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Products
a good or service that is obtained through an exchange, can be tangible or non-tangible.
convenience products
fairly inexpensive products that require little thought when purchasing, low margins
shopping products
products that consumers are willing to put more thought and money into purchasing, little higher margins
specialty products
Items with unique characteristics, high profit margins, hard to find
unsought products
products purchased to fulfill a sudden need, tow truck, repair items....
Product line versus product mix
product line (depth)- # of products in a single line
Product mix (width)- # of total different categories of products
Product lifestyle
Introduction- sales begin
Growth- profits begin and begin to end
Maturity- competition gets becomes great
Decline- run-out, phase-out, immediate drop
Product adoption process
Awareness- Buyer becomes aware of the product
Interest- The buyer seeks information and is receptive to learning about the product
Evaluation- The buyer considers the product’s benefits and decides whether to try the product
Trial- The buyer examines, tests, or tries the product to determine if it meets needs
Adoption- The buyer purchases the product and can be expected to use it again when the need for this type of product arises
Product adopter categories and characteristics
Innovators- first adopters of new products
Early adopters- careful choosers of new products
Early majority- those who adopt the product slightly before most
Late Majority- skeptics that adopt products late when they feel it is necessary
Laggards- those who are skeptical of buying new products
Components of a brand
products features, logos, colors, features, service..... everything that makes up a brand
Brand name, Brand mark, trademark
Name- the name that can be spoken
Mark- a sybol such as the NIKE "swoosh"
trademark- trademark name, Coca-Cola....
Brand Equity
Brand name awareness, brand loyalty, perceived brand quality, and brand association, basically everything that makes up your brand, what your brand represents to you and to consumers
Manufacturer brands
Private distributors(store)
generic
Manufacturer brands- jolly green giant, Levi, AB&F, Gap.....
Private Dist.- Safeway, Western family, kirkland....
Generic- just labeled white with black lettering about what is inside
Co-branding and
Brand Licensing
Co-branding- using two or more brands together for one product, lunchables and capri sun and candy.
Brand Licensing- where one brand allows another organization to put it's brand on their product for a fee. example outboard motors
Individual and family branding
Individual- naming each product differently, avoiding putting the name on every product to avoid association if it fails
Family- Branding all products with the same logos, colors and everything, promoting one product promotes them all
Brand extensions
using an existing name or logo for a new product, example Virgin, gives the new product a name
packaging used for market strategy
size, shape, color, texture, all have an influence, family packaging...
Secondary use packaging
packaging with secondary uses, spray bottles. meat/ sandwich containers
category consistent packaging
Packaging reflects customer expectations for the
expected appearance of products in a category
innovative packaging
Unique features or ways of packaging that
make a product more distinct from its
competitors
multiple packaging
Bundling multiple units of a product
together to encourage usage and to
increase demand
Labeling
important to promote, inform and attract the consumer. Also important for nutrition facts
Service markets
an intangible product that can be a physical service or even an idea, with the decline of manufacturing there are more and more service based jobs.
inseparability of production and consumption
The production of a service cannot be separated
from its consumption by the customer.
• Services are produced, sold, and consumed all at the
same time.
Heterogeneity
Variation in the quality of services delivered by individuals and organizations, examples are haircuts, tire services
client based relationships
since service based markets are becoming so important the service providers and their relationships are just as important as a consumers relationship with a product
tangible cues
service providers use tangible cues to try and represent something they offer, like a symbol, ex the bull, strong
perishability
organizations deal with perishability by selling things at discount prices and stuff like that, ex, hotel rooms.
search qualities
Tangible attributes that can be judged before
the purchase of a product
experience qualities
Attributes assessable only during purchase
and consumption of a service
credence qualities
Attributes that customers may not be able to
evaluate even after purchasing and consuming
the service
cutting out the middle man
getting rid of a person or holder to try an reduce costs
added value
refers to the possible added value often recieved from middle men, no shipping charges, breaking up bulk....
Marketing intermediaries
these are the middle men, retailers, wholesalers...
Distribution
The activities that make products available
to customers when and where they want to
purchase them
channels
A group of individuals and organizations
directing products from producers tocustomers
Dual distribution
The use of two or more channels to
distribute the same product to the same
target market (e.g. Victoria’s Secret)
strategic channel alliances
An agreement whereby the products of
one organization are distributed through
the marketing channels of another
Intensive, selective, and exclusive distribution
Intensive- Using all available outlets to distribute a product. convenience products
selective- Using only some available outlets to distribute a product. shopping products
exclusive- Using a single outlet in a fairly large geographic area to distribute a product. luxury items
Vertical and Horizontal integration
Vertical- the company has its own distributors and wholesalers
Horizontal- when McDonalds opens a store in Europe.
Tying agreements
Requiring a channel member to buy additional
products from the supplier in order to purchase a
particular product from the supplier (legal stuff)
Dual distribution
A producer can use two different channels to
reach the same target market as long as it is not
trying to engage in unfair competition and put its
independent distributors out of business (legal stuff)
Restricted Sales Territories
Granting exclusive sales territory rights to
distributors is permissible if the rights do not
restrain trade (legal stuff)
Full-line forcing
Requiring a channel member to carry a supplier’s
entire product line to obtain any of the supplier’s
products (legal stuff)
Exclusive dealings
Forbidding an intermediary to carry products of a
competing manufacturer
– Is anticompetitive if
• it blocks competitors from 10% of the market
• sales revenues are sizable
• the manufacturer is larger than the dealer
Refusal to deal
Suppliers can choose their distributors and
refuse to deal with others so long as their
decisions are not based on anticompetitive
motives or are not part of an organized
refusal-to-deal with certain
channel members.
Legal stuff
only legal if it doesn't hurt competition.
Retailers? what do they do?
Organizations that purchase products for the purpose of reselling them to ultimate consumers
Retailers add value—shopping convenience, services,and purchasing assistance to customers
• Retailers create utility—time, place, possession, and form
Direct marketing
The use of telephone and non-personal
media to introduce products to consumers,
who then can purchase them via mail,
telephone, or the internet.
Direct selling
The marketing of products to ultimate consumers
through face-to-face sales presentations at home
or in the workplace
• Party plans: hosting groups to view a product
demonstration and encouraging participants to
purchase the products
What is franchising
An arrangement in which a supplier (franchiser) grants a dealer (franchisee)
the right to sell products in exchange for some type of consideration
can be expensive to enter, very high success rate
Retail positioning
Identifying an un-served or underserved market
segment and serving it through a strategy that
distinguishes the retailer from others in the minds
of consumers in that segment