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MCD Positioning
The product positioning map for McDonalds is as follows. Positioning maps are important to understand how consumers perceive a given product/service offering in terms of two key variables (Riley, 2012). In quick service, the main dynamics are price and quality. By definition, this industry is defined by an element of price competition, but consumers also realize that there are tradeoffs with respect to quality. McDonalds has a very good reputation for quality, at least among consumers of fast food, but is not seen to occupy the very high end of the business. For example, Starbucks and Five Guys have what is essentially ultra-premium positioning within this market. Those companies therefore enjoy success on the basis of that positioning. In general, however, the firms that occupy the high/high corner of the positioning map are in a good position, because the tradeoff is obvious to consumers. This is why most of the major brands in the industry fit into this corner, with other brands fitting into the low price/low quality quadrant, where consumers can also find value. Firms struggling badly in this industry will probably...
Consumers in times of relative prosperity appreciate quality. While this has helped McDonalds, it has helped companies like McDonalds and Five Guys even more. McDonalds therefore needs to consider if its positioning is effective. When it promotes coffee, it does so on the basis of having a lower cost than Starbucks, so on the price axis the company is properly positioned. However, there is a gap in terms of the quality. What McDonalds ideally wants to do is have the highest quality perception in the industry to go along with lower costs.
The product positioning is a tangential element to McDonalds' strategy. The company actually sees its brand as being far more complex than a two-dimensional model can convey. The brand is seen as multidimensional, so price and quality are only two elements of how McDonalds wants to appeal to consumers (Crain, 2013). Most of its recent promotions have…
References
Crain, R. (2013). Has time run out for McDonalds' brand chronicle after 10 years? Advertising Age. Retrieved April 11, 2014 from http://adage.com/article/rance-crain/time-run-mcdonald-s-brand-chronicle/245470/
Riley, J. (2012). Brand positioning and market mapping. Tutor2U.net. Retrieved April 11, 2014 from http://www.tutor2u.net/business/marketing/brands_positioning.asp
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