Introduction All global marketers would experience cultural and ethical challenges or problem at some point during their life cycle; however it how they deal with it would separate the global leaders from the rest. Keegan, J,K. (2001).Understanding the different cultures would help any business to become successful; also by having good ethical practice would also help the business to become successful. Operating within the global market offers a lot of opportunities for Companies. They would be able to enjoy wide range of benefits such as economies of Scale. Kotler, P. (2011). However this can cause a lot of different challenges for any global marketer. Keegan, J,K. (2001). Cultural challenges operating global marketing programmes Culture can posses many different challenges for global marketers. As stated by Hofstede, G. (1980) “Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others”. When others make assumption about another culture it can lead to miscommunication. Hollensen (2011) The three components of culture which influence global marketing are Beliefs, Values and Attitude Usunier, J,C. (1993). On a …show more content…
Kotler, P. (2011). We will now look at the challenges associated with marketing mix promotion in oversea markets. Know also as the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC), this marketing mix is equally important as the rest. It is consist of advertising, public relations, sales promotion, direct marketing and personal selling. Advertising, public relations and sales promotion are consider to be one way communication, whiles direct marketing and personal selling are said to be two way