Strategies Flashcards

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How are markets segmented?

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Demographic
Geographic
Psychological
Behavourial

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What is a Demographically Segmented Market?

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A market segmented based on:

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Occupation
  • Income
  • Ethinicity
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What is a Geographically Segmented Market?

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Market segmented based on

  • Reigon
    • Urban
    • Rural
    • City
  • Climate
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What is a Psychographically Segmented Market?

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Market Segmented based on:

  • Lifestyle
  • Personality
  • Socio-economic groups
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What is a Behavourally Segmented Market

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Market segmented based on:

  • Loyalty
  • Use rates (frequency)
  • Price Sensitivity
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Why is Differentiation important?

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Differentiation is important because it allows the bus. to identify and promote key differences between their products and those of its competitors

  • Stand out from the crowd
  • Innovation within the market
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How can business’s differentiate

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  • Price
  • Quality
  • Convenience
  • Customer Service
  • Social / Ethical
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What is Positioning?

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Involves the development of a product image (in the mind of the consumer) in relation to other similar product.
- Positioning Graph (High Price or Low Price, High Quality or Low Quality)

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9
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List the 7p’s

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  • Product
  • Price
  • Promotion
  • Place / Distribution
  • People
  • Processes
  • Physical Evidence
  • e-marketing
  • Global marketing
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10
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List the Product Strategies

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  • Branding

- Packaging

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What is branding and give some benefits

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A brand is a name, term, symbol, design that identifies a specific product and distinguishes it from its competitors

  • Helps customers identify specific products that they like (develops customer loyality)
  • Helps businesses introduce new products as customers already aware of the business brand (introduction of one product indirectly promotes all branded products.)

. e.g. apple introducing a new iphone.

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Differentiate between Different branding strategies

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Manufacter’s Brand (National brand)

  • When a manufacturer owns a brand name
  • Recognised across countries e.g Kraft

House Brand (Private brand)

  • Brand owned by wholesaler or retailer
  • Products often cheaper because wholesaler / retailer can buy a lower cost
    e. g. Myers

Generic Brands:

  • Products with no brand name at all
    e. g. Homebrand
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Why is packaging an important product strategy?

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The Packaging is the first impression on a product. Packaging is a form of communication, customers see the colurs and draw conclusions before they see the label.

Certain packagaing can create images such as Luxury and Exclusiveness

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Why is Labelling required? Give some requirements on labels.

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Labelling put in place to protect customers from misleading or deceptive claims and the unsafe use of products.

Requirements:

  • Name and Description of Food
  • List of Ingrediants
  • Name and Address of Supplier
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List the Pricing METHODS

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  • Cost based pricing
  • Market based pricing
  • Competition based pricing
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Describe Cost based pricing

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Business determines total cost of producing on unit then adds a markup e.g. 15%. –> provdes a profit margin.

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Describe Market Based Pricing

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Prices set accordingly based on level of Supply and Demand

High Demand = Higher Prices
Low Demand = Lower Prices

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Describe Competition-based pricing

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Basing price based on competitor’s prices.

“We’ll beat competitors by 10%”
Below competitors = breaking into established market
Equal to competitors = No market research required
Above competitors = Status buyers / superior appeal

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List the Pricing STRATEGIES

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  • Price Skimming
  • Price penetration
  • Loss leader
  • Price Points
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Describe Price Skimming

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Product price set as high as possible during introduction phase “initial hype” then gradually skimed down.

e.g. Technology - Apple

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Describe Price Penetration

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Business charges lowest possible price for product without losing money to quickly achieve a large market share for product.

  • -> Discourages competitors to enter market
  • -> hard to signiciantly raise prices
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Describe Loss Leader

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Products sold at or below cost price for a Limited time offer / limited amount of goods.

–> Attracts customers to the shop and what they lose on the product they make back on other products bought by the customers.

Used when:
Bus. is overstocked on product / slow to sell
Increase traffic flow to gain new customers
To build repuation for low prices

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Describe Price Points

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Selling products are predetermined prices, used mainly by retailers

–> Makes it easier for customer to find a product they need. price often associated with the quality of the product. Also easier to encourage customers to trade up to a more expensive model

e.g. Jewler.

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List promotion Stategies

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  • Adversting
  • Personal Selling
  • Relationship marketing
  • Sales Promotions
  • Publicity and public relations
  • Opinion leaders
  • Word of Mouth
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Why is promotion important?

