Ecological marketing

The work addresses issues of ecological marketing, specifically focuses on the marketing mix of organic products. The intention is to point out guidelines and outline options that may be the potential of products development in line with environmental objectives and the enterprise. The work is divided into three parts. The first part briefly shows the evolution of marketing and its current form, including current trends and events that led to the emergence of ecological marketing. This section defines the ecological marketing objectives. Second, the main part of this work shows the ecological marketing mix in the ordinary formulation: product, price, place and promotion. Attention is paid to all individual elements of the mix, their advantages, disadvantages and the key aspects in the use of ecological products and where possible, illustrated on practical examples. The last part consists of two case studies. The first one is focused on design and packaging at Hewlett-Packard, namely multimedia notebook HP Pavilion for Walmart. The second is focused on the Toyota and its Prius hybrid model in order to analyze key aspects of the success of this model on the market of hybrid cars. The conclusion summarizes the key aspects of ecological marketing and suggests possible development for the future