Sam's Club Executive Summary

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The article that was published in Forbes “Is Sam’s New Growth Plan Off-Kilter?” by George Anderson, presents the new strategic marketing plan of Sam’s club. In 2015, CEO Rosalind Brewer introduced the new Sam’s Club strategy of bringing new members to the store. According to Ms. Brewer the store will focus on targeting the following groups: families with kids, members who live within a few miles from the store, new mothers and social couples. A high priority of the new strategic plan is a focus on selling merchandise that can be bought only at Sam’s Club. In order to succeed in doing so Ms. Brewer plans to collect and analyze the data that will show what products Sam’s club members buy the most and what they would like to see in the store.
The new strategic marketing plan will also focus on offering more local produce. Ms. Brewer emphasizes the importance of fresh produce to the members of Sam’s Club, thus in her strategy she intends to build much fewer, much stronger private level brands (Is Sam’s new growth plan off-kilter, 2015). Peter Deeb, managing partner at Deeb Macdonald and Associates, finds the new strategy plan is the attempt of Sam’s Club CEO to compete against Costco and this competitor is not easy to beat. In this race, Sam’s Club has the chance to lose their small customers, while
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It is a necessary step that will help to adjust to the changing desires and needs of customers and include new prospects for the big store chain. The Sam’s Club CEO brings new ideas to the table by attempting to attract new members from different demographics and I feel this is the right time for them to change their strategy. With changing demographics comes the need to change how Sam’s Club appeals to those select demographics. The use of a multisegment targeting strategy brings such benefits as higher sales and greater marketplace