International Marketing Plan Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Introduction

I decided to export grape wine outside Georgia. The countries under consideration wereLebanon and UAE.

Wine is an alcoholic beverage. There are many sources which can be used to make wine like grapes, plum, cherry and etc. I decide to made grapes wine for the export purpose. Grapes mainly fermented without the addition of sugar, acids, enzymes, water or any other nutrients. Different style of grapes and ferments produced different varieties of grape wine. Throughout the history, people used wine due to its intoxicating effects.

Biggest exporter and importer of grape wine are listed below: (World's Richest Countries)

Exporter Importers
·   Italy

·   Spain

·   France

·   Unites States

·   China

·   Etc.

·   United States

·   Germany

·   China

·   Canada

·   Belgium

·   Etc.

 

I intended to package my product in two different ways:

 

 

 

Option 1: Tin pack                                                                  Option 2: Small bottle

Outline for Chosen Country profiles

I intended to export my product in a country. For this, I considered two countries Lebanon (with capital Beirut) or UAE (with capital Abu Dhabi). Both countries are situated near Georgia therefore are easily accessible.
International Marketing Plan Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Lebanon UAE
Political System

Location

Consociationalism Monarchies
Western Asia

Boundaries: Syria, Israel, Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea

Western Asia

Boundaries: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran

Size 10452km2  67340km2
Population 4.125million 9.2million
Capital Beirut Abu Dhabi
Climate January-13°C

July- 27°C

January-12°C

July-45°C

GDP per capita ($) $11615 $40162
GDP Growth rate 0.80% 3.90%
Country indexes

 

 

 

 

Ease of doing business index

Political Risk Index-40

Political Stability Index-

Foreign Investment-

Life satisfaction-186.67

Happy planet-

Political Risk Index-87

Political Stability Index-

Foreign Investment-

Life Satisfaction-246.67

Happy planet-

126 26
The good country ranking

(overall)

76th place 22nd place

 

Market and Its analysis

Lebanon UAE
Industry Boundary Grapes Wine
Unit of Analysis Individual
Geographical Scope Beirut Abu Dhabi, Dubai & Sharjah
Demographic Scope
Maximum number of potential customers 3465000 45000000

 

Current market demand 2475000 35000000
Market Development Index (2475000/3465000)*100=71% (35000000/45000000)*100=77%
Average wine price $20 $19
Average annual growth rate Stable market, low growth Growing market as an average rate of 9%
Product life cycle Product is in growth phase Product is in growth phase
Seasonality Grape wines are available throughout the year but high season in winter

 

I have chosen UAE for the export of grape wine. Due to the following reasons:

  • The consumption rate of wine in UAE is almost twice as compared with theGlobal rate of consumption. A single person consumes approximately 8-liter wine per year in UAE.
  • UAE is easily accessible from Georgia.
  • Ease of doing business index is in improving phase and improved by 8 points in last year.
  • The climate of UAE is stable for grape wine.
  • MDI is 77% which indicates that the market is in the growing phase hence my product can capture amarket share.
  • The average growth rate of UAE is much better than Lebanon which indicates that there ispotential of growth in wine market ofUAE.(Manoukian, 2012)

(Thomas, 2014).............................

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