 Selected Past Engagements The industries we are particularly strong in are:
- Pharmaceutics and other health care
- Beverages
- Export, particularly in the Caribbean
- Information technology and telecommunication
- Financial services
Market potential for pharmaceutics
Marketing beverages
Marketing IT in the Caribbean
Market research
Forecasting telecom sales potential
Tourism related business plans
Repositioning a retail store
Pre-feasibility franchising opportunity
Export marketing feasibility for export to Europe
Curaçao export
Trade partners and trade missions
Interim marketing management
Crisis management
Online marketing
Online feasibility of marketing and selling tobacco
Hold or sell online asset
Planning and marketing not-for-profit education
Sports marketing
Market potential for pharmaceutics (top)
What is the Caribbean market potential for a specified group of
prescription drugs of a multinational firm? What should the targets be
for each country based on each country’s demographic, lifestyle and
health statistics and policies? An exercise in forecasting and making
marketing accountable.
Marketing beverages (top)
For numerous global beverage brands across the Caribbean qualitative research leading to:
- Which product extensions or new products should be added to the portfolio
- which global brands should be in the distributor’s portfolio or
- what should be the Pan-Caribbean positioning of a global brand
We did the research leading to the concept for Amstel Bright
Marketing IT in the Caribbean (top)
How does an IT company with a proprietary banking application
approach the Caribbean and Central American market? Which tools are
preferable
Market research (top)
For several brands, including many global brands, primary research
such as mystery shopping, brand tracking, advertising, and taste
testing. Extensive secondary research in many areas, also for the
Caribbean as a whole.
Forecasting sales potential in telecom (top)
Based on primary and secondary research, what is the sales potential for this new telecommunications product?
Tourism related business plans (top)
Business plans to obtain bank financing for several new and existing
ventures in the tourism sector including small hotels, restaurants,
dive shops and car rentals.
Repositioning a retail store (top)
How, at what cost and in which timeframe to refocus a retail store
so that it once again caters to a clear target market with a specific
product. Managing price, inventory and sales were additional important
issues.
Pre-feasibility franchise restaurant (top)
Based on lifestyle statistics and preliminary cost figures, what is
roughly the feasibility of establishing a franchise in the restaurant
sector in Curacao.
Export marketing feasibility for export to Europe (top)
Is there a European market for a tobacco product made with Central
American raw material, produced in Curaçao and exported to Europe under
the agreement for Overseas Countries and Territories?
Curaçao Export (top)
How do we further promote Curaçao export? An exercise in defining
Curaçao’s exportable products and services and advising approaches for
each.
Trade partners and trade missions (top)
Organizing and establishing contacts for a trade mission of
Trinidadian small business, which a flower producer later characterized
as “the most effective mission we have been on”. We can also put you in
touch with potential partners/distributors of your product or service in
the Dutch Caribbean.
Interim marketing management (top)
What should be the structure, staffing, blueprint for a marketing
plan and budget of the customer contact departments of a new state-owned
waste management enterprise? Another engagement included setting up the
marketing function and marketing plan, geared to achieving measurable
returns on marketing activities.
Crisis management (top)
Please, stem the negative publicity we are getting and make our
company part of the consumer’s evoked set again. Engagement also
included setting up the marketing function and marketing plan, geared to
achieving measurable returns on marketing activities.
Online marketing (top)
An outline for marketing Curaçao online interactively and integrating this with traditional marketing.
Feasibility of marketing and selling tobacco online (top)
What are the benefits and potential pitfalls of expanding a tobacco
company’s activities to include online marketing and sales?
Hold or sell online asset (top)
Should the company hold and develop its asset? Or should it sell and service?
Marketing not-for-profit education (top)
• How should a not-for-profit institute of higher education gear itself for increasing competition?
• Which areas of continuing education present opportunities?
Sports marketing (top)
A structure to help the Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee
obtain funding and promote sports. Included were workshops for sports
federations.
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