Topic 5: Marketing Flashcards

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What is the marketing mix (4 P’s)?

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Product - business must find customers needs or wants then come up with a product that fulfils them
Price - product must be good value for money
Promotion - product must be promoted so potential customers are aware it exists
Place - product must be sold in a place that’s convenient

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Are all aspects of the marketing mix equal in importance?

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It depends on the situation - e.g. there’s products some would travel an inconvenient way for

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What is market research?

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Finding out what customers want

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What does market research allow a business to create?

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A targeted marketing strategy

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What can market research help identify?

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Size of the market and the market shares of different businesses within that market

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What is segmentation?

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When people within a market are divided into different groups

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What are examples of how a market can be segmented?

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Age - e.g. teenage market
Gender - some scents and hygiene products targeted to different genders
Location - location depends on what people want e.g. a rich part of London may have a Gucci but Woking won’t
Income - the different amount people earn will affect how much they’re willing to spend on a product

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Why is market research useful to businesses?

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Helps a business understand its customers and competitors - helping them create a good marketing mix
Businesses are better able to identify their customers needs - more likely to produce a products that satisfies them
Helps a business to stay competitive and sell more of their product

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What is a business able to do by identifying and satisfying a customers needs?

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Increase sales - the demand for a product may show how to price product competitively and not make too much of it
Stay competitive - helps a business to show how they’re different and better than competitors
Create targeted marketing - business able to produce promotional material that’ll be effective

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What can market research also be used to find in terms of opportunities?

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Gaps in the market

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What is quantitative data?

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Anything you can measure or reduce to a number
E.g. seeing how much of a product people buy on average

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What is qualitative data?

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People’s feelings and opinions
E.g. if someone prefers one product or another

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What are drawbacks of using qualitative data?

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Harder to analyse
Harder to compare two people’s opinions

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What are positives of using qualitative data?

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Gives a greater depth of information

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What does good market research use?

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Both qualitative and quantitative data

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What is primary research?

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Doing your own research

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What are examples of primary research?

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Questionnaires
Phone surveys
Interviews
Focus groups

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What are benefits of doing primary research?

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Gets a possible customers view on products
Provides data that’s up to date, relevant and specific to the needs of the business
Can be specific to the target market

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What are drawbacks of doing primary research?

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Only have a sample of people - may not be an accurate representation
Can be expensive and time consuming

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What is secondary research?

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Using other people’s work

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What are examples of secondary market research?

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Government publications
Newspapers
Magazines
Articles

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What are benefits of doing secondary research?

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Gives access to a wide range of data - not just views of sample groups
Useful for looking at the whole market and analysing past trends to predict the future
Cheaper and faster

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What are drawbacks of doing secondary research?

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Not always relevant to needs
Not specific about a businesses products
Data can be out of date

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What can businesses use sales data to analyse?

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How well products sell and they may suggest what the issue is if it doesn’t sell well (if it’s price, the promotion, the place it’s sold or the product itself)

