International Marketing Unit 1

As a consultant for EduTot, an educational toy company, you have worked with marketing experts in similar industries and concluded that exporting is the best marketing strategy for a company starting in the international arena. Also, based on the amount of unsolicited inquiries you received in the past 5 years, extensive gathering of business media reports, and analysis of political risk reports, you determined the following countries had the greatest potential to accept the product: Spain, Ireland, France, Morocco, and Venezuela.

1. Your first task is to analyze the environmental factors impacting marketing in each of the countries and report the following information to the vice president:
   • population demographics
   • social and cultural consumption values
   • trade agreements with the United States 
   • economic performance measures
   • marketing infrastructure
2. Create an Excel spreadsheet that addresses the environmental factors impacting marketing each of these countries.
3. Then, write a 1 to 2 page paper that explains on your analysis of the information above. Justify your analysis with data and qualified information.

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