Marketing Audit: FedEx Corporation

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A 22 page paper using Porter's Five Forces analysis, PEST analysis, SWOT analysis and assessment of FedEx's marketing mix to conclude that FedEx retains one of world's strongest and most recognizable brands but needs to focus on three general areas. Those are (1) continuing to identify and address areas not operating as efficiently as possible; (2) giving greater attention to environmental matters that can enhance profitability; and (3) placing FedEx Kinko's under the famous FedEx light of innovation and creativity. The long-term outlook for world oil prices is that they will only increase in the future as developing nations industrialize and lay greater claim on world oil supplies. FedEx needs to ensure it is prepared for the effects of the pressures of future fuel costs. Enhancing the potential of remote printing instead of shipping can develop a distribution channel that likely will be of greater interest in the future. Bibliography lists 14 sources.