Key Terms Marketing Flashcards

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Market research

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Collection,presentation and analysis of information relating to the marketing

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2
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Untapped

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Market that is available but has not yet been exploited

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Primary/Field research

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Gathering of new information that does not already exist

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4
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Consumer panels

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Feedback from customers about product over a set of period

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Secondary/research

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Collection of data that already exists

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Qualitative data

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Information usually written in words

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Quantitative data

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Information expressed in numbers

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Sample

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Small group of people, which represents promotion of a total market

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Market

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Set of arrangements that allows trade in goods and services

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10
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Marketing

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Identifying customer needs and satisfying them to get profit

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Product orientated

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Where a business focuses on the design and manufacture of the product itself rather than needs of customers

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Market orientated

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Where a business focuses on the needs of consumers rather than developing products

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13
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Market share

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Proportion of sales in a total market

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Market analysis

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Quantitative and qualitative assessment of a market

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15
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Mass market

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Where a business sells in the largest part of a market

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Niche Marketing

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Where business targets a smaller segments of a larger market

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Market segments

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Part of a whole market where a particular customer group has similar characteristics

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Socio-economic groups

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Division of people according to social class based on employment status

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Market mix

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Elements to make product effectively ( 4Ps) product,price,place and promotion

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Product life cycle

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Level of sales at the different stages through which a product passes over time

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Skimming

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Making a high prices at the beginning and then lower it later

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Penetration pricing

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Putting a low price at start to establish in the market

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Extension strategies

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Methods used to lengthen the life of a product

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Product portfolio

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Range of products a business is marketing

25
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Boston matrix

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Matrix that describes products according to the market share

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Cost-plus or cost-based pricing

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Adding a percentage to the costs of producing a product to get the price

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Make-up

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Percentage added to costs that makes a profit for a business when setting the price

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Competition-based pricing

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Pricing strategies based on the prices charged by rivals

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Destroyer or predatory pricing

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Setting a low price until rivals have gone out of business

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Patents

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Document giving a company the right to sell a product and stating that others are not allowed to do this

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Loss leader

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Product sold below cost to draw in customers

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Above-the-line promotion

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Placing adverts using the media

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Below-the-line promotion

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Promotion that does not involve using the media

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Coupons

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Printed piece of paper that allows to pay less for the product.

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Direct mail

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Advertisement that are sent to people in the post.

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Distribution channel

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Route taken by a product form the producer to the customer

37
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Intermediary

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Organisation that helps to arrange business deals between organisations

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Wholesalers

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Businesses that buy goods from manufacturers and sell them in smaller quantities to retailers

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Retailers

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Business that buy goods form manufactures and sell in smaller quantities to consumers

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Bulk breaking

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Dividing a large quantity of goods before selling in smaller quantities to customers

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E-commerce or e-tailing

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Use of electronic systems to sell goods and services

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Business to consumers (B2C)

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Selling of goods by businesses to consumers

43
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Direct selling

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Where business sell their products directly to consumers

44
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Agent or broker

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Intermediary that brings together buyers and sellers