Exam 3 Flashcards
Retailing
The channel of distribution where the customer meets the product or service and exchange occurs
Value Utilities
- Place utility (meeting the customer where they are)
- Time utility (saving time)
- Form utility (customization)
- Possession utility (saving consumer info to make it easier for them to repurchase)
How do we classify retail outlets?
- Form of Ownership
- Level of Service
- Type of Merchandise Line
Form of Ownership
- Independent retailer: one outlet w/ individual owners
- Corporate chain: multi outlets under common ownership
- Contractual Systems: independently owned stores that brand together to act like a chain (Franchise)
Level of Service
- Self Service: customer performs most traditional retailing functions (ie IKEA)
- Limited Service: customers are responsible for shopping activities, but assistance is avail. (ie Target)
- Full Service: many services provided to customers (ie Nordstrom)
Type of Merchandise Line
- Depth of product line: store carries a large assortment of specific products (specialty outlets)
- Breadth of product line: store carries a wide variety of different product items (general/scrambled merchandise stores)
Various methods of nonstore retailing
- automatic vending
- direct mail and catalogs
- television home shopping
- online retailing
- telemarketing
- direct selling
Retail positioning matrix
- breadth of product line (broad vs narrow)
- value added (low vs high)
Retail Mixing
Activities related to managing the store and the merchandise in the store
- retail pricing
- store location
- retail communication
- merchandise
Retail pricing
- markup
- markdown
- EDLP
- factory outlet stores
- single price or extreme value stores
- loss prevention
Store location
- Choosing where to locate each store
- central business district
- regional shopping centers
- community shopping center
- strip mall
- power center - Deciding how many stores to have
Retail communication
- store image (atmospherics)
- shopper marketing
Merchandise
- category management (manage the assortment of products)
- marketing metrics (customer, store, product, and financial measures)
Integrated marketing communications (IMC)
Coordinating all promotional mix activities to provide a consistent message across all audiences
Promotional mix
The combination of communication tools use to inform, persuade, and remind
Communications process
Source —> encode —> noise —> (channel of communication) message —> noise —> decode —> receiver —> response —> feedback —> source
Elements of the promotional mix
- advertising: paid, nonpersonal communication
- personal selling: personal two-way communication b/t buyer & seller
- public relations: communication management, news coverage and damage control
- sales promotion: short term values incentives
- direct marketing: direct communication for immediate response
Selection criteria for IMC Promotions
- target audience
- product life cycle
- product characteristics
- decision stage of the buyer
- distribution channel
Target audience
Ultimate consumers or trade channel
Stage of product life cycle
Introduction - to inform
Growth - to persuade
Maturity - to remind
Decline - to phase out
Product Characteristics
- complexity: technical sophistication
- purchase risk to the buyer: social, financial, or physical risk
- ancillary services: support services required
Decision stage of the buyer
- Prepurchase stage: inform, trial
- Purchase stage: persuade, close deal
- Postpurchase stage: reduce regret, build loyalty
Distribution channel
- Push strategy: directed to channel members
- Pull strategy: directed to consumers
IMC process
- Planning: developing the promotion program
- Implementation: executing the promotion program
- Evaluation: assessing the promotion program