier
Distributor
Retailer
True or False
Producers can by-pass a wholesaler and sell direct to a retailer.
False
Three tier system generally limit or completely prohibit cross ownership between most _________ and the _____________
retailers and the upper two tiers
three tiers: supplier / distributor / retailer
three tier system
the each state of the USA can have drastically different laws, which are very complicated.
Therfore there is a need for ____ within alcoholic beverage companies
‘compliance officers’
three tier system
States in which the state itself holds monopoly over one or more of the three tiers are called?
‘Control’ states
three tier systerm
Open state
suppliers and distributors
Minimal state involvement.
Suppliers and distributors are free to enter into and exit out of agreements to sell and distribute brands freely.
three tier system
What is franchise law?
Why does it exist?
- Franchise law severely restrict the freedom of suppliers to change distributor arrangements
- ‘lifetime appointment’
- to protect distributors against sudden and massive changes to their business
definition
What is marketing?
‘the management process which is responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying consumer requirements profitably’
the Chartere Institute of Marketing (CIM)
Marketing Process
- Identifying the product/brand to be marketed
- Identifying the target market
- setting the objectives of the marketing strategy
- devising the marketing strategy
- implementing and monitoring the marketing strategy
What is brand?
‘the set of physical attributes of a product or service, together with the beliefs and expectations surrounding it - a unique combination which the name or logo of the product or service should evoke in the mind of the audience.’
Brand
How to create a positive image in the consumer’s mind?
Substance, Consumer trust, Consumer engagement, Brand story, Price premium, Longevity, Strong brand name
Brand
- Substance
- Consumer trust
- Consumer engagement
- consistent quality and style
- ‘trust’ a brand always to give them what they want
- a relationship with the brand and will ask for it by name
Brand story
How brand story works?
This creates an emotional attachment, a sense of authenticity.
The story also covers price, where the wine is sold, how it is sold, what other people say about the product
a story behind history, terroir, philosophy, name
Promotion
Aims of Price Promotion
- to increase sales of existing products
- gain volume sales for new products
- attract new customers
- shift old stock or discountined lines(‘bin ends’)
Promotion at the Point of Sale
Types of price promotion
- a specified amount or percentage discount
- seasonal sales
- discounts on certain days
- discounts on certain groups of people
- ‘multi-buy’ or volume discount
- ‘link saves’
- discount on delivery costs
Price promotion at the point of sale
Risks of Price Promotion
- the promotion will not build consumer loyalty
- may damage the image of the product in the mind of the consumer
- (multi-buys & volume discounts) less-likely affect the image of the product, but to encourage excessive alcohol consumption