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What are the stages of the product life cycle?
1. Development 2. Introduction 3. Growth 4. Maturity 5. Decline (maybe 6. Extension strategy)
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What is the development stage of a product?
Develops an idea into a marketable product Scientific research may be done in this stage Aim is to find cost effective materials and methods to use
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What is the introduction stage of a product?
When the product is launched and put on sale for the first time Often backed up with a lot of advertising Place is deeply looked at within this - released in areas the product is likely to sell in
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What is the growth stage of a product?
Demand increases The product becomes established
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What is the maturity stage of a product?
When demand has reached its peak Promotion becomes less important - product is still advertised but not as much Towards the end of this phase, the market becomes saturated and there’s no room to expand
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What is the decline stage of a product?
When demand eventually starts to fall Rival products begin to take over
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What can a product life cycle be represented on?
A graph
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What happens with sales as the product cycle continues?
1. First 2 stages, sales are low and it’s expected that the business will make a loss during these stages 2. Next 2 stages, business will hope to make a profit as sales increase 3. Decline, the business will lose sales and will make a loss, they will eventually pull the product
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What can product life cycles show?
How the costs associated with products change during its life cycle How demand changes over the cycle of a product and how that affects sales and revenue
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What are extension strategies?
Things a business can do to keep their products selling after they start to decline
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What does an extension strategy result in? (Positive + negative)
The product making profit for longer More money is however spent on the product, taking money away from other parts of the business
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4 examples of extension strategies?
1. Adding more or different features to the product 2. Using new packaging for the product 3. Targeting new markets and promoting to them 4. Lowering price of the product
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What is a product portfolio?
The range of different products a business sells
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What is the aim to have for a product portfolio?
For it to be balanced To sell a variety of products to make the portfolio varied
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What is the Boston Matrix?
A way for a firm to analyse its product portfolio
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What does the Boston Matrix look like?
Stars Question marks Cash cows Dogs STAR = HIGH MARKET GROWTH, HIGH MARKET SHARE QUESTION MARK = HIGH MARKET GROWTH, LOW MARKET SHARE CASH COW = LOW MARKET GROWTH, HIGH MARKET SHARE DOGS = LOW MARKET GROWTH, LOW MARKET SHARE
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What does a question mark mean in the Boston matrix?
All new products are question marks They have a small market share but a high growth They aren’t profitable yet and need heavy marketing to make them successful
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What does a star mean in the Boston matrix?
High market share and high market growth They’re future cash cow
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What does a cash cow mean in the Boston matrix?
Bring in plenty of money High market share and low market growth In their maturity phase Costs are low as they’ve been promoted
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What does a dog mean in the Boston matrix?
Low market share and low market growth They’re a lost cause The business will either discontinue them or sell them off
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How does the Boston matrix help analyse a product portfolio?
Helps see if they have a balanced product portfolio e.g. using money from cash cows to invest into question marks so they can become stars However, it’s not always accurate
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What creates a balanced portfolio?
Products being at different stages of the product life cycle Products being distributed in the Boston matrix
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How can a product portfolio be broadened?
Adding products to an existing range by developing new products based on their current ones Increasing their range of products by developing products that are different from their current ones
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Why is having a broad product portfolio important?
To increase sales Target a different segment Compete with other companies
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What is diversification?
Designing and producing more products
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Benefits of developing new product?
Can increase overall sales of a business and may extend the product life cycle May appeal to a new market segment so open business opportunities Higher prices can be charged initially before their competitors bring similar products to the market
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Risks of developing new products?
Can be costly and time consuming Resources can be wasted if the product fails If the product is of poor quality, reputation may be ruined
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What are the components of having a good product?
Being market driven when marketing it Having a good brand image Make your product different from competitors
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What is product differentiation?
Making your product unique compared to the other products that are similar and in the same market
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What are the key parts of the design mix?
Function - product must be fit for purpose Cost - low production costs will make the product cheaper Appearance - must look attractive and distinctive
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Why do businesses need to think about demand when setting prices?
If demand is low, prices should be low If demand is high, prices can be higher In both cases, a business will want to make a profit or break even
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Why do businesses need to think about the size of their business when setting prices?
If a business grows and have got loyal customers and a good reputation, they can increase prices without demand falling too much
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What is an economy of scale?
When the average cost of a making a product falls so they can lower their prices
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Internal factors that affect pricing?
Aims and objectives Internal costs - if they’re having to pay a lot for a section of the production process e.g. marketing or machinery Where the product is in its life cycle
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External factors that affect pricing?
The nature of the market - e.g. if it’s in a luxury marketing, it’ll have a premium pricing If the market is competitive e.g. prices may be lowered to outcompete If suppliers or external sources change the price of their services or goods
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What are the 7 key pricing strategies?
1. Price penetration 2. Loss leader pricing 3. Price skimming 4. Competitive pricing 5. Cost plus pricing 6. Psychological pricing 7. Premium pricing
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What is price penetration?
When a firm charges a very low price when a product is new to get people to try it It’ll then increase in price and so loyal customers will continue to buy it
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What is loss leader pricing?
When the price of a product is below its cost A profit isn’t made
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What is price skimming?
Where a firm charges a high price to begin with (if they know there’ll be a high demand of it) and then lower it once it’s established Used in established firms that have loyal customers High price will allow for a higher revenue
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What is competitive pricing?
When a business prices a product similar to its competitors This may be done when a business wants to attract customers but don’t make a lot of profit
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What is cost plus pricing?
The business will add up the cost of making the product and then add how much profit they want to make on top of that
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What is psychological pricing?
When a customer is tricked into thinking the product is cheaper than it is, to make them think they’re getting value for their money
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What is promotion?
When a business tries to persuade customers to notice a product and want to buy it
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Why is promotion done?
To inform customers about products - they need to know it exists and what its USP is To persuade customers to buy the product - to choose their product over their competitors To create or change the image of a product To create or increase sales - promotion can lead to more profit and a greater market share
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What is advertising?
Any message that a firm pays for which promotes the firm or its products
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What are the 6 different methods of advertising?
1. Newspapers 2. Magazines 3. Poster and billboards 4. TV 5. Internet 6. Leaflets
