Chapters 5, 6, 9 Flashcards
Marketing environment
Uncontrollable environment outside of any organization affecting the immediate environment
Immediate environment
Company itself (capabilities, issues, performance, etc.) as well as consumers, competitors, physical environment, corporate partners
Macro-environment: Generational Cohorts
Gen Z
- “Digital natives”
- Have always had access to technology/information
- Socially connected
Millenials/Gen Y
- Huge cohort
- Wide range of lifestyles
- Diverse groups
Gen X
- “Latch key kids”/left to raise themselves
- Focus on children and value education
- Convenience in products/service is important
Baby Boomers
- Huge cohort
- Postponing retirement
- Involved in lives of adult children/grand children
Macro-environment: Income and Education
Educated is related to income, which determines spending power. Approximately 80% of economic growth in the next 20 years is expected to come from African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans
Macro-environment: Social Trends
Sustainability
Health and wellness concerns
Efficient utilization and distribution of food
Macro-environment: Technology
New products, forms of communication, retail channels
Growing importance of mobile devices
AI
Robotics
Macro-environment: Economic Situation
Economy
Employment rates
Strength of a dollar
Interest rates
Macro-environment: Political and Legal Factors
Laws and regulations protecting competition and consumers
High Involvement Purchase Decision
Greater attention
Deeper processing
Develops strong attitudes
Purchases are intentional
Low Involvement Purchase Decision
Less attention
Peripheral processing
Weak attitudes
Increased habitual purchasing
Marketing through linking a high involvement issue:
ex. Toothpaste advertising about gum disease
Internal Locus
You create your own destiny
Will spend more time seeking alternatives and information
Will take accountability for poor decisions
External Locus
Fate
Will not blame themselves for poor purchase decisions
Performance Risk
Actual issue with the product. Ex. buying a car that is always in the shop
Financial Risk
Product requires lots of money to maintain. Costs to maintain, replace, etc. Ex. again, buying a car that is always in the shop and those expenses
Social Risk
Ex. buying a Kia Soul
Physiological Risk
Worrying about YOU getting hurt. Ex. A phone catching on fire
Psycological Risk
How you feel about the decision which may be effected/influenced by the other risks
Consumer Purchase Process Step 1
Need Recognition
- we all have a “present sate” involving internal and external stimuli (ex. being hungry) VS preferred
Consumer Purchase Process Step 2
Info Search
- internal: thinking back on your own personal experience
- external: everything else