Topic 1.2 Flashcards
Customer needs
Things a customer needs from a product in order for it to be deemed valuable or useful
Market research
Finding out what the customer wants in a product
Qualitative
Information about judgements, opinions and attitudes
Quantitative
Data that can be interpreted in a numerical way
Primary data
Information which isn’t readily available and the business needs to collect itself
Secondary data
Information which is readily available from within the business and through outside sources
Market segmentation
Process of dividing an entire market into different customer segments
Target marketing
Deciding which potential customer segments to target
Market share
Proportion of sales taken up by 1 business