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1.1.2 Market Research and 1.13 market positioning Flashcards

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What is marketing research?

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involves the gathering and analysis of research to help support the implementation of marketing stratergy

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What can market research provide? (4 things)

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  • dimensions of the market
  • competitor strategies
  • needs, wants and expectations of customers
  • market segments
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What is product orientation?

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business develops products based on what it is good at doing

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What is market orientation?

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business responds to customer needs and wants - designs products accordingly

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What is primary research?

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data collected first-hand for a specific research purpose

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What is secondary research?

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data that already exists and which has been collected for a different purpose

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What are the benifits of primary research?

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  • directly focused to research objectives
  • kept private - not public
  • more detailed insights ( customer views)
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What are the drawbacks of primary research?

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  • time consuming and costly to obtain
  • risk of survey bias
  • sampling may not be representative
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What are the benefits of secondary research?

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  • often freee and easy to obtain
  • good source of market insights
  • quick to access and use
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Drawbacks of secondary research

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  • can quickly be out of date
  • not tailored to business needs
  • specialist reports often quite expensive
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What is a market segment?

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is a subsection of a larger market in which consumers share similar needs and wants

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WHat is a niche market?

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small segment of a larger market for a paticular product or service which meets certain cusotmer needs

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What is a mass market?

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selling to the whole market

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Benefits of mass marketing?

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  • high potential customers
  • higher production levels allow for economies of scale
  • can use mass media advertising
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Drawbacks of mass markets?

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lower profit per unit sold

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Benefits of niche marketing?

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  • meeting customer needs more precisely
  • higher profit margins
  • easier to enter firms with limited financial resources
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drawbacks of niche marketing?

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  • lower economies of scale

- smaller customer base

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What are dynamic markets?

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markets that are constantly changing and adapting to customer needs and wants

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What is market size?

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measure of the total available demand for competitors in a market

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What is market growth?

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measures the rate of change of market size

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What is market share?

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explains how the overall market is split between existing competitors

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What is online retailing?

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selling products via the internet

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What are the beifits of online retailing?

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  • business costs are lower as as it doesnt need to have a physical shop or hire staff
  • customers can easily compare prices between different firms
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What are the drawbacks of online retailing?

