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Marketing Flashcards

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What are the two categories of Market Research?

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  1. FIELD RESEARCH - this collects PRIMARY information

2. DESK RESEARCH - collects SECONDARY information.

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Can you provide examples of FIELD research?

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  1. Street surveys
  2. Postal survey
  3. Telephone survey
  4. Group discussions (Focus groups)
  5. Hall test
  6. Customer audits
  7. Observation (e.g. CCTV)
  8. Test marketing
  9. Use of technology
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Can you provide examples of Desk research?

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  1. Reference books
  2. Newspapers
  3. Company websites
  4. Government reports
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Describe the TYPE of the following Market Research examples, and provide a COST and BENEFIT for each:

Sales records
Internet
Newspapers
Questionnaires

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Outline the stages of NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

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Define an own-brand

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This is a product sold by a retailer with their own name e.g. Tesco Finest

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Describe the COSTS of branding

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  1. It is expensive to establish a brand
  2. It is easily copied
  3. The celebrity can give the firm a bad name
  4. If the brand is distinctive, it can be difficult to launch different products
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Describe the BENEFITS of branding

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  1. It provides an image of quality
  2. Can charge a higher price
  3. Easier to launch new products
  4. Sets product apart from competition
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Describe the COSTS of Packaging

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It can be expensive

It can be excessive

It can be bad for environment

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Describe the BENEFITS of Packaging

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Protects goods in transit

Gives information about product

Can give image of quality

Sets product apart from competition

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Provide examples of PRICING techniques

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Premium pricing
Competitive pricing
Low pricing
Skimming pricing
Penetration pricing
Promotional pricing
Discrimination pricing
Loss leaders
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Define the following pricing technique: PREMIUM PRICING

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Premium Pricing - where a high price is set to be perceived as quality

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Define the following pricing technique: COMPETITIVE PRICING

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Where a firm prices in line with competition

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Define the following pricing technique: LOW PRICING

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Where a firm prices lower than the competition

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Which factors influence where a business is LOCATED?

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  1. Competition
  2. Availability of resources
  3. Costs
  4. Government Incentives
  5. Transport links
  6. E-commerce (online)
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Describe the following factor to location: COMPETITION

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The firm will want to avoid competition as it could start a price war.

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Describe the following factor to location: AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES

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Some businesses need to be close to where they get their raw materials e.g. food suppliers near farm

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Describe the following factor to location: COSTS

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Firms like to locate where costs are cheaper

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Describe the following factor to location: GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES

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Governments may give incentives to encourage firms to locate in areas e.g. where high unemployment

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Describe the following factor to location: TRANSPORT LINK

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Many firms aim to locate next to a motorway to deliver their products easily

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Describe the following factor of location: e-COMMERCE

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This is when a firm sells over the website

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Provide a cost and benefit of the following form of promotion: BROADCAST e.g TV, radio, cinema

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COST: Message is short lived

BENEFIT: High impact with the visuals

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Provide a cost and benefit of the following form of promotion: PRINT e.g. newspapers

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COST: No sound so impact is reduced

BENEFIT: Coloured images on the front have high impact

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Provide a cost and benefit of the following form of promotion: APPS

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COST: Customers can skip advert

BENEFIT: Cheaper than TV

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Provide a cost and benefit of the following form of promotion: SMS MESSAGING

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COST: Can be seen as junk mail

BENEFIT: Cheap to print and send out

26
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Describe how the following type of technology can be used by the marketing department: WEBSITE

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You can update website easily with adverts etc

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Describe how the following type of technology can be used by the marketing department: DATABASE

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You can sort customer data to get a good profile of your customers

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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: DTP

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The firm can design and produce their own advert. The firm can update menus.

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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: ON-LINE SURVEYS

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It performs calculations to show percentages.

Cheap for firm as no postal costs.

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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: SOCIAL MEDIA

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Can get adverts out quickly.

Can get quick feedback.

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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: QR CODES

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The customer has instant access to business.

The firm can collect customer data from QR codes

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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: EMAIL

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The firm can communicate with customers quickly.

Very cheap to communicate with many people

33
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Describe how the following technology can be used by the marketing department: APPS

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Open 24 / 7

Easy to update

Can be accessed on multiple platforms

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