Assessment of Marketing Strategy Practices in The Case of Harar Brewery

Marketing strategy is commonly defined as a strategy employed by a firm to attain its marketing objectives, which in turn is related to the achievement of the firm’s business objectives. In other words, marketing strategy refers to the marketing goals and action plans that address matters of product/ service price, distribution, communication, and the process of new product development. This study focused on assessing the marketing strategy practices of the Harar Brewery Share Company. The study used descriptive method of research design. Both primary and secondary data collection instruments are used to collect data. To collect the data for this study, the target population of the study is the corporate marketing and sales department of the Harar Brewery Share Company. The study was taken 76 people who are working under marketing department, out of 76 people questionnaires were distributed, and 70 questionnaires were returned. The Harar Brewery’s marketing strategy is practiced moderately by its employees and managers. The company provides quality products with affordable prices by promoting its products using different promotional mechanisms (i.e. media advertisement, sales promotion and public relations). It was finally recommended that the company needs to align its marketing strategies with its vision and mission; the vision and missions of the company must be well addressed to its employees, the marketing and planning team and other stakeholders. The company needs to enhance its communication between corporate sales and marketing departments and other departments for the smooth implementation of its strategy.