Final Customer Purchasing from an Intermediary of the Product

Acquire Steps: Acquire steps include all activities the customer completes preceding the purchase of the product. These steps include the customer's efforts needed to identify and evaluate Intermediaries and travel to the Intermediary location.

A.
Knowledge: Add knowledge

2.
Relative benefits: Help customers understand the unique benefits of your product

B. Establish reputation for brand.

Associate product with particular values to imply relative benefits

Community values

No.	Year	SIC	Note
1	2004	5331	Taobao Chinese online trading site remains free of any international partners in order to keep catering to the preferences of Chinese users.
2	2005	5351	Mexican-Americans make up about 58% of the U.S. Hispanic population, and Wal-Mart de Mexico's 697 stores and restaurants in Mexico help expose immigrants to its brand before they arrive. In addition, Wal-Mart's U.S. and Mexico buyers and executives are working together more and more to target both Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.
3	9199	5734	Gateway Inc. tomorrow is expected to launch the personal-computer industry's biggest-ever ethnic-marketing effort, a broad initiative involving Spanish-language PCs, software, Internet services and advertising campaign. The effort will kick off in Miami and Phoenix and quickly expand to each of the top 10 U.S. cities with substantial Hispanic populations. The company is launching its campaign as a new study finds Hispanics second among U.S. ethnic groups, behind Asian-Americans, in the percentage with access to the Internet. The bulk of Hispanic PC purchases today are equally split among Compaq, Gateway, International Business Machines, and Apple Computers.
4	1998	5942	The Avid Reader, a small bookstore, has been forced to innovate due to superstore competition. Its strategy is to emphasize its local roots, increase visibility, and improve customer service.
5	2004	5942	Joseph-Beth tries to distinguish itself from the national chains by emphasizing local roots. Its Lexington store carries about 1,000 books about Kentucky and books written by Kentucky authors.
6	2001	6022	While most banks are merging and becoming international giants, First Federal Bank of CA is choosing to stay local in L.A. It doesn't even have a web site yet, despite the trend towards online banking and voice mail services.
7	1996	6321	The Lutheran Brotherhood, a fraternal group that offers insurance to members, introduces a disability policy that pays out a person's church donations along with the regular disability-income benefit.
8	1986	7011	Keystone resort is trying to attract Hispanic skiers by staging a Ski Fiesta in January and supporting Puerto Rico's two-member Olympic ski team, which trains at the site.

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