Exam 2 review Flashcards
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What is a Product?
everything, both favorable and unfavorable, that a person receives in an exchange
What is a product item?
a specific version of a product that can be designated as a distinct offering among an organization’s products
What is a product line?
a group of closely related product items.
What is a product mix?
all products that an organization sells.
What is a brand?
A brand is a name, term, or symbol that identifies and differentiates a firm’s products.
What is diffusion?
the process by which the adoption of an innovation spreads.
What is innovation?
a product perceived as new by a potential adopter.
What is the product life cycle (PLC)?
a concept that provides a way to trace the stages of a product’s acceptance, from its introduction (birth) to its decline (death)
What is intangibility?
the inability of services to be touched, seen, tasted, heard, or felt in the same manner that goods can be sensed
What is inseparability?
the inability of the production and consumption of service to be separated; consumers must be present during the production.
What is heterogeneity?
the variability of the inputs and outputs of services, which causes services to tend to be less standardized and uniform than goods
What is perishability?
the inability of services to be stored, warehoused, or inventoried.
What is a supply chain?
the connected chain of all of the business entities, both internal and external to the company, that perform or support the logistics function
What is a marketing channel (channel of distribution)?
a set of interdependent organizations that eases the transfer of ownership as products move from producer to business user or consumer
What are channel members?
all parties in the marketing channel who negotiate with one another, buy and sell products, and facilitate the change of ownership between buyer and seller in the course of moving the product from the manufacturer into the hands of the final consumer
What is a direct channel?
a distribution channel in which producers sell directly to consumers
What is retailing?
all the activities directly related to the sale of goods and services to the ultimate consumer for personal, nonbusiness use
What is an independent retailer?
a retailer owned by a single person or partnership and not operated as part of a larger retail institution
What is a chain store?
a store that is part of a group of the same stores owned and operated by a single organization
What is a franchise?
a relationship in which the business rights to operate and sell a product are granted by the franchisor to the franchisee
What are the four types of consumer products?
convenience
specialty
shopping
unsought
What is a convenience product?
an inexpensive product that requires little shopping effort. Ex candy sodas asprin.
What is a shopping product?
A product that is more expensive than a convenience product and is sold in fewer stores. Example washer dryer, TVs
What is a specialty product?
A product that requires extensive research and customers will not accept substitutes. Omega watches and cars.