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Ethics

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Accepted principles of right or wrong that govern

  • the conduct of a person
  • the members of a profession
  • the actions of an organization
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Business ethics

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Accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct of business people

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Ethial strategy

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A strategy, or course of action, that does not volate these acepted principles

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Why is customer satisfaction important in the U.S.?

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Basic objective of our market-related economic system has been to satisfy consumer needs as they, the consumers, see them

Implies that political freedom and economic freedom go hand in hand and that citizens in a free society have the right to live as they choose

The majority of American consumers would be unwilling to give up the freedom of choice they now enjoy

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Marketing Concept

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Means that an organization aims all its efforts at satisfying its customers - at a profit

customer satisfacition, total comapny effort, profit (or another measure of long-term success) as an objective

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Marketing strategy

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Specifies a target market and a related marketing mix. It is a big picture of what a frim will do in some market

two parts: target market and marketing mix

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Marketing program

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Blends all of the firm’s marketing plans into one “big” plan

An integrated part of the whole-company strategic plan

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Marketing plan

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A written statement of a marketing strategy and the time-related details for carrying out the strategy

It should spell out the following: what marketing mix will be offered, to whom and for how long.

  1. what company resources will be needed at what rate
  2. what results are expected (sales and profits perhaps monthly or quarterly, customer satifaction levels, and the like)
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SWOT analysis

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Identifies and lists the firm’s strengths and weaknesses and its opportunities and threats

The name SWOT is simply an abbreviation for the first two letters of the words strengths weaknesess opportunties and threats

A good SWOT helps the manager focus on a strategy that takes advantage of the firm’s strengths and opportunities while avoiding its weaknesses and threats to its success

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4 p’s

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Product

Place

Promotion

Price

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True or False: A marketing plan is a static document it should not change over the planning period

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False

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Which ethical issues are most relevant to business?

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Employment practices

Human rights

Environmental regulations

Corruption

Moral obligation of companies

Product safety

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Ethical dilemma

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Situations in which none of the available alternatives seem ethically acceptable

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Why do Managers behave unethically?

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Personal ethics

Decision making processes

Organizational culture

Unrealistic performance expectations

Leadership

Societal culture

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How can managers make ethical decisions?

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  1. Hire and promote people with a well grounded sense of personal ethics
  2. Build an organizational culture that places a high value on ethical behavior
  3. Make sure that leaders within he business articulate the rhetoric of ethical behavior and act in a manner that is consistent with that rhetoric
  4. Put decision making processes in place that require people to consider the ethical dimensions of busniess decions
  5. Develop moral courage
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The Marketing Concept guides:

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ethics

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Micro-Macro Dilemma

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Group needs vs. individual needs

Social responsibility, should all needs be satisifeied? What if profits suffer?

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Invest in customer satisfaction

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Allow your customer to complain!

Train and empower your employees to act!

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Sources of Marketing Inefficiency

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Lack of interest in customers

Improper blending of the 4P’s

Lack of understand of the enviornment

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Criticisms of Macro-marketing

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Advertising wastes resources

Consumers are too easily controlled - consumers are not puppets, needs and wants change

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Marketing Objectives SMART

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Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant to the target

Timely

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Combiner

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Aims at 2 or more submarkets with the same marketing mix

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Legal and Ethical Concerns

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Consumer Privacy

Legal vs. ethical

Supply chain

targeting & deception

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Pricing

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Pricing directly affets the bottom line

Your pricing policy addresses:

