Midterm Flashcards
Speciality product
Compensatory attributes:
Nature of specialized product is to focus on unique value
Convience product
Consumer decision or mental shortcuts:
Everyday products so consumers will take almost no time to research before buying
Shopping product
Non compensatory:
Attributes will be more important to customers
Four growth strategies
Market Penetration
* selling existing customers existing products
Market Development
* selling new customers existing products
Product Development
* selling existing customers new products
Diversification
* selling new customers new products
Four macro excellent strategies that help firms grow and build sustainable competitive advantage
Product Excellence
* achieve effective branding and positioning
Locational Excellence
* competitive advantage based on location is sustainable because it is not easily duplicated
Operational Excellence
*efficient operations and excellent supply chain
Customer Excellence
* customer service and retaining loyal customers
Culture and its challenges
Culture:
* shared meanings, beliefs, morals, values, and customers of a group of people
- challenges is determining which marketing strategy will work for each culture
Macroenvironment factors
Culture Demographics Economic situation Political/legal services Social and natural trends Technology advances
Culture
- different languages, rules and regulations
e. g. some religions don’t eat meat and companies need to keep that in mind when marketing to them
Demographics
- characters of human segments and populations used to identify consumer markets
e. g. PS4 is marketed towards men
Economic situation
- economic changes that affect the way consumers buy merchandise and spend money
(interest rates, exchange rates, growth, unemployment)
e.g. in regression “do it yourself” companies will do well because of lower prices
Political / legal services
- comprises of political parties, government organizations, legislation, regulation manufacture have to follow from country to country
e. g. dairy farmers in the US are less regulated than in Canada
Social and natural trends
- trends shape consumer values in Canada, US and around the world
e. g. green marketing which shows a firms effort to supply environmentally friendly
Technological advances
- changes that have contributed to the improvement of the value of both products and services
e. g. online shopping has allowed customers to shop without have to leave the house
Psychological, social and situational factors that shape consumer buying decisions
Psychological
- motives
- perception
- learning
Social
- family
- reference groups
- culture
Situational
- purchase situation
- temporal state
- shopping situation
Motives
psychological
- factors that arise when a person wants or needs something to the point that they seek satisfaction (safety, self-esteem, social)
e. g. I felt the need to join a club to get more involved with Telfer and see what they have to offer and since joining the club I’ve done that
Perception
psychological
- the process of how a consumer organizes and interprets the world around them to inform their buying decisions
e. g. when buying cereal i need a gluten free option which isn’t tasteless, I found some options and on the box they look more appealing and motivating
Learning
psychological
- happens during the consumer buying process, and affects future purchases
e. g. Bells Boutique - I was a loyal customer and she stopped talking to me when I went in so I stopped supporting her business
Family
social
- can have a big influence on buying decisions as they need to meet the needs of everyone
e. g. before my parents had kids, they lived in a small house but once my sister and I were born they looked for a bigger house with more yard
Reference groups
social
- when a person influences their buying decisions based on the buying decisions of the group around them
e. g. when I’m with certain people I shop at certain stores
Culture
social
- shared values, beliefs, or morals of a group of people
e. g. in churches they all share the same value