1.3 Flashcards

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Design mix

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shows the essential elements required for successful production of product

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Aesthetics

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aesthetics is what the product looks like. business ca add value to a prod thats aesthtically pelasing, so customers liekly to be mroe attracted to the apperance, increasing sales, revnue, differentiating from rivals
able to charge higher prices
improved market position

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Function

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longer product life cycles, build rep for quality and reliability

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Cost

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Designing products to meet social trends

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ethically sourcing, customers incrasingly intersting in bying from ethical businesses, how products amde key issue, damage to reputation if issue discovered in supply chain.

waste minimisation: well-designed product manufactured with minimal wastage. process starts with computer-aided design (CAD) software, enables the designer to work out the wastage implications of the production process. keeps production costs down and helps reduce the environmental footprint of the business. This, in turn, might be used as a marketing message to convey to customers: ‘We are serious about every aspect of the environment.’

sustainability: making a product without affecting long term suppliers of the inputs into the product. As resources deplete, their price will rise. This will be the signal for designers to try to find alternative solutions based on different materials.

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Promotion

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Above and below the line promotion

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Influences on promotion

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Branding

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Ways to build a brand

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Importance of branding

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adds value to product- charge higher.
*  It enables the business to reduce the amount spent on promotion.

*  Customers are more likely to purchase the product again (repeat purchase). loyalty.

*  It is easier to persuade retailers to put the products in their stores.

*  Other products can be promoted using the same brand name.
reduce PED: strong branding can be placed somewhere on the spectrum from brand loyalty to brand obsession, producer to push prices up with little damage to sales volume.

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Ways to build a brand

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USP, creating a feature within a brand that makes it stand out like a logo, different ingredient, feature
advertising, creating brand awareness communicating clear brand message
sponsorship, associating brand name wit an event to raise its profile to public, business pays to sponsor event in return for visual coverage.
social media,vitual comm to comm with potent customers. targeted newsfeed, based on searched on other webpages cookies.
social trends: viral marketing, use of SM to encourage spread of promo activities and increase brand awareness, blog and forums.
emotional branding, tap into customer feelings, personal pysch needs and aspirations, sells a status or life style choice

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Influences on price

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Pricing strategies

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Types of pricing strategies

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Adv and dis of price skimming and penetration

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Price skimming

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Price penetration

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Factors affecting choice of price strategy

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Distribution

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concering getting products t the right place for customers and at the right time

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Distribution network

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What influences distribution

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Online distrubition

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Benefits of online distribution for business and customers

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Product life cycle
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Value of PPA
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PPA
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Boston matrix
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Marketing strategies
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Adapting marketing mix for mass and niche
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Outbound and inbound marketing
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Customer loyalty
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promotion
to inform and persuade, ensuring cutomers are aware of existence of products. promo mix: descries promo methods that a buss uses to pursue marketing obj. adverstiing, sales promotion, personal selling, public relations, direct marketing
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advertising
paid for communication, wide coverage, control of message, repetition means that the message can be communicated effectively. effective for bulding barnd awareness. expensive, impersonal methods, one way communication, lacks flexibility
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personal selling
promotion on a person to person basis. high customer attention, message customised, interactive, develop relationship, two way communication high cost, labour intensive, reach limited num
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sales promotion
tactical point of sale material or otehr incentives designed to simulate purcahses, free samples, coupons. effcive at achieving quick boost of sales encourages to trial may only be short term, may naticpate further promotion
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PR
activities are those that create goodwill toward an individual, build image and reputation of business, commuincate effectively.
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cost plus existing product
basing price on costs. calculating the production costs per car, then adding a percentage mark-up that reflects the profit level the company wants from the product. total costs/number of units + mark up easy to calcaualte, price increases can be justified when costs rise, managers can eb conf that each product sold at a profit ignores PED, may not take into account comp, profit lost if set too low
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comp pricing
when the price is set at the market level or at a discount to the market, simialr to price set by rivals. price leader dominate who set price and others follow, price takers
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pred
means pricing low enough to drive a rival or rivals out of business.  the predator is strong financially, perhaps because the product or service involved in the price war is not an important part of the overall business, the other company or companies are weak financially;
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The more differentiated a product the greater the ability to charge higher prices as customers will pay more for the unique features of the product Price elasticity of demand If customers are sensitive to changes in price i.e. the product is price elastic then a business might keep prices similar to competitors Level of competition in the business environment If the market is dominated by a few large firms, businesses will follow a strategy of competitive pricing Businesses may choose a strategy of predatory pricing in order to reduce the level of competition in the market A strong brand adds value allowing a firm to charge a premium price How established the product is When launched onto the market a firm may choose skimming or penetration depending upon the nature of the product and the marketing objective A technologically advanced product, for example, may use price skimming Costs and need to make a profit A business will need to set a price that covers costs in order to make a profit and may therefore use cost plus pricing The % mark up added will be determined by their profit objective