Chapter 30 And 31 Vocab Flashcards

0
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Includes all the different products that a company makes or sells

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Product mix

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Involves making decisions about the features of a product or idea that will help sell the product

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Product planning

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2
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Is a group of closely related products manufactured or sold by a business

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Product line

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3
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Is a specific model, brand or size of a product within a product line

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Product item

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4
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Refers to the number of different product lines a business manufactures or sells

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Product width

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5
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Refers to the number of items offered within each product line

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Product depth

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6
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Is a model of the new product

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Prototype

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7
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Represents the stages that a product goes through during its life

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Product life cycle

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8
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Refers to the effort a business makes to identify place and sell its products

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Product positioning

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9
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Is a process that involves managing product categories as individual business units

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Catergory management

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10
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Is a computer developed diagram that shows retailers how and where products within a category should be displayed

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Planograms

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11
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7 steps to developing new product lines

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Generating ideas
Screening ideas 
Developing a business proposal 
Developing the product 
Testing the product with consumers 
Introducing the product
Evaluating customer acceptance
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12
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Is an alteration in a company’s existing product

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Product modification

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13
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Reasons for deleting a product line

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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
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14
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4 stages of product life cycle

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Introduction, growth, maturity, decline

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15
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  • product awareness
  • develop a market
  • special promotions
  • trademarks
  • patents
  • least profitable stage
  • production
  • focus on benefits for customers
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Introduction

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16
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  • product is enjoying success
  • increase sales and profits
  • advertising is focused on consumer satisfaction
  • build brand preferences
  • increase market share
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Growth

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17
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  • 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
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Maturity

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18
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  • sales fall
  • profits are smaller than expenses
  • update or alter product
  • management needs to make decision about product
  • discount product
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Decline

19
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Ways to manage the decline stage

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  • sell or license product
  • recommit to the product line
  • discount the product
  • regionalize the product
  • update or alter the product
20
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Is a name, term, design, symbol or combination of these elements that identifies a business, product or service and sets it apart from its competitors

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Brand

21
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Is a word, group of words, letters or numbers that represent a product or service

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Brand name

22
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Identifies and promotes a company or a division of a particular corporation

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Trade name

23
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Incorporates a unique symbol, coloring, lettering or design element

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Brand mark

24
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Is a specific type of brand make one with human form or characteristics

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Trade character

25
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Is a brand name, brand mark, trade name, trade character or a combination of these elements that is registered with the federal government and has legal protection

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Trademark

26
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Importance of brands in product planning

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  • to build product recognition and customer loyalty
  • to ensure quality and consistency
  • to capitalize on brand exposure
27
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Are owned and initiated by national manufacturers or by companies that provide services

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National brands

28
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Are developed and owned by wholesalers and retailers

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Private distributor brands

29
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Are products that do not carry a company identity

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Generic brands

30
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Is a branding strategy that uses and existing brand name to promoted a new or improved product in a company’s line

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Brand extension

31
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Is a legal authorization by a brand owner to allow another company to use its brand, brand mark or trade character for a fee

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Brand licensing

32
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Strategy offers a combination of manufacturer, private distributor, and generic brands to consumers to

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Mixed brands

33
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Strategy combines one or more brands in the manufacture of a product or in the delivery of a service

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Co-branding

34
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Is the physical container or wrapping for a product

A

Package

35
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When marketers package or bundle, 2 or more different goods or services in one packaged

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Mixed bundling

36
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Occurs when 2 or more similar products are placed on sale for one package price

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Price bundling

37
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Are packages with preformed plastic mold surrounding individuals items arranged on a backing

A

Blisterpacks

38
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Uses technology that keeps foods fresh without refrigeration for long period of time

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Aseptic packing

39
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Uses packaging to promote social and political causes that may be unrelated to the products inside

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Cause packaging

40
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Is an information tag, wrapper, seal or imprinted message that is attached to a product or its package

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Label

41
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Gives the brand name, trademark or logo

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Brand label

42
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Gives information about the products use, construction, care, performance and other features

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Descriptive label

43
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States the quality of the product

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Grade label

44
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FPLA

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Fair packaging and labeling act-established mandatory labeling requirements

45
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FTC

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Federal trade commission-established packaging regulations