Q No. 4: A company’s marketing environment consists of the actors and forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. Describe the environmental forces that affect the company’s ability to serve its customers?

Q No. 4: A company’s marketing environment consists of the actors and forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. Describe the environmental forces that affect the company’s ability to serve its customers?

Marketing

20th Edition

ISBN:9780357033791

Author:Pride, William M

Publisher:Pride, William M

Chapter3: The Marketing Environment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1DYMP

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