use their name and logo in order to create awareness of the company‟s products. This helped
them to penetrate the local market easily.
The interviewees were asked to state why the company had chosen to use the strategies to
enter the Kenyan market. One of the respondents said that they established retail outlets and
signed up dealers because it was easier to build trust with the potential dealers and the labs
would act as reference points in the future. This was supported by another respondent who
stated that they used the various strategies so as to maintain and have loyal business partners
who would maintain the company‟s brand name and products. Other respondents also said
that the strategies were used as a means of creating, gaining and maintaining the market
share. It was also established that they used the strategies to create awareness of the brand
and company products.