Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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The buying behavior of all final consumers—individuals & households that buy goods and services for personal consumption

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Consumer buying behavior

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2
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All individuals & households that buy products/services for personal consumption

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Consumer market

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3
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What 4 factors influence customer behavior? (Characteristics that influence their perception & reaction to stimuli)

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-cultural
-social
-personal
-psychological

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4
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Groups within a society whose members share a distinctive set of beliefs, characteristics, or common experience

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Subcultures

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5
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Relatively permanent & ordered divisions in a society whose members share similar values, interests, and behaviors

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Social class

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6
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What are some examples of cultural factors?

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-values
-language
-myths
-behaviors
-cultural customs
-religion

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7
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Direct influence, person belongs to

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Membership group

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8
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A set of people a consumer wants to please or imitate

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Reference group

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9
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Activities people are expected to perform

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Role

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10
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Esteem given to a role

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Status

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11
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What are some examples of social factors?

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-groups
-family
-roles
-status

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12
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Change of goods or services over lifetime (life changing events like marriage, kids, etc.)

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Age/life cycle

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13
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Income, savings, interest rates

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Economic situation

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14
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Pattern of living expressed by activities, interests, opinions

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Lifestyle

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15
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Choose brand with a similar personality

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Personality/self-concept

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16
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Effects goods/services bought

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Occupation

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17
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Need pressing enough to direct a person to seek satisfaction

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Motive/motivation

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18
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Process where people select, organize, interpret, information to form a meaningful picture of the world

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Perception

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19
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What are the three perceptual processes?

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-selective attention
-selective distortion
-selective retention

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20
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The tendency for people to screen out most of the info. To which they’re exposed

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Selective attention

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The tendency of people to interpret info. in a way that supports what they already believe

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Selective distortion

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22
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Consumers are likely to remember good points made about a brand they favor & forget good points made about competing brands

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Selective retention

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23
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Changes in individuals behavior due to experience

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Learning

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24
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A descriptive thought that a person has about something

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Beliefs

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25
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Describes a persons relatively consistent evaluation, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea

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Attitudes

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26
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What are the 5 stages of the consumer decision-making process?

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  1. Need recognition
  2. Information search
  3. Evaluation of alternatives
  4. Purchase decision
  5. Post purchase behavior
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27
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What stage of the consumer decision-making process recognizes a problem or need?

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Stage 1 (need recognition)

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28
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What stage of the consumer decision-making process actively searches for info. revolving around that need?

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Stage 2 (information search)

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29
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What stage of the consumer decision-making process processes info. to evaluate brand choices?

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Stage 3 (evaluation of alternatives)

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30
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What stage of the consumer decision-making process is the buyers decision about which brand to purchase?

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Stage 4 (purchase decision)

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31
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What two factors can come in between the purchase intention and purchase decision?

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-attitudes of others
-unexpected situational factors

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32
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What stage of the consumer decision-making process depends on how the consumer is feeling AFTER purchasing a good/service?

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Stage 5 (postpurchase behavior)
satisfaction is important because it may affect the business

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33
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The process of dividing a market into groups of similar consumers and selecting the most appropriate group or groups to serve

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Market segmentation

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34
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Consists of a group of customers who want to share a similar set of needs and wants

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Market segment

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35
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What are the 5 steps in market segmentation?

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  1. Determine consumer needs and wants
  2. Divide markets on relevant dimensions
  3. Decide target marketing strategy
  4. Develop product positioning
  5. Design marketing mix strategy
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36
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What are the 4 types of segmentation?

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  1. Geographical
  2. Demographic
  3. Psychographic
  4. Behavioral
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37
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Geographical factors:

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World region or country, region of country, city, etc.

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38
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Demographic factors (most popular segmentation):

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Gender, age, cohorts, family size, income, religion, race

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39
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Psychographic factors:

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Lifestyle, social class, personality-based segmentation

40
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Behavioral factors:

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Occasions, benefits, user status, attitude toward product
(Closely related to needs, wants, and usage)

41
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What are the 5 requirements for effective segmentation?

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  1. Measurable
  2. Accessible
  3. Substantial
  4. Differentiable
  5. Actionable
42
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Which market segmentation requirement involves size, purchasing power, profile of segment?

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Measurable

43
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Which market segmentation requirement involves the ability to be reached and served?

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Accessible

44
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Which market segmentation requirement involves being large and profitable enough to serve?

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Substantial

45
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Which market segmentation requirement involves the ability to respond differently?

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Differentiable

46
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Which market segmentation requirement involves the ability of effective programs to be developed?

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Actionable

47
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Evaluating each segment’s attractiveness and selecting one (or more than one) of the market segments to enter

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Target marketing

48
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What are market segments evaluated by?

