Bristol University The UK Market Investment Report

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The piece of work adopts a report format, hence you are encouraged to divide your work into sections so the structure of the report can be easily understood.
You are encouraged to use graphical and/or tables to display any information you are presenting, using your word count to describe and interpret what the data means in terms of the report.


TASK


AgavEnergy is a (fictitious) organisation based in Chicago, US specialising in the manufacture and sale of AgavEnergy, a sugar-based energy drink which makes use of the Agave plant as a unique selling position. This ingredient is widely sourced from a partner organisation in the Canary Islands. The organisation has a strong foothold in US, Canada, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands and have recently opened a small UK office based in Bristol. They currently have a 0.5% UK market share of the category, gained mainly through distribution (with very little marketing). The organisation is deciding whether to invest strategically in developing the UK market place.


Your task: You are the strategic marketing team at AgavEnergy. The CEO has asked you to advise them on whether the company should invest in the UK or to seek other markets for future growth. You are expected to give a recommendation based on your considerations of the environmental forces, which may affect the UK over the next 3 years. (Note: you are only required to give a view on the UK market investment, NOT on any alternative market).


Draw from academic texts, academic papers, case studies, business examples, consumer data, market data (e.g. Mintel reports and market reports), or any other reliable sources which you think are relevant. Marks will be awarded by how well you have used the tools rather than the number of tools you have used. Explain any assumptions you have made and explain why you have made them (based on logic/insight/texts/etc).


Prepare a detailed document which will feed into this strategy team for detailed analysis. This document will support the conclusions you have given in the presentation but will include the detail on why you came to these recommendations.


Your report will be assessed against the following criteria:
1) The extent to which your report addresses all aspects of the brief.
2) The quality and range of resources used to sense and analyse the UK market place in the context of the organisation’s product.
3) The quality of the analysis undertaken and the use of that analysis to produce reasoned and justified evaluations and recommendations.
4) The selection/relevance of the analytical frameworks undertaken
5) Structure of the report: clarity of written English, grammar, correct referencing, general neatness of presentation

3000 words (excluding references, tables, graphs)

Please use the Harvard referencing system if possible

The presentation below has some ideas that you may want to use

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Agav Energy PESTLE ANALYSIS POLITICAL ECONOMIC Figure 2 Figure1 ECONOMIC (CONT.) Figure3 3 key current trends • Sugar free products are being consumed more SOCIAL • Higher importance placed on sustainability • Organic and locally sourced ingredients are becoming more popular TECHNOLOGICAL • Creating a product • Need to be attractive and ergonomic • Need to have sustainable packaging • Need a good supply chain in and out of the UK/Canary Islands • Can lead to new ways of communicating with target markets LEGISLATIVE • Potential Law banning energy drinks to be sold to people under 16 years old • Sugar tax • Plastic bottle tax being introduced in 2022 • Subject to 20% VAT, but still 0% import tax • Companies need to know what is legal and not so that they can trade effectively ENVIROMENTAL - Only began to have a great impact on companies in recent times - Can make or break companies at this time - Agav. Energy. How are the ingredients cultivated? - Is the packaging plastic or a more environmentally friendly alternative? Porters 5 Forces C Threat of New Entrants • Relatively new brand in UK • Cost of entry • Patent protection C Power of Supply • Energy drinks are relatively easy to produce, therefore the suppliers will have reasonably low power. • Well established brands like Red Bull and Monster will most likely have long term contracts with major suppliers • If we already have established suppliers in Europe we could keep costs low and import the drinks instead of producing them in the UK. C Competitive Rivalry • • • • Top UK competitors: Red Bull Monster Lucozade • These brands own 70% of market share C Power of Buyers • Supermarkets and off licence shops have a high buying power • Pre-existing contracts exists between buyers and competitors • If the buyers are the consumers, then their buying powering is also high since there are so many energy drinks to choose from C Threats of Substitutes • As there are already ‘healthy’ energy drinks out there our threat of substitution is likely going to be very high. • Seeing as people already like the taste of Red Bull and Monster they may decide to have the sugar free versions of these drinks as they know they like the tastes and see sugar free as the healthiest option. Conclusion • Market is already saturated • Brexit and coronavirus • We would therefore advise against investing in the UK market • Thanks for listening!
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Strategic Marketing 1

