markets Flashcards

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what is the definition of markets

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A meeting place between buyers and sellers
where goods and services are exchanged, usually
for money

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what is market share

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The percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company’s business makes up

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how is market share calculated

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(number of products sold (firm’s sales)/ number of products sold in market (total sales) x 100

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what is the importance of having a high market share?

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  • increases barrier of entry for new firms
  • high brand awareness/ loyalty –> inelastic demand
  • price maker status
  • increase growth
  • Can become the brand leader.
  • Attract new shareholders.
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what are global markets

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Global marketing is all about buyer and sellers meeting and selling goods or services to overseas markets.

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what are the advantages of global markets

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  • new market –> increased market share –> increase profits
  • early movement reduces competition from new firms and lead to price maker status in new marklet
  • Economies of scale
  • Spread risks
  • Survival – some businesses need to be global
    to survive.
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what is mass marketing

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Mass marketing involves a business
aiming products at a whole market, rather than
particular parts of them, for example, tomato
ketchup, tea bags

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what are seasonal markets

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Many markets have large seasonable variations.
e,g, christmas trees only popular in christmas

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what are the disadvantages of mass marketing

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  • alot more costly
  • lower conversion rate
  • may not be firm specific
  • ability to meet demand
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what is a niche market

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A niche market is a specialised market segment where you cater for customers who share similar characteristics which make them more likely to buy a particular product or service

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what are the advantages of a niche market

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  • Businesses can charge higher prices/premium prices
  • Have less competition
  • Higher market share –> brand awareness/ loyalty
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what are the disadvantages of a niche market

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  • Smaller market/limited profit.
  • Harder to raise finance
  • Cannot benefit from economies of scale.
  • Hard to expand.
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what is market segmentation

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Market segmentation is breaking down a market into sub-groups of customers which share similar characteristics

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what are the methods of segmentation

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DEMOGRAPHIC
- age/ gender
GEOGRAPHICAL
- country of residence
PSYCHOGRAPHIC/ BEHAVIORAL
- hobbies

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what are the benefits to the firm of market segmentation

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  • identify different target market
  • advertise products more effectively/ efficiently
  • increased sales and potentially higher profit margins due to premium pricing
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what are the benefits to the customer of market segmentation

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  • more personalised products
  • can fit better with their budgets and lifestyle
  • because marketing is targeted – the consumer
    is aware of new features of products.
15
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what are the three different types of markets

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  • Monopoly
  • Oligopoly
  • Perfect competition
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what are the characteristics of a perfect competition

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  • many buyers and sellers
  • low barrier to entry and exit
  • perfect information
  • homogenous goods
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what are the characteristics of a monopoly

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  • A single producer within a market – one
    business has 100% of the marketplace. This is
    known as a pure monopoly.
  • Likely to erect barriers to prevent others from
    entering their market.
  • Monopolists are called price makers as they
    have a significant influence on price.
  • UK and EU regard any business with over 25%
    of the market as having potential monopoly
    power
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what are the characteristics of an oligopoly

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  • There are many businesses but only a few
    dominate the market.
  • Each business tends to have differentiated
    products with a strong brand identity.
  • Brand loyalty is encouraged by the use of advertising and promotion.
  • Prices can be stable for long periods, short
    price wars do occur.
  • Some barriers to entry do exist. For example,
    high start-up costs with manufacturing
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what is the definition of perfect competition

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Definition: a market in which many small firms
produce virtually identical products at similar
prices.
- With the ability to enter and leave the market freely.
- They don’t earn excessive profits

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what is demand?

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the amount of a product that consumers are willing and able to purchase at
any given price

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what is supply?

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the amount of a product that suppliers will offer to the market at a given price

20
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factors that cause the demand curve to shift

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Population
Advertisement
Substitutes (price of)
Income (proportion)
Fashion
Income tax
Complementary

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Factors that cause the Supply curve to Shift
Productivity Indirect Taxes Number of Firms Technology Weather Cost of Production
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what is the elasticity of demand
The relationship between changes in demand, changes in price and income is known as the elasticity of demand
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what is the equilibrium price
In a free market, demand and supply equal the equilibrium price. This is the price where the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied.
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what is income elasticity
measures how sensitive demand is to a change in income.
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what are the three types of goods?
- Normal goods – as real incomes increase, the demand for normal goods will also increase: positive income elasticity less than one. Examples are matches, lemonade, newspapers. - Luxury goods – the demand for luxury goods will grow at a faster rate than the increase in real income that created the change in demand: positive income elasticity that is greater than one. Examples are holidays abroad, health club membership, sports cars. - Inferior goods – these are cheap substitutes of products people prefer to buy when their income is reduced (such as value line baked beans): negative income elasticity.