Chapter 1 Flashcards
Commoditization
A Consequence of mature industries.
Slowing innovation, extensive product assortment, excess supply and frugal consumers force margins down.
Today’s Economy: Marketing Challenges and Opportunities
- Power Shift to Customers
- Massive increase in product selection
- Power Shift to Customers
- Audience and media fragmentation
- Changing Value Propositions
- Shifting Demand Patterns
- Privacy, security and ethic concerns
- Unclear Legal Jurisdiction
- Audience and media fragmentation
*A Market
A collection of buyers and sellers
A group of individuals or institutions that have similar needs
*A Marketspace
Electronic Marketplace unbound by time or space
*A Metamarket
A cluster of closely related goods and services that center around a specific consumption activity
*A Metamediary
Provides a single access point where buyers can locate and contact many different sellers in the metamarket
*An Exchange
A process of obtaining something of value by offering something in return; typically obtaining products for money
*Five Conditions of an Exchange
- At least 2 parties
- Each party has something of value to the other party
- Each party must be capable of communication and delivery
- Each party must be free to accept or reject the exchange
- Each party believes it is desirable to exchange with the other party
*A Product
Something that can be acquired via exchange to satisfy a need or want
Types of Products
Goods Services Ideas Information Digital Products People Places Experiences and Events Real or Financial Property Organizations
*Utility
The ability of a product to satisfy a customer’s needs or wants.
*Five Types of Utility
- Form Utility
- Time Utility
- Place Utility
- Possession Utility
- Psychological Utility
*Form Utility
Attributes or features that set the product apart
*Time Utility
Products available when customers want them
*Place Utility
Products available where customers want them