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What is de-marketing?

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Reduces demand but drives frugal consumption

If more customers believe consumption should be reduced, then you are satisfying customer needs

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What do you do once you have completed STP?

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Convince the customer that you will satisfy their needs through marketing mix - 4Ps

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What coordinated set of activities will convince your target customer?

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4Ps

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What does a lack of coordination do?

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Confused the target customer

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What is an example from class of the integrated marketing mix?

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Baby carrots being put in vending machines to entice younger people, promoted through packaging, design, free mobile games, etc

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What is the total product concept?

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everything a customer receives, including all tangible and intangible attributes

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Describe circular/closed loop product design vs linear product design

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Companies are looking at how to close the loop in their design, don’t want to throw things into landfills and just forget about that end
Linear approach = take, make, dispose
Circular = Instead of throwing away at the end of life, replace, return and renew

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What are the 8 tangible/intangible features of a product

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Image of retail store
Warranty
Colour
Packaging
Instructions
Image of brand
Attachments
Service after sale
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What product was designed with the closed loop product design?

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Earthkeepers by Timberlands are designed for disassembly and made with recycled materials

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What is a brand

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The name, term, symbol, or design that identifies a company’s products

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What is a brand in the symbolic sense?

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What the name or symbol means in consumer’s mind… a collection of perceptions about their total experience

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What are the 5 steps of brand insistence, in order?

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  1. Awareness
  2. Relevant Differentiation
  3. Value
  4. Accessibility
  5. Emotional Connection
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What does the marketing mix reinforce?

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Brand promise

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How do you build brand insistence?

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When you deliver on what you promise

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What are the 3 subcategories of convenience products?

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Emergency, impulse, staples

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What marketing mix tactics are used for emergency convenience items?

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Distribute intensively
Place at PoP
Ensure visibility

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What marketing mix tactics are used for impulse convenience items?

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Distribute intensively
Gain good shelf position
Place at PoP

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What marketing mix tactics are used for staples convenience items?

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Build brand trust
Distribute intensively
Gain good shelf position

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What is the difference between emergency and staple items?

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Emergency items are reactive - you only grab when you run out. Staples goods you don’t think about buying, you buy them frequently without thought

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What is a shopping item? How is it different from a convenience item?

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Products that last and therefore purchased less frequently… buyers spend considerable effort on purchasing. Convenience items are less expensive and usually not much effort in purchasing

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What marketing mix tactics are used with homogenous products?

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Distribute strategically and near competitors, highlight price

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What marketing mix tactics are used used for heterogeneous products?

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Distribute strategically and near competitors, use personal selling to emphasize benefits

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What is consumer behaviour with homogeneous products, and what is an example of one?

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Buyer perceives products as very similar and determines final purchase by lowest price
Ex. Microwave

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What is consumer behaviour with heterogeneous products, and what is an example of one?

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Buyer perceives products as having significantly different attributes and uses different criteria to purchase
Cars

