MARKET RESEARCH

Market research is necessary to establish the development strategy tailored to your company, is the process of evaluating the feasibility of a new product or service, by researching directly with potential customers and/or analysing the competition.

Market research allows us to discover the rules of the marketing game by understanding your target audience. In addition, it allows us to understand who your opponent is by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the competition. Although it is part of the Marketing process, I have chosen to present it to you separately, because without it we cannot implement any other step in the development of your company. You may not choose complex marketing services at this point, but market research is vital.



3 specific situations of market research

In their book “Do Your Own Market Research”, Paul N. Hauge and Peter Jackson point to three specific situations when market research is really useful:

Setting goals/objectives

Knowing aspects like the size of the market, competition or defining your potential customers can help set our sales goals.

Solving problems

Low sales? Low profitability? Market research will help us understand whether the problems are internal, such as a low-quality product, ineffective marketing or external, such as aggressive competition.

Sustaining company growth

Understanding how and why consumers decide on products will help us decide what products to launch on the market.



MARKETING

The term "marketing" is used to explain a lot of different activities, all associated with selling your company's products and services. Advertising is one of the most prominent marketing activities, but so are consumer research, product design, and search engine optimization. Although all the activities are very different, they all have the same goal - to increase profits and meet customer needs. It is important to remember one thing: marketing is not sales. Sales are simply the result of good marketing. To bring the necessary added value to your business, I work with a team of marketing strategy experts who can deliver:





SALES

"Selling is more than a profession, it's a way of life" stated Zig Ziglar in his book The Art of Selling. Why do I remember this book, which has already passed the age of 18? Because I've always considered Sales an art, and Ziglar's statement: "You’ve got to BE before you can DO and DO before you can HAVE." summarizes my way of working, simply, clearly and eloquently. Supplier - Purchaser - Customer, in the more than 20 years of experience I have embraced all these responsibilities, in order to fully understand what it is like in the shoes of the person I am talking to, the one I represent, the one who needs me, the one who has expectations.



To whom I am addressing:

Serious, determined and ambitious manufacturers who want to understand the needs in Romania, adapt, grow and get results

Who I am targeting:

DIY, Home & Deco, FMCG or online partners, depending on your assortment: Dedeman, Leroy Merlin, Hornbach, MatHaus, Auchan, Carrefour, Cora, Kaufland, Lidl, Mega Image, Penny, Profi.Obviously distribution is an important part of the sales process, which is why I work with dedicated partners depending on the product range.



LEGISLATION - COMMERCIAL LAW / CORPORATE LAW

Who needs a lawyer? We don't 😊, but nevertheless, I work closely with a Lawyer specialized in Corporate Law, who can help us in any legal aspect:

  • Drafting of contracts or drafts for other legal acts in connection with the activity of companies/individuals
  • Drafting of court applications, complaints, defences, various applications to the courts, arbitration or litigation bodies, enforcement, etc. in commercial matters (disputes with professionals)
  • Representation of the client's interests in all litigation pending before the courts and arbitration tribunals within the client's area of activity;


  • Taking the necessary steps to recover debts/claims
  • Obtaining enforceable titles and drawing up the procedural documents for their enforcement;
  • Keeping records of cases pending before the courts, the status of debt recovery and other debts assigned to the firm and periodically informing clients on their status;
  • Formulating proposals for writing off debts in situations where the debtor is insolvent, situations proven by documents and occurring after the exhaustion of all legal procedures;
  • Carrying out, at the clients' request, procedures related to labour law, researching facts and documents necessary for taking disciplinary measures against the clients' employees.
  • Verification of the fulfilment of the necessary conditions for the material liability of the employees.


LEGISLATION - QUALITY - AGREEMENTS/ MARKETING APPROVALS

For each type of product there are a number of regulations that need to be followed and implemented. In addition to European legislation, there are specific rules in each country. To make sure that we comply with the legislation in Romania, we collaborate with partners for activities arising from our capacity as a certification body for construction products, as a certification body for management systems and as a factory production inspection body. My partners are both in Poland and in Romania, so we can correctly analyse the needs of your company.



The quality documents that you need and that we can verify together:
  • Technical data sheet
  • Safety data sheet EC (European Certificate)
  • Declaration of performance
  • Declaration of conformity

We can obtain for you the technical approvals necessary for the purchase process. The technical approval is the quality subsystem that certifies the suitability for use in construction of products, processes and equipment incorporated in construction, which, by their novelty or by their conditions of use, are not covered within the scope of the technical regulations. The technical approval shall be drawn up for products and equipment which can be physically manufactured and whose quality is maintained constant throughout the manufacturing process and which are fully defined by their structure, construction system, shape, composition, physical and mechanical characteristics, method of use, links with the whole of the construction in which they are incorporated and precise purpose.

The technical approval is required by:

The manufacturer or his authorised representative in Romania, or another distributor holding the manufacturer's agreement, for products or equipment; the owner of the process or the one who uses it under licence, in the case of new construction processes.

The technical approval is granted for a limited period up to a maximum of 5 years and is valid for the holder and for the manufacturer's distributors requested by application. On expiry of the period, the technical approval may be extended on request.

The technical approval does not absolve the manufacturer or the holder of the process from the legal responsibilities for the quality of the products/processes/equipment and does not have the effect of granting the exclusive right to produce or market the products/processes/equipment or to use them.

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