The UK Market Investment

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Strategic Marketing 2
The UK Market Investment
Overview
AgavEnergy organization is based in the United States. It specializes in the production and
sale of AgavEnergy products like sugar-based energy drinks, which utilizes the Agave plant as a
unique selling position. The company has recently opened a branch in the U.K. and has a 0.5
percent market share. Examples of energy drinks include monster, Rockstar, and Redbull. The
organization is yet to decide on whether to invest in the U.K. marketplace. An energy drink
company falls under those industries that flourish within a short time since their products are so in
demand in the market. Let's consider the use of market analysis to help us analyze the
environmental forces that may be deemed to affect the U.K. in the next three years.
Market analysis of the U.K. aims at addressing the political, economic, social,
technological, environmental, and legal aspects that may affect the U.K. markets. The analysis is
an effective technique that aids the business strategist in comprehending the impacts of macroenvironmental elements of the business. This case will help us analyze the factors that will affect
AgavEnergy Company in the next three years. It also aids in making strategic decisions. The
analysis is mainly conducted in the company's context; however, it can be done on the country
overall. The following are the factors of the analysis;
Political factors
The U.K. is among the powerful nations globally. It uses modern parliamentary democracy
and constitutional monarchy. The country is headed by a monarch, while the prime minister is the
head of administration. It is involved with four political parties that dominate the politics in the
nation. The national is politically stable, which acts as their greatest strength. Since it is stable
politically, it means that the country is safe from violence or conflicts, hence conducive to business

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(David, 2019). The U.K. has always maintained good relations with the United States and other
countries worldwide. It is a permanent affiliate of the United Nations that is considered a
significant power believed to influence global economic, cultural, political, and scientific affairs.
Many aspects determine the administration's stability, such as the rule of law, corruption is
low and managed, and effective government policies are applied. Since the government is doing
well in all these factors, it is considered a stable and successful administration. It is ranked at the
top position since 2007 for its political stability. The U.K. investment market should be regarded
as since the nation is a proactive government, politically stable, and it's relatively a fair country.
The demand for the organization's products will grow with time since it is a settled country (David,
2019).
The political environment has a moderate effect on the energy drinks market. The
government is concern about energy drink and their impacts on the health of the people. The
country might implement restricted regulations if it identifies any risks of the energy drinks on the
public's health. They might violate the rand or file a case in the high court, resulting in the rand
incurring a significant loss in the market share together with the rand name. Therefore before
investing entirely in the U.K. market share, the company should consider checking on their
restrictive regulations on various drinks.
Economic factors
The U.K. is among the nations with a robust economy relative to other countries. It has a
high G.D.P. with a diverse economy. It a significant inflow of foreigners hence; standing on a
sustainable pillar with a thriving business community. The nation responds to changing threats and
dynamics. It has robust pricing models that are connected with a cost-effective supply chain. This
parameter enables companies' sustainable footing in the nation (Pan and Zhan, 2019).

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The reason behind its success is the diversity of the economy. The variety of the market offers
equal chances to all growing businesses hence higher chances of the AgavEnergy Company
growing faster. As long as the country adds value to customer's lives, there is a demand for their
products in the market.
In the case of energy drinks in the U.K., there is an increased extent since more brands are
emerging in the industry, which might confuse consumers when it comes to deciding what they
would like to purchase. It might result in a diminishing purchase intensity of consumers in the next
few years. Consumers are always interested in the alternative of low price that the product with a
higher price. The AgavEnergy Company is encouraged to set its price to moderate as it offers
quality products to customers (Pan and Zhan, 2019). The strategy will attract more customers to
the company. Considerable measures of competitors are emerging in the marketplace. Also, there
is a steady growth in purchasing power among consumers in developed nations.
Various economic factors face the financial performance of energy drinks. One of them is
macroeconomic stability which affects the industries that operate in the premium sector. The other
one is the exchange rates with ...

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