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-size & growth
-level of competition
-substitute products
-company objectives & resources

49
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The place the product occupies in consumers minds relative to competing products (typically defined by consumers on the basis of important benefits and/or attributes)

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Positioning

50
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What is the key to successful positioning?

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Differentiation

51
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To make a unique offering that supports the desired benefit?

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Differentiation

52
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What are 5 ways a company can differentiate itself?

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  1. Product differentiation
  2. Service differentiation
  3. Channel differentiation
  4. Personnel differentiation
  5. Image differentiation
53
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What way of differentiating involves features, performance, style, & design?

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Product differentiation

54
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What way of differentiating involves speed & convenience?

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Service differentiation

55
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What way of differentiating involves channels coverage, expertise, &performance?

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Channel differentiation

56
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What way of differentiating involves selecting customer—contact people carefully, trains well?

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Personnel differentiation

57
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What way of differentiating must be supported by everything the company is, says, & does?

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Image differentiation

58
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What are the three levels of production?

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  1. Core customer value
  2. Actual product
  3. Augmented product
59
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What are the four product types?

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  1. Convenience product
  2. Shopping product
  3. Specialty product
  4. Unsought product
60
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Name, term, sign, symbol, design that identifies the maker/seller of a product/service

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Brand

61
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Something that adds value to a purchase and is part of the product. They also provide identification, quality, and consistency

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Brand

62
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Group of products that are closely related because they function in a similar manner, are sold to the same customer groups, are marketed through the same types of outlets, or fall within given price ranges

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Product line

63
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Number of items in the product line

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Product line length

64
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Adding more items within the present price range

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Product line filling

65
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Adding more products that are higher/lower than existing price range

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Product line stretching

66
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Set of all product lines and items that a particular seller offers for sale

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Product mix (or product portfolio)

67
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What are the four product mix decisions?

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  1. Width
  2. Length
  3. Depth
  4. Consistency
68
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Which product mix decision deals with the number of different product lines the company carries?

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Width

69
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Which product mix decision deals with the total number of items a company carries within its product lines?

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Length

70
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Which product mix decision deals with the number of versions offered for each product in the line?

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Depth

71
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Which product mix decision deals with how closely related various product lines in end use, production requirements, distribution channels, or some other aspect?

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Consistency

72
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When a parent brand launches a new product line in a category already familiar with its customers

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Line extension

73
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Using an established brand to sell a new product or new product category

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Brand extension

74
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By having a portfolio of brands, a company can offer products with unique features and purposes, provide customers with a diversity of choices and target particular sections of the market

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Multibrands

75
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Entirely new brand with entirely new product

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New brands

76
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Any activity, benefit, or satisfaction that one party can offer another for sale that is essentially intangible and does not result in the ownership of anything

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Services

77
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What are some service characteristics?

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-intangibility
-variability
-inseparability
-perishability

78
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The positive differential effect that knowing the brand name has on customer response to the product or service

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Brand equity

79
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Strong brand equity has….

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Higher consumer awareness, strong loyalty, aided with new products, less susceptible to price competition

80
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What are four brand sponsorships?

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  1. National brands
  2. Store brands
  3. Licensing
  4. Co-branding
81
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Which brand sponsorship is marketed under the manufactures own name?

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National brands

82
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Which brand sponsorship is created and owned by a reseller of a product or service?

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Store brands

83
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Which brand sponsorship uses names and symbols created by other companies or well-known movie characters or celebrities for a fee?

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Licensing

84
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Which brand sponsorship uses the established brand names of two different companies on the same product?

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Co-branding

85
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What are the 8 stages of new product development?

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  1. Idea generation
  2. Idea screening
  3. Concept development & testing
  4. Marketing strategy development
  5. Business analysis
  6. Product development
  7. Test marketing
  8. Commercialization
86
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What stage of new product development involves the systematic search for new product ideas?

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Idea generation (stage 1)

87
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What stage of new product development involves screening new product ideas to spot good ones and drop poor ones as soon as possible?

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Idea screening (stage 2)

88
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What stage of new product development involves product idea, product concept, & concept testing?

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Concept development & testing (stage 3)

89
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What stage of new product development involves initial marketing strategy for a new product?

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Marketing strategy development (stage 4)

90
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What stage of new product development involves reviewing sales, costs, and profit projections for a new product?

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Business analysis (stage 5)

91
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What stage of new product development involves ensuring a product idea can be turned into a workable market offering?

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Product development (stage 6)

92
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What stage of new product development involves the product and its proposed marketing program introduced into realistic market settings?

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Test marketing (stage 7)

93
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What stage of new product development involves introducing a new product into the market?

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Commercialization (stage 8)

94
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An idea for a possible product that the company can see itself offering to the market

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Product idea

95
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A detailed version of the new product idea stated in meaningful consumer terms

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Product concept

96
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Testing a new-product concepts with groups of target customers to find out if the concepts have strong customer appeal. Would they buy it…?

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Concept testing