SGMA - CHAPTER 14 Flashcards
In marketing, any good or service, along with its perceived attributes and benefits, that creates value for the customer
Product
A name, design, symbol, specific colour, slogan or other feature that identifies a product, distinguishes it from other products, and creates a perception in the minds of consumers.
brand
A legally exclusive design, name or other identifying mark associated with a company’s brand.
trademark
A customer’s preference for a particular brand that results in advocacy for that brand.
Master brand: A brand that is so dominant that customers think of it immediately when a product category is mentioned.
Brand loyalty
A brand that is owned by a national or regional manufacturer; the products are widely distributed.
manufacturer brand
A brand that is owned by the wholesaler or retailer rather than the manufacturer.
dealer brand
A brand that carries no specific name associated with a manufacture, wholesaler, or retailer and usually comes in plan containers and sells for less than brand name products.
generic brand
Products that either are unknown to the potential buyer or are known but not actively sought by the buyer.
unsought products
Relatively inexpensive products that require little shopping effort and are purchased routinely without planning.
convenience products
Items that are bought after considerable planning, including brand-to-brand and store-to-store comparisons of price, suitability, and style.
shopping products
Items for which consumers search long and hard, and for which they refuse to accept substitutes.
specialty products
Large, expensive items with a long lifespan that are purchased by businesses for use in making other products or providing a service.
capital products
Items, purchased by businesses, which are smaller and less expensive than capital products and usually have a lifespan of less than one year.
expense items
Product life cycle
Introductory, growth, maturity, decline
A pricing objective that entails getting the largest possible profit from a product by producing it for as long as the revenue from selling the product exceeds the cost of producing it.
profit maximization
A pricing objective where the price of a product is set so as to give the company the desired profitability in terms of return on its money
target return on invesment
A pricing strategy in which the target market is offered a high-quality products at a fair price and with good service
value marketing
A value marketer does the following:
- Offer products that perform
- Gives consumers more than they expect
- Gives meaningful guarantees
- Gives the buyer facts
- Builds long-term relationships
The strategy of introducing a product with a high initial price and lowering the price over time as the product moves through its life cycle.
price skimming
The strategy of selling new products at low prices in the hope of achieving a large sales volume.
penetration pricing
Pricing products below the normal makeup or even below cost to attract customers to a store where they normally wouldn’t shop. A product priced below cost is a loss leader.
leader pricing
The strategy of grouping two or more related products together and pricing them as a single product.
bundling
The strategy of setting a price at an odd number to connote a bargain and at an even number to suggest quality.
odd - even psychological pricing
The strategy of increasing the price of a product so that consumers will perceive it as being of higher-quality, status, or value.
prestige pricing
The price at which a product’s costs are covered, so additional sales result in profit. To find the break-even point, the company measures the various costs associated with product:
break-even point / quantity
Costs that don’t vary with different levels of output (ex: rent)
fixed costs
Costs that change with different levels of output. (ex: wages)
variable costs
The selling price per unit (revenue) minus the variable costs per unit
fixed - cost contribution
The selling price per unit times the number of units sold
total revenue
The sum of the fixed costs and the variable costs
total cost
Total revenue minus the total cost.
total profit
A method of pricing in which a certain percentage (the markup_ is added to the product’s cost to arrive at the price. The retail price is thus cost plus markup.
markup pricing
break-even point formula
break-even point = (total fixed cost)/(fixed-cost contribution)