March 9, 2009

Maharaja Mac – India

Beer served in German McDonalds

McLobster – Eastern Canada

Ebi Filet-O (shrimp burgers), Koroke Burger (mashed potato, cabbage and katsu sauce, all in a sandwich), Ebi-Chiki (shrimp nuggets) and Green Tea-flavoured milkshake

McLaks, a sandwich made of grilled salmon and dill sauce.

Gallo Pinto, meaning rice and beans

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Business must tailor competitive efforts to fit foreign market
Customers react differently in different markets
Research is the most important activity

1. When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." Instead, the company thought that the word
"embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read:
"It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant
2. In Spain, when Coors Brewing Company put its slogan, "Turn it loose" into Spanish; it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea".
3. When Braniff International Airways translated a slogan touting its upholstery, "Fly in leather", it came out in Spanish as "Fly naked".
4. When Pepsi started marketing its products in China a few years back, they translated their slogan, "Pepsi Brings You Back to Life" pretty literally. The slogan in Chinese really meant, "Pepsi Brings
Your Ancestors Back from the Grave."
5. Chicken magnate Frank Perdue's line, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken," sounds much more interesting in
Spanish: "It takes a sexually stimulated man to make a chicken affectionate."

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6. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an
Electrolux".
7. A hair products company, Clairol, introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that mist is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the manure stick.
8. The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem-Feeling
Free", was translated into the Japanese market as "When smoking
Salem, you will feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."
9. PepsiCola lost it dominant market share to Coke in South East
Asia when Pepsi changed the color of its vending machines and coolers from deep "Regal" blue to light "Ice" blue as Light blue is associated with death and mourning in SE Asia.
10. We can't forget Chevrolet's attempt to launch the Nova --
Spanish translation, "Doesn't Go" -- in Mexico (turns out this one appears to be an urban legend and cannot be verified). Many sources on the internet allege this is untrue.

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Regulation of coupons and contests
Media censorship
◦ More or less restrictive
Cultural differences
◦ Portrayal of women
◦ Religion (Liquor/Muslim countries)

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Contact distributors within specific country to sell products to local retailers
Set up own foreign office, hire local experts
Joint ventures: partnerships with a foreign company
◦ Cdn/foreign firm combine resources to make or sell specific product in another country

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Are there local products with greater quality goods?
Is it possible to produce these products with same quality in these countries?

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Convince customer product has more benefits than competitors
If no competitors, still a challenge. Must convince them to change their other preferences.
◦ France: Wine/Beer?

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Must know tariffs on the product
Tariffs: taxes placed on goods imported into a country to protect local industries from foreign competition
Landed Cost: takes into account shipping costs, currency exchange, tariffs
◦ Can product be sold at a competitive cost?

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Legal design requirements and standards
Change size of packaging
◦ Translating package label, instructions
Hire a competent local business to translate

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Pick a country and a company, and discuss how that company markets or could market their product differently according to the specific needs of that country.
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Use the computers to research
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Briefly present your findings to the class