You Have Just Taken Over as the New National Sales

question 94

Essay

You have just taken over as the new national sales manager for Smucker's. You have just been presented with a plan from your boss, the Vice-President of Sales, to add new institutional market segments for Smucker's products - cafeterias in schools and hospitals. After reading the report, you strongly believe that the new segments have been well-defined and are extremely viable. What steps can you take to ensure that this new segmentation strategy is successfully implemented?

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Definitions:

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Long-Run Path

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Small Crop

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Drought

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