1. MARKETING
ENVIRONMENT
Presented By :Gursewak Singh

2. THE MARKETING
ENVIRONMENT
• The Marketing Environment can be defined all the Internal and
External Factors and Forces that affect a firm’s ability to develop and
maintain successful transactions and relationships with the target
customers.
• Thus, Marketing Environment includes all forces that affect
Marketing Policies, Decisions and Operations of a company

3. COMPONENTS OF
MARKETING
ENVIRONMENT
• Internal environment : Forces and actions inside the firm that
affect the marketing operation composed of internal stake
holders and the other functional areas within the business
organization.
• External environment
• Micro environment
• Macro environment

4. Marketing
Environment
Micro Environment
Macro Environment
1.Suppliers
2.Customers
3.Intermediaries
4.Competitors
5.General Public
1.Demographic
2.Economic
3.Natural/Physical
4.Technological
5.Politico-legal
6.Socio-cultural

5. Factors affecting Marketing
environment
1. POLITICAL FORCES
2. ECONOMIC FORCES
3. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
FORCES
4. NATURAL FORCES
5. TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES
6. DEMOGRAPHIC FORCES

6. Political and Legal forces
• Includes laws, government agencies and pressure groups that
influence or limit various organizations and individuals in a
given society.
• Increasing legislation.
• Changing government agency enforcement.
• More emphasis on ethics and socially responsible actions.

7. Economic Environment
• The economic environment consists of factors that affect
consumers purchasing and spending power.
• Under economic environment manager generally studies
1. Trends of gross national product
2. Patterns of real growth in income
3. Variations in geographical income distribution.
4. Borrowing pattern ,trends and governmental and legal
restrictions.
5. Major economic variables

8. Social and cultural forces
• Social responsibility has crept into the marketing literature as
an alternative to the market concept.
• Socially responsible marketing is that business firms should
take the lead in eliminating socially harmful products

9. DEMOGRAPHIC
FORCES
• Demographic data helps in preparing geographical marketing
plans, household marketing plans, age and sex wise plans.
• It influences behavior of consumers which in turn will have
direct impact on market place.
• A marketer must communicate with consumers anticipate
problems ,respond to complaints and make sure that the firm
operates properly.

10. Technological
Environment
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Most dramatic force now shaping our destiny.
Changes rapidly.
Creates new markets and opportunities
Challenge is to make practical, affordable products.
Safety regulations result in higher research costs and longer
time between conceptualization and introduction of product.

11. Natural Forces
• Involves the natural resources that are needed as inputs by
marketers or that are affected by marketing activities.

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