question 0004 new class

The Internet provides a wonderful opportunity for doing marketing research and learning about various consumer markets. ; You are to prepare a report ;on the size, location, purchasing power, and market potential for the 3 largest minority target markets in the country. ; Divide your paper into three sections—Hispanic Americans, ;African Americans, and ;Asian Americans. ; Use the Template provided for the Minority Research Paper. ; I would recommend you go to the CC Library resource page and input key words in the search engine there. ; This gives you access to a wide variety of sources for the paper. ;

It is unlikely that ;all information tasked below for each of the 3 minority markets will come from just one source. ; You may need to access more than one website for each market in for the assignment. All of the information below needs to be included in each report. Be sure to cite all information that is not common knowledge in each minority market’s section of your paper and to provide a bibliography listing all sources used to complete the paper, at the end of the paper. The assignment must use the Question and Answer format but can either be a narrative or in outline form.

66 pts from the following:

• Total numbers in the U.S.
• Percent of the total U. S. population
• Rate of growth
• Average ; household size
• Average age
• % with college degrees
• Average or median ; income levels
• Geographic location(s) – metro, states, etc.
• Brands that have ;higher than average ;purchase for each group
• Identify specific products which have ;above average ;usage for each group
• Best media to use to target each group

15 pts from the following:

• In a minimum of 2, but no more than 4 paragraphs, evaluate and summarize the overall business potential of “each” minority market ; for a national marketer (P&G, Ford, etc.)

10 pts from the following

• Appropriate use of citations ; 5 pts
• Bibliography ; 5 pts

Minimun of 8 pages double space