Regarding Marketing Strategy Planning

question 173

Multiple Choice

Regarding marketing strategy planning:

• A) Managers usually know all they need to know about the needs and attitudes of their target markets.
• B) Competitors cannot force a firm to shift its marketing mix.
• C) Changes in the dimensions of the market environment have no effect on a firm's marketing mix.
• D) The lack of a complete understanding of the target market can make it difficult to combine the four Ps into a suitable marketing mix.
• E) None of these alternatives is correct.

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