A Comprehensive Literature Review on Marketing Strategies Used by Various Industries in Sri Lankan and Global Context during COVID-19 Era

A marketing strategy is a long-term plan for attaining a company's goals through consumer understanding and the creation of a distinct and sustainable competitive advantage. Marketing strategies are very important to any business organisation in order to achieve business goals. Different organizations used different marketing strategies and it depends on their industry. Many industries faced difficulties in Sri Lankan context and global context due to the COVID-19 pandemic and they had to used different types of marketing strategies to survive in the market. The objective of this study is to identify different types of marketing strategies used in Sri Lankan and global context industries during COVID-19 era and how they used these strategies to survive in the market. This study mainly focuses on tourism industry, FMCG industry, apparel industry and banking industry and how they used marketing strategies and suggestions were indicated.