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What is consumer behaviour with specialty products, and what is an example of one?
Buyer is willing to spend high levels of effort - plan purchase and often does not compare alternatives Luxury cars
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What marketing mix tactics are used for specialty items?
Distribute exclusively using special channels matching special image, use personal selling
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What is consumer behaviour with unsought products, and what is an example of one?
Buyers do not seek the product until a significant event happens, but then put effort into purchasing Life insurance
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What marketing mix tactics are used for unsought items?
Build brand value, use personal selling
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What growth phase are most new ventures in?
Often growth or maturity phase
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Give two examples of companies who used the product lifecycle to find new customers
Oreos changed their products when they extended to Algeria to appeal to tastes and preferences to extend or slow down product lifecycle Canadian Tire changed their demographic from old white guys to much more diverse Baking soda changed demographic from old people and bakers to sports and parents for deodorizing and cleaning
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What is the product life cycle?
Series of stages where a product's sales revenue and profits peak, then decline
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True or false: the PLC refers to an entire product category, not an individual product
True
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Why do marketers use the PLC?
Forecast future sales and plan new marketing strategies
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What are the four stages of the PLC?
Introduction stage, growth stage, maturity stage, and decline stage
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What is the introduction stage of the PLC and what is the main marketing strategy?
New product category with few competitors and low sales/profits Marketing strategy is heavy promotion to build awareness and generate interest
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What is the growth stage and what is it's main marketing strategy?
Customers have adapted to product, sales are increasing, competitors are trying to enter category Marketing strategy is building brand awareness through advertising, increasing distribution, and lowering prices
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What is the maturity stage and what is it's main marketing strategy?
Sales peak, profit is declining as market saturates | Marketing strategy is adding new features and styles, targeting competitors with advertising, and cutting prices
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What is the decline stage and what is the main marketing strategy?
Declining sales and profits and consumer needs change, ability to produce at low cost determines which competitors remain Marketing strategy is reducing marketing and production costs, possibly eliminating the product
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What are the key factors on pricing considerations?
Company costs, customer capacity and willingness to pay, competitors price, and coordination with marketing mix
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How do company costs get influenced and impact price, and how do you determine them?
Choice of business model and economic conditions influence company costs Impact price floor (cannot go below a certain price or you are losing money) Determine with calculating break-even point
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How do customer's capacity and willingness to pay get influenced and impact price, and how do you determine them?
Influenced by economic conditions, stage of life cycle, and perception of value Impact price ceiling (can they afford it) Determine by gaining customer feedback
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How does competitors' pricing get influenced and impact price, and how do you determine them?
Influenced by economic conditions and stage of lifecycle Impact price floor and price ceiling (not trying to match, differentiating) Determine by conducting competitive research
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How does coordination with the marketing mix get influenced and impact price, and how do you determine them?
Influenced by marketing decisions Impact price floor and price ceiling Determine by communicating with colleagues
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What are the four categories of pricing strategies?
New product pricing, psychological pricing, product-line pricing, and promotional pricing
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What are the two primary types of new product pricing?
Price skimming and penetration pricing
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What is price skimming?
Charging highest possible price during introduction phase (skims the cream off the market to recover R&D costs)
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What is penetration pricing?
Selling new products at low prices in hope of achieving large sales volume and market share
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What is psychological pricing?
Encourage purchases based on emotional responses rather than economically rational responses
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What are the 6 types of psychological pricing?
Odd-number, multiple-unit, reference, bundle, everyday low prices (EDLPs), and customary
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What is odd-number and multi-unit pricing?
``` Odd-number = setting prices using odd numbers slightly below whole-dollar Multiple-unit = setting single price for two or more units ```
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What is reference and bundle pricing?
Reference pricing = pricing at a moderate level and positioning next to more expensive model Bundle pricing = packaging together two or more products of complementary nature sold for one price
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What is EDLP and customary pricing?
EDLP = set low price for products on consistent basis rather than frequently discounting Customary pricing = setting prices of goods on basis of tradition
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What is product line pricing?
Establishing and adjusting prices of multiple products in a product line
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What are the three types of product-line pricing?
Captive, premium, and pricing lining
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What are captive, premium, and price lining strategies?
Captive = basic product in product line is low, while price on items required to operate or enhance it are higher Premium = highest-quality product or most versatile version of similar product in product line is highest price Price lining = selling goods at certain predetermined prices reflecting definite price breaks
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What are the 3 types of promotional pricing?
Price leading, special-event pricing, and comparison discounting
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What are the price leading, special-event, and comparison discounting strategies?
Price leading = price below usual markup, near cost, or below cost Special event = advertised sales or price cutting linked to holiday or season Comparison discounting = setting price at a specific level and comparing it to higher price
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What factors impact place/distribution options and why are they important?
Accessibility and availability: customers need to access product to buy it Contracts: time consuming and costly to negotiate, must be careful Intermediaries and channels: selling directly or through someone else? Industry: Certain industries use extra levels such as wholesalers Purpose: Need to match channels to reflecting purpose, customers expect this
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What is an example of a company matching purpose to distribution?
IKEA investing money into e-commerce delivery startup Bolt which uses 0 emission trucks, to match IKEA's goal of 100% zero-emission home deliveries
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What are the benefits of using intermediaries in distribution?
Efficiency and assortment for customers: cumbersome to go to manufacturer to buy, easier to go to retailer Break bulk shipments into smaller quantities: simpler to send a big shipment to Walmart as apposed to sending many small shipments to customers Valuable market information: intermediaries know your customers and what is most popular/least popular Instant sales infrastructure: Spaghetti sauce company isn't going to buy a building just to sell spaghetti sauce, better to send to walmart where they can sell it with their building and employees already implemented
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What is the cost of using intermediaries?
Intermediaries take a cut of profits and manufacturer loses control over final price
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What is a solution to the cost of using intermediaries?
Demand Backward Pricing = work backward when pricing to ensure price is valuable to customer to create demand and factor in the cut that retailers will take
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Why is it not a bad thing for retailers to take a cut of profits and having to lower your price margin?
You are selling a higher volume of products, selling on your own is a lot more expensive, in the end cost is lower for you therefore profits are higher
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What is a solution for losing control over marketing due to using intermediaries?
Providing incentives to push your product by using: Volume discounts - buy 10 cases it's lower than buying 9 Co-op advertising - offer to pay for advertising in grocery flyers, etc Detailing - going to store and make the display unique Training - train sales people to know more about the product Selective/exclusive arrangements - specialty goods choose only certain retailers, exclusivity
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What is the promotional mix? (Integrated Marketing Communication/IMC)
Advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, and publicity
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What is the advertising part of promotion?
Any paid form of non-personal presentation by an identified sponsor which communicates unique benefit Flexible and reaches large or small audiences
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What are the three steps to advertising purpose without creating purpose gap?
Be self-honest about the whole by acknowledging lifecycle and environmental impacts of product Make, claim, and ask customers to support progress but don't overstate Ask customers to join you on journey
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What is the personal selling portion of promotion? What are the benefits and drawbacks?
Face-to-face sales to customers Benefits: individual attention, immediate feedback, adaptable messaging, more persuasive than advertising Drawbacks: most expensive, lose control (requires significant training)
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What are the factors to budgeting personal selling?
Nature of the product (if it is expensive and perceived as a risk for consumer) Nature of the industry (impact of info to convey, degree of customizing)
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What is the sales promotion portion of promotion? What is the benefit and drawback?
Marketing events or efforts that stimulate buying such as samples, frequent-user incentives, point-of-purchase displays, and contests Benefit: cost effective way to stimulate sales Drawback: customers may start expecting discounts
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What sales promotion would be used for encourage trial of products?
Samples
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What sales promotion would be used for boosting customer loyalty?
Frequent user incentives
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What sales promotion would be used for gaining attention in retail environment?
Point of purchase displays
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What sales promotion would be used for identifying prospects or building relationships?
Contests
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What sales promotion would be used for attracting new customers or cross-selling other company products?
All options (samples, user incentives, contests, and point of purchase displays)
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What is publicity?
Any communication or activity initiated by a company designed to win goodwill or prestige Includes news releases, events, and other activities
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What external factors affect the promotional mix?
Government - regulations and guidelines Competition - monitored to know what they are doing Social - what design to use Technology - changing and expanding limits
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What part of the promotion mix has the least control?
Personal selling
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What do integrated marketing communications refer to?
Promotional mix must be coordinated to send clear message
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How does the promotional mix work together?
Key tools are advertising and personal selling, supported by promotion and public relations to develop positive image

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