Chapter 30 And 31 Vocab Flashcards
Includes all the different products that a company makes or sells
Product mix
Involves making decisions about the features of a product or idea that will help sell the product
Product planning
Is a group of closely related products manufactured or sold by a business
Product line
Is a specific model, brand or size of a product within a product line
Product item
Refers to the number of different product lines a business manufactures or sells
Product width
Refers to the number of items offered within each product line
Product depth
Is a model of the new product
Prototype
Represents the stages that a product goes through during its life
Product life cycle
Refers to the effort a business makes to identify place and sell its products
Product positioning
Is a process that involves managing product categories as individual business units
Catergory management
Is a computer developed diagram that shows retailers how and where products within a category should be displayed
Planograms
7 steps to developing new product lines
Generating ideas Screening ideas Developing a business proposal Developing the product Testing the product with consumers Introducing the product Evaluating customer acceptance
Is an alteration in a company’s existing product
Product modification
Reasons for deleting a product line
Obsolescence-no longer useful Loss of appeal Changes in company's objectives Lack of profit Conflict with other product in the line Replacement with new products
4 stages of product life cycle
Introduction, growth, maturity, decline
- product awareness
- develop a market
- special promotions
- trademarks
- patents
- least profitable stage
- production
- focus on benefits for customers
Introduction
- product is enjoying success
- increase sales and profits
- advertising is focused on consumer satisfaction
- build brand preferences
- increase market share
Growth
- sales decrease
- advertising continues to reinforce the product brand
- promotional costs are lower than in the introduction stage
- more competition
- product loses market share
- has lower profits
Maturity