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  • businesses face more competition as customers can shop around
  • consumers are unable to physically see products
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How does competition effect the market?
- battle for market share - pricing - battle for competative advantage
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What is competative advantage?
the ability of a business to add more value for its customers than its rivals and attain a position of relative advantage where a business has an advantage over its competitors by being able to offer better value, quality and/ or services
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What is a risk?
The possibility that things will go wrong
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What is an uncertainty?
the unpredictable and uncontrollable events that effect a business
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What is sales volume?
quantity of goods and services produced by a particular business over a period of time
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What is sales value?
total sales revenue of a particular business over a period of time
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How do you work out market growth in a year?
change in size of market between year 1 and year X / size of market in year 1
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How do you work out sales growth in year?
change of sales in a business between year 1 and X / sales of product in year 1
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What is marketing research?
involves the gathering and analysis of research to help support the implementation of marketing statergy
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What are 4 types of market researcg?
- dimensions of the market ( size, structure, growth) - competitor stratergies - needs wants and expectations of customers - market segments (existing and potential opportunites)
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What is product orientation?
Business develops products based on what it is good at doing
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What is market orientation?
business responds to customer needs and wants - designs products accordingly
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Why is market orientation linked to marketing success?
- markets are much more dynamic - customers are becoming much more demanding - barriers to market entry getting lower
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What are the two types of market reseach>
primary and secondary
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What is primary research?
data collected first-hand for a specific research purpose
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What is secondary research?
data that already exists and which has been collected for a differant purpose
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What are the benefits of primary research?
- directly focused to research objectives - kept private - not publicly available - more detailed insights- particularly into customer views
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What are the benefits of secondary research?
- often free and easy to obtain - good source of market insights - quick to access and use
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What are the drawbacks of primary research?
- time consuming and costly to obtain - risk of survey bias - sampling may not be representative
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What are the drawbacks of secondary research?
- can quickly become out of date - not tailored to business needs - specialist reports often quite expensive
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What are the main formats of primary reseacrh?
- focus groups - observation - surveys - telephone interviews - test marketing - experiments
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What are the main formats of secondary research?
- published market research reports - internal transactional data - google - official statistics - Trade associations - media reports - competitor materials
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What is quantitative research?
research based on numerical data based on larger samples, 'how many?' 'how often?' 'who?'
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What is qualitative research?
research based on opinions, attitudes, beliefs and intentions 'why?' how?' 'would?'
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benefits of qualitative research?
- essential for important new products development and launches - focused on understanding customer needs, wants and expectations - can highlight issues that need addressing - effective way of testing elements of the marketing mix
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Drawbacks of qualitative research?
- expensive to collect analyse - requires specialist research skills - based on opinions - always a risk that sample is not representative
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Benefits of quantitative research?
- data relatively easy to analyse - numerical data provides insights into relevant trends - can compared with the data from other sources
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Drawbacks of quantitative research?
- focuses on data rather than explaining why things happen - doesn't explain the reasons behind numerical trends - may lack reliability if sample size and method is not valid
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What is sampling in marketing research?
gathering of data from a sample of respondents, the results of which should be representative of the population
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How is sampling used?
in marketing research and it can provide statistically valid insights into the profile of the overall population
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What are benefits of sampling?
- even small sample sizes can provide useful research - using sampling before making marketing decisions can reduce risk and costs - sampling is flexible and relatively quick
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Drawbacks of sampling?
- biggest risk = sample is unrepresentative of population - risk of bias in research questions - less useful in market segments where customer tastes and preferences are changing frequently
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What is data mining?
relies on data that is already there
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What is market segmentation?
the practice of dividing your target market into approachable groups.
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What are the two things marketing is used for?
- choosing which customers to serve | - choosing how to serve these customers
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What does choosing which customers to serve involve?
market segmentation and targeting
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What is targeting?
deciding which market segments to enter
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What does choosing how to serve these customers involve?
- product differentiation | - marketing positioning
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What is marketing positioning?
how customers perceive the product
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What is value proposition?
deciding how to compete in a segment
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What is a positioning map?
illustrates a range of positions a product can take in a market based on two dimensions that are imprtant to a customer
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Name 4 dimensions that could be used in a positionign map?
- low price, high price - basic quality, high quality - low volume, high volume - necessity, luxury - light heavy - simple, complex - unhealthy, healthy - low tech, high tech
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Advantages of positioning maps?
- helps spot gaps in the market - useful for analysing customers - encourages use of market reseach
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disadvantages of positioning maps?
- just because there is a gap doesnt mean there is demand - not a guarantee of success - how reliable is market research
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What is product differentiation?
arises when customers percieve a distinct differance between your product and the alternatives provided by competitors
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What does effective product differentiation allow a product to do?
- compete effectively - protect and build a brand add more value
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What is a unique selling point?
somethign that sets a product apart from its competitors
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What is adding value?
the process of adding value to the cost of inputs into and through the transformational process
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What is the transformational process?
describes what happens inside a business. | input -> transformational process -> output
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What is product differentiation?
when customers percieve a distinct differance between your product and the alternatives provided by competitors
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What does effective differentiation allow a business to do?
- compete effectively - protect and build a brand - add more value
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what are the key requirements for effective product differentiation ?
- capable of delivering what is important to customers - distinctive - communicated and visible to customers - not easily copied by competitors - afforable by the target customers - profitable
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What is a unique selling point?
something that sets a product apart from its competitors in the eyes of customers
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What process allows businesses to add value?
transformational process
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What is the transformational process?
describes what happens within a business

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