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consumer behavior
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processes a consumer uses to make purchase decisions, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods or services
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consumer decision-making process
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a five-step process used by consumers when buying goods or services
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need recognition
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result of an imbalance between actual and desired states
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stimulus
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any unit of input affecting one or more of the five senses
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want
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recognition of an unfulfilled need and a product that will satisfy it
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internal info search
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process of recalling past info stored in the memory
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external info search
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process of seeking info in the outside environment
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nonmarketing-controlled info source
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product info source that is not associated woth advertising or promotion
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marketing-controlled info source
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product info source that originates with marketers promoting the product
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evoked set(consideration set)
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group of brands, resulting from an info search, from which a buyer can choose
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cognitive dessonance
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inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions
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involvement
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amount of time and effort a buyer invests in the search, evaluation, and decision processes of consumer behavior
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routine response behavior
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type of decision makeing exhibited by conssumers buying frequency purchased, low-cost goods and services
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limited decision making
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type of decision making that requires a moderate amount of time for gathering info and deliberating about an unfamiliar brand in a familiar product category
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extensive decision making
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mose complex type of consumer decison making, used when buying unfamiliar, expensive product or an infrequently bought item
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culture
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set of values, norms, attitudes, and other meaningful symbols that shape human behavior and the artifacts, or products, of the behavior as they are transmitted from one generation to the next
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value
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enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct is personally or socially preferable to another mode of conduct
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subculture
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homogeneous group of people who share elements of the overall culture as well as unique elements of their own group
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social class
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group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regulary socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who share behavior norms
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reference group
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group in society that influences an individuals purchasing behavior
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primary membership group
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reference group with which people interact regularly in an informal, face-to-face manner, such as family, friends, or fellow employees
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secondary membership group
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reference group with which people associate less consistently and more formally than a primary membership group
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aspirational reference group
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group that someone would like to join
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norm
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value or attitude deemed acceptable by a group
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nonaspirational reference group
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group with which an individual does not want to associate
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opinion leader
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individual who influences the opinions of others
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socialization process
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how culture values and norms are passed down to children
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personality
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way of organizing and grouping the consistences of an individuals reactions to situations
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self-concept
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how consumers percieve themselves in terms of attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and self-evaluations
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ideal self-image
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way an individual would like to be
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real self-image
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way an individual actually percieves himself
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lifestyle
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mode of living as identified by a persons activities, interests, and opinions
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perception
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process by which people select, organize, and interperet stimuli into a meaningful and coherent picture
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selective exposure
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process whereby a consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores others
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selective distortion
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process whereby a consumer changes or distorts info that conflicts with his or her feelings or beliefs
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selective retention
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process whereby a consumer remembers only that info that supports his or her personal beliefs
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motive
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driving force that causes a person to take action to satisfy specific needs
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maslows hierarchy of needs
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method of classifying human needs and notivations into five categories
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learning
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process that creatres changes in behaviorm immediate or expected, throughout experience and practice
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stimulus generalization
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form of learning that occurs when one response is extended to a second stimulus similar to the first
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stimulus discrimination
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learning ability to differentiate among sililar products
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belief
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organized pattern of knowledge that an individual holds as true about his or her world
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attitude
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learning rendency to respond consistently topward a given object
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buisness marketing
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marketing of goods and services to individuals and organizations for purposes other than personal consumption
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strategic alliance(strategic partnership)
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cooperative agreement between buisness firms
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keiretsu
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network of interlocking corporate affiliates
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original equiptment manufactures
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individuals and organizations that buy business goods and incorporate then into the products that they produce
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north american industry classification system(NAICS)
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detailed numbering system developed by the united states, canada, and mexico to classify north american business establishments by their main production processes
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derive demand
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demand for buisness products
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joint demand
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demand for two or more items used together in final product
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multiplier effect(accelerator principle)
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phenomenon in which a small increase or decrease in consumer demand can produce a much larger change in demand for the facilities and equiptment needed to make the consumer product
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reciprocity
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practice where buisness purchasers choose to buy from their own customers
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major euiptment(installations)
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capital goods such as large or expensive machines, mainframe computers, blast furnaces, generators, airplanes, and buildings
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accessory equiptment
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good, such as portable tools and office equiptment that are less wxpensive and shorter-lived than major equiptment
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raw materials
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unprocessed extractive or agricultural products suck as mineral ore, lumber, wheat
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component parts
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either finished items ready for assembly or products that need very little processing before becoming part of some other product
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processed materials
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products used directly in manufacturing other products
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supplies
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consumable items that do not become part of the final product
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business services
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expensive items that do not become part of a final product
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buying center
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all those persons in an organization who become involved in the purchase decision
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new buy
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situation requiring the purchase of a prosuct for the first time
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modified rebuy
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situation where the purchaser wants some change in the original good or service
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straight rebuy
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situation in which the purchaser reorders the same good or service without looking for new info or investigating other suppliers
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market
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people or organizations with need or wants and the ability and willingness to buy
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market segment
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subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs
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market segmentation
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process of dividing a market into meaningful, realatively similar, and indentifiable segments or groups
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segmentation bases(variables)
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characteristics of individuals, groups, or organizations
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geographic segmentation
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segmenting markets by region or a country or the world, market size, market density, or climate
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demographic segmentation
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segmenting markets by age, gender, income, ethnic background, and family life cycle
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family life cycle(FLC)
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series of stages determined by a combination of age, marital status, and the presence or absence of children
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psychographic segmentaton
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segmentation on the basis of personality, motives, lifestyles, and geodemographics
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geodemographic segmentation
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segmenting potential customers into neighborhood lifestyle categories
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benefit segmentation
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process of grouping customers into market segments according to the benefits they seek from the product
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usage-rate segmentation
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dividing a market by the amount of product bought or consumed
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80/20 principle
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principle holding that 20% of all customers generate 80% of the demand
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satisficers
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business customers who place an order with the first familiar supplier to satisfy product and delivery requirements
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optimizers
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business customers who consider numerous suppliers and study all proposals carefully before selecting one
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target market
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group of people or organizations for which an organization designs, implements, and maintains a marketing mix intended to meet the needs of that group
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undifferentiated targeting strategy
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marketing approach that views the market as one big market with no individual segments and thus uses a single marketing mix
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concentrated targeting strategy
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strategy used to select one segment of a market for targeting marketing efforts
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niche
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one segment of a market
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multisegment targeting strategy
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strategy that chooses two or more well-defined market segments and develops a distinct marketing mix for each
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cannibalization
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situation that occurs when sales of a new product cut into sales of a firms existing products
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one-to-one marketing
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individualized marketing method that utilizes customer info to build long-term, personalized, and profitable relationships with each customer
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positioning
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developing a specific marketing mix to influence potential customers overall perception of a brand, product line, or organization in general
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position
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place a product, brand, or group of products occupies in consumers minds relative to competing offerings
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product differentiation
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positioning strategy that some firms use to distinguish their products from those of competitors
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perceptual mapping
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means of displaying or graphingthe location of products, brands, or groups of products in customers minds
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