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What are positives and negatives of newspapers?
can reach both a local and wide audience however quality can be poor and less people buy them
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What are positives and negatives of magazines?
Can target specialist markets in a wide area Better quality than newspapers BUT quite expensive
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What are positives and negatives of posters and billboards?
Can be placed near a target audience Stay in a place for a long time and can be seen by lots of people But they can be ignored or not looked at for long
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What are positives and negatives of leaflets?
Cheap to produce and distribute Can be targeted at certain areas Many people throw them away as junk
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What are positives and negatives of TV as a form of advertising?
Can be seen by a wide audience Can deliver long messages BUT they’re very expensive to have
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What are positives and negatives of using ads on the internet as a form of advertising?
Can be seen at any time by a large targeted audience There’s a lot of them so many people ignore them or block them
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When is advertising especially important?
In competitive markets
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What is a sponsorship?
When businesses give money to an organisation or event to display their name
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What are examples of sponsorship?
Sport TV
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Why is sponsorship done?
Another method of advertising Can create a high profile for the business
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What are positives and negatives of sponsorship?
Can create bran recognition However can lead to bad publicity if the event has a negative reputation
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What is PR?
Public relations - another form of advertising but gets a product noticed in the media
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What are positives and negatives of PR?
Cheap and easy Loads of people use social media so reaches a lot people BUT, the PR may criticise the product and create a bad reputation
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What is sales promotion?
Ways a business can boost sales in the short term It introduces discounts and more to make people buy products
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What are 5 examples of sales promotion?
2 for 1 offers Free samples Coupons Point of sale displays Free gifts
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What are the advantages of sales promotion?
Can encourage new customers to buy products Sometimes encourages to buy more than one product Boost sales Can increase customer locality and retention
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What are the disadvantages of sales promotion?
Customers can get used to seeing reductions so may be reluctant to buy products if there isn’t one May make a product feel less luxurious Can waste time and money if it’s unsuccessful Only short term fix
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What is the aim of sales promotion?
To boost sales
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What is a very modern way to promote products, that the younger generation use a lot?
Social media
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What are the advantages of social media as a form of promotion?
Quick, easy, cheap Information can be displayed on it More people use it nowadays so can reach a lot of people Works 24/7
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What are the disadvantages of social media as a form of promotion?
Mistakes or negative comments can be seen easily and quickly Risk of being hacked Money must be spent to carefully monitor the social media of a business
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What is a promotional mix?
Using a combination of different promotional methods to promote a product
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What can influence a firms promotional mix?
What competitors are doing - may want to use the same methods as competition Nature of the market - if a market is growing quick a business may want to spend more money of promotion Target market - methods of promotion should be where the target market can see it
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What is the marketing mix?
Product Place Price Promotion
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What is place about in the marketing mix?
Channels of distribution and how products get from manufacturers to consumers
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Why do businesses need to choose the most suitable channel of distribution?
So that the products are available to consumers at the right place Sometimes the channel of distribution can affect price of products See where the target market is likely to buy the product
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What are the 3 channels of distribution?
Selling to wholesalers Selling directly to retailers Selling direct to consumers
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What is the selling to wholesalers route?
Manufacturers —> wholesalers —> retailer or consumers
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What are the advantages of selling to wholesalers?
Manufacturer gets bulk orders so doesn’t have to store much stock Can reach lots of people Can make stuff cheaper as the products are bought in bulk
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What are the disadvantages of selling to wholesalers?
Consumers can get low levels of customer service
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What is the selling to retailers route?
Manufacture —> retailer —> consumer
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What are the advantages of selling to retailers?
Can lead to better customer service - manufacturer can give retailer better info about product Can lead to higher customer satisfaction Retailer can help promote products with point of displays for example Products can be sold to more customers in more places
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What are the disadvantages of selling to retailers?
Can be hard for new businesses to have their products stocked in retailers
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What is the selling to consumers route?
Manufacturer —> consumer
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What are the advantages of selling to consumers?
Can be cheap - e.g. through telesales Good for businesses who don’t have loads of customers
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What are the disadvantages of selling to consumers?
Can be time consuming The business must arrange delivery of goods - can be difficult and expensive if the consumers are in different places
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What are examples of selling direct to consumer?
Tele sales E commerce
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What can the choice of channel of distribution affect?
Can affect costs e.g. costs of storage etc.
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What is e commerce?
Selling/advertising goods or services on the internet
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What is m-commerce?
Selling/advertising products on the mobile
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Why are e commerce and m commerce becoming more important?
Internet is growing - more people have access to internet and it’s more reliable now More people are using the internet to buy products - it’s efficient and easy Customers expect to be able to buy products online - pressure for businesses to do e commerce
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What are the advantages of e-commerce?
Internet can access wider markets including international markets - more potential of customers and more sales Stores can be closed - saves money Open 24/7
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What are the advantages of m-commerce?
It’s growing - sales may increase as it’s easier to buy products Easy and quick
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What are the disadvantages of e-commerce & m-commerce?
Risk of being hacked or security threats Specialists may need to be hired People lose jobs if they don’t know how to use technology Not all customers agree with buying products online
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In general, what is the purpose of market research?
Helps with decision making Reduces risk of failure Identifies opportunities
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What is product differentiation?
Methods that a business uses to make their products distinct from competitors
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What are benefits of new product development?
May lead to more customers - more sales and more profit May give businesses a competitive advantages Can increase customer loyalty and satisfaction
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What are risks of new product development?
Risk of failure May have an impact on the brand name if it fails May waste time and money
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What is the product life cycle?
A model showing the lifespan of a products sales from launch to being taken off the market
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What is price?
The money charged by a business for their products or services
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What are factors that influence price?
Production costs of the product The demand for the product or its position in the product life cycle The quality of the products
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When a product has a low price, what happens to its demand?
The demand will be high
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When a product has a high price, what happens to its demand?
The demand will be low
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What are telesales?
The selling of goods or services over the telephone