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Promotion atempts to:

  • Attract new customers by bringing awareness to products
  • Increase brand awarness by reinforcing image of product
  • Convince new and existing customers to buy.
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Describe Advertising

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Provides bus. with flexibility to reach and extemely large audience or to focus on a small, distinct target market.,

e. g.
- Mass Marketing - TV, Radio, Newspaper
- Direct Marketing - Catalogues mailed
- Social media advertising
- Billboards

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Describe Personal selling

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Sales consultant directed to a customer in an attempt to make a sale –> Human aspect of promotion (relationship marketing)

Pros:

  • Message can be modifed to suit customer needs
  • Customer feels valued - Long term relationship/ loyalty
  • More likely to purchase if someone is there to convince them.
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Describe relationship marketing

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Creates customer loyalty by meeting needs of customer on an individual basis -> customer satisfaction

Establishing a regular client base which will most likely spread bus. name through word of mouth

e.g. Loyalty programs (flybuy) -> establishes loyalty / progression towards a reward -> customer more inclined to keep coming back.

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Describe Sales Promotion

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Business uses insentives to entice new customers.

Creates interest in and generates awareness of a particular product. Encourages trial purchases of new products.

e.g. Coupons, Samples, Discounts, Offers

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Describe Publicity and Public Relations

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Any free news story about a business / product -> out of control of the business.

Aims to: Raise awareness of a bus / product.
“All Publicity is good publicity”

Public relations:
Activities aimed at creating / maintaining favourable relations between bus. and customers

  • promotes positive image and attracts interest in the business activities and its products.
    e. g. Charity events / give aways.
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Describe Opinion Leader

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A person who influences others. Their opininons are respected and often sought out for advice

e.g. Celebrities are used in advertising because they are social influencers and people respect their opinion.

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Describe Word of Mouth

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Customers trust word of mouth more than advertising because they trust people they know. –> refers to relationship marketing. By creating long term relationships with customers, they will refer friends / family to the bus. via word of mouth.

33
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List the Place/Distribution Strategies

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  • Distribution Channels
  • Channel Choice - Intensive, Selective, Exclusive
  • Physical distribution issues - Transport, warehousing, inventory
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How do Traditional Distribution Channels work?

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Manufacturer -> Wholesaler -> Trailer -> Consumer

35
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What are Innovative Distrubution Channels?

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Non-store retailing -> selling outside of a traditional store

e.g. Internet marketing / shopping

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What is Intensive Distribution?

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Product widely avaliable -> selling to as many outlets as possible

e.g. Milk, Newspaper, Lollies

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What is Selective Distribution

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Distributing to select few of avaliable outlets
-> customer prepared to seek specific outlets to find product e.g. Myers

e.g. Clothing, furniture, electrical appliances

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What is Exclusive Distribution?

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Selling product in only one retail store in a large geographic area

  • > Used for exclusive / expensive products
    e. g. Gucci, Lamborghini, Rolex, Supreme.
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Describe the Physical Distribution Issues

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Activities concerned with the efficiency movements of products from the producer to the customer.

Transport:
- Bus must consider length of time needed to transport goods e.g. fresh food must be transported quickly

Warehousing:
Storing / organising products efficiently to maximise space usage

Inventory:
Maintaining quantities and varieties of products appropriate for the target market
-> inventory control

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Describe People Strategies

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Important for people peforming services to be qualified + trained empliyees –> product knowledge / communication

Customers base judgements on level customer service provided, which leave impression of the bus –> customer satisfaction

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Describe Processes Strategies

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Refers to the flow of activies that a bus. will follow in delivering its service. Processes must be efficient if service is to be delivered on time and to customer expectations

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Describe Physical Evidence Strategies

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The environment in which the service is delivered. Environment should be comfortable + appealing for customers

e.g. Hotels + restaurants use decoration to appeal to customers and promote a positive image

43
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Describe E-marketing strategies

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Using the internet to perform markting activities -> convienience. Allows products to be marketed to customers world wide (global audience)

e.g. Webpages, social media

44
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List the Global Marketing Strategies: GGCCS

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  • Global Branding
  • Global Pricing
  • Customisation
  • Competitive positioning
  • Standardisation
45
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Describe Global branding

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The world wide use of a name, slogan or logo to identify a product -> brand has same meaning in any language

-> easier for known brands to gain traction in new products as customer loyalty is established.

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Describe Standardisation

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Product is the same everywhere in the world -> satisfies the needs of everyone

  • Marketing mix will be the same in every country -> Reach and development costs reduced
    e. g. Coca Cola has same taste everywhere
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Describe Customisation

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Recognises differences between the needs of customers in different markets.
market plan is customised accordingly to economic, political and cultrural characteristics of the country.

48
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Describe Global Pricing

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Customised Pricing:
- Customers in different countries are charged different prices for the same product.

affected by:

  • Exchange rates
  • Transportation
  • Government Taxes

Market customised pricing
- Price varies according to level of overseas demand + competition in the market

Standard world wide pricing

  • Same price for product anywhere in the world
  • Only possible if foreign market costs remain low enough not to affect overall costs.
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Describe Competitive Positioning

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Refers to how a bus will differentiate its products in the foreign market.