
Research on Crocs's Marketing Strategy
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Abstract
In an effort to meet the rising demand, Crocs began experiencing inventory issues and retail oversaturation in 2008. At the same time, it broadened its product line by incorporating golf and trendier models.This paper analyzes the effectiveness of Crocs' marketing strategy through secondary research, which will research the information online. Most of the data will come from articles and annual reports from Crocs. This study collected all relevant data, discussed the findings, dealt with strategies and cases, and concluded that Crocs used different strategies to entice customers to purchase products. According to the research, it can be concluded that raise of customer loyalty and market segment is the effective marketing strategy of Crocs, and from the references it has increased the sales.
Keywords
effictive, Crocs, marketing, strategy
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Cite this article
Zhang,X. (2023). Research on Crocs's Marketing Strategy. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,4,278-281.
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