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21 Cards in this Set
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Product Life Cycle Stages
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Market Introduction
Market Growth Market Maturity Sales Decline |
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PCL-Introduction
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1 or 2 competitors-small companies bring new products.
There are bugs in the products. Shortest Stage. High Price. Pioneering marketing, primary demand. |
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PCL-Introduction-Pioneering marketing
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Brand new Market.
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Product Life Cycle Stages
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Market Introduction
Market Growth Market Maturity Sales Decline |
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PCL-Introduction
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1 or 2 competitors-small companies bring new products.
There are bugs in the products. Shortest Stage. High Price. Pioneering marketing, primary demand. |
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PCL-Introduction-Pioneering marketing
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Brand new Market.
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PLC-Growth
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More Competitors enter the market.
Heterogeneous products-variety of products. Prices Drop. Industry profits max out drawing in competitors. Shakeout-some competitors leave. Brand marketing. |
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PLC-Growth-Brand Marketing
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Selective Demand-Build brand name.
Make consumers demand your brand. |
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PLC-Maturity
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Few Large Competitors.
Prices stabilize. Homogeneous products-they start to look alike because consumers know what they want. Longest period. Brand Marketing-Selective demand. |
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Ways to Extend Length of Maturity
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Increasing the frequency of use (Campbell's)
Increasing the number of users (Johnson's) New uses of Product (Arm and Hammer) Changing package size, label, quality, or modifying the product (Spam) |
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PLC-Decline
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Obsolescence vs. Social Change.
Competitors leave. Reduce promotional activites. Price?-high if there is demand, low if there isnt and need consumers. Reminder Marketing. |
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Fads
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Short lived, idea/concept that comes to market and becomes hot until it fades out.
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Fashion
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The style that is instyle, longer period of time.
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Fashion Cycle Stages:
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Distinctiveness stage-first introduced only few have.
Emulation stage-if it catches on more people adopt it. Economic emulation stage-Price drops even more and more people adopt. |
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New Products-Firms perspective
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Anything that comes out that is different would be considered new.
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New Products-FTC's Perspective
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Entirely new or changed in a functionally significant way.
Can only be called new for 6 months. |
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Ethical Issues in new product development
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Holding back on release until patents run out.
Planned obsolescence. Refusal to supply service or replacement parts. Releasing minor variations. |
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New Product Development process
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1. Idea generation.
2. Screening. 3. Idea Evaluation. 4. Development. 5. Commercialization. |
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New Product Development process: Idea Generation
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Comes from different sources.
Evaluate the ideas. |
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New Product Development process: Screening
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Does it meet your criteria:
-Compatibility with resources and objectives. -Product Liability. -ROI. -Overhead. |
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New Product Development process: Idea Evaluation
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Concept Testing-Start talking to potential consumers.
Cost Estimate. Market and profit potential |