  • brand/company objectives
  • image/positioning
  • behavior of channel and end-user
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One-Price Policy
The same for everyone Frequently purchased items Convenient Low cost Maintains goodwill
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Flexible Price Policy
Different customers, different prices Databases make it easier Salepeople can adjust prices Too much cutting can hurt profits
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Discount price policies are designed to:
Elicit a specific action from the consumer or channel member Satisfy a specific business requirement
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Discount Policies
Discounts are reductions from list price that are given by a seller to a buyer who either gives up some marketing function or provides the function himself Quantity discounts - cumulative quantity discounts encourage repeat purchase and relationships, noncumulative ecnourage large orders Seasonal discounts smooth out demand Cash discounts encourage early payment Trade (functional) discounts go to middlemen
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Allowance policies
Designed to get the channel to perform specific duties or take on certain responsibilities
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Common Types of Allowances
Advertising Trade-ins Stocking Push money
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Common geographic policies
FOB Zone Freight Absorpotion Uniform Delivered
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Zone pricing
An average freight charge to all buyers within specific geographic areas
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Uniform Delivered pricing
The same (average) freight charge to all buyers
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Freight Absorption Pricing
Seller pays freight cost so delivered price matches competition
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Key issues with price discrimination
Robinson-patman act proportionatley equal basis like grade and quality cost differences
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Robinson-Patman Act
Regulates price discrimation - selling the same products to different buyers at different prices Cost differences can justify price differences - analysis must habe been done in advance You can match a competitor's prices Functional discounts are usually ok Does not apply to sales to final customers
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Cost Based end-user strategies
Cover cost Achieve a specific profit/market share objetive Does not consider demand/external environment
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Demand based end user strategy
What does the customer value? What are they willing to pay?
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Skimming price policy
Tries to sell at the top of the market at a high price before aiming at more price-sensitive customers
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Skimming policy graph
More vertical than penetration
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Penetration pricing
Firm tries to sell the whole market at one low price
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Legality of Pricing Policies Key Issues
Unfair Trade Practice Acts Price Fixing Dumping Phony List Prices
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Price
The amount of money that is charged for something of value
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Sales oriented objective
Seeks some level of unit sales, dollar sales, or share of the market without referring to profit
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Status-quo objectives
Managers satisfied with their current market share and profits sometimes adpot status quo objectives Managers may say the want to stabailize prices, or meet competition, or even avoid competition
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Profit-oriented objective
Seeks to get as much profit as possible It might be stated as a desire to earn a rapid return on investment
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One-price policy
Adv: conveneience and goodwill among customer Dis. this can be a price competitors can undercut especially is if the price is somewhat high
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Flexible-pricing policy
Frequent changes to price are easier Most common in the channels
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Skimming price policy
Tries to sell the top at a high price before aiming at more price-sensitive customers \*used if there are few substitutes or if some customers are not price sensitive \*\*also useful when you dont know very much about the shape of the demand curbe
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Penetration Pricing Policy
Tries to sell the whole market at one low price \*when the elite market is small \*\*when the whole demand curve is fairly elastic \*\*\*more attractive if selling larger quantities resulsts in lower costs because of economies of scale Also wise if the firm expects strong ompetition very soon after introduction
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Rebates
Refunds paid to consumers ater purchase
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Geographic Pricing Policies
FOB Zone pricing Uniform delivered pricing Freight-absorption pricing
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Value pricing
Means setting a fair price level for a marketing mix that really gives the target market superior customer value
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Unfair trade practice acts
Puts a lower limit on prices, especially at the wholesale and retail levels
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Dumping
Pricing a product sold in a foreign market below the cost of producing it or at a price lower than its domestic market These laws are usually designed to protect the country's domestic producers and jobs. \*illegal
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Phony list prices
Prices customers areshown to suggest that the price has been discounted from list Unethical
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Wheeler Lea Amendement
Bans unfair or deceptive acts in commerce
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Price fixing
Competitors getting together to raise, lower, or stabilize prices- completely illegal in the US
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Robinson-Patman Act makes illegal any price discrimination -
selling the same products to different buyers at different prices if it injures competiotion Does permit some price differences but they must be based on: 1. cost differences 2. the need to meet competition \*\*Both buyers and sellers are considered guilty if they know they're entering into discriminatory agreements
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ regulates price discrimination
Robinson-Patman ACt of 1936
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Target return objective
Sets a specific level of profit as an objective Often stated as a percentage of sales or of capital investment
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Nonprice discrimination
Agressive action on one or more of the Ps other than price
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Adminstered prices
Price policies usually lead to administered prices - consciously set prices Instead of letting market decide, most firms set their own prices
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Introductory price dealing
Temporary price cuts to speed new products into a market and get customers to try them Raise prices as soon as the introductory offer is over
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Basic list prices
The prices final customers or users are normally asked to pay for products
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Discounts
Reductions from list price given by a seller to buyers who either give up some marketing function or provide the function thesselves
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Quanitity discounts
Discounts offered to encourage customers to buy in larger amounts
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Cumulative quantity discounts
Apply to purchases over a given period- and the discount usually increases as the amount purchased increases Encourage repeat buying by reducing the customer's cost for addtional purchases
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Noncumulative quantity discounts
Apply only to individual orders Encourage large orders but do not tie a buyer to the seller after that one purchase
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Seasonal discounts
Discounts offered to enocurage buyers to buy earlier than present demand requires
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Net
Means that payment for the face value of the invoice is due immediatley. These terms are sometimes changed to net 10 or net 30 which means payment is due within 10 or 30 days
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Cash discounts
Reductions in price to encourage buyers to pay their bills quickly
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2/10 net 30
Buyer can take a 2 percent discount off the face value if the invoice is paid within 10 days. Otherwise, the full face is due within 30 days
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Sale price
Temporary discount from the list price
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Everyday low pricing
Setting a low list price rather than relying on frequent sales, discounts, or allowances Many supermarkets
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Allowances
Like discounts, are given to inal consumers, coustomers, or channel members for doing something or accepting less of something
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Advertising allowances
Price reductions given to firms in the channel to encourage them to advertise or otherwise promote the suppier's products locally
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Stocking allowances
Slotting allowances\* Given to an itermediary to get shelf space for a product
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Push money (prize money) allowances
PMs or spiffs Given to retaliers by manufacturers or wholesalers to pass on to the retailers salesclersk for aggresively selling certain items
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Trade-in allowance
A price reduction given for used products when similar new products are bought Give the marketing manager an easy way to lower the effective price without reducig list price
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FOB
Means free on board Typically FOB names the place
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Uniform delivered pricing
Making an average freight charge to all buyers
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Freigh absorpotion pricing
Abosorbing frieght cost so that a firm's delivered price meets that of the nearest competitor
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Value pricing
Setting a fair price level for a marketing mix that really gives the target market superior customer value
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Wheeler-Lea Amendment
Bans unfair or deceptive acts in commerce
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Markups
Dollar amount added to the cost of the products to get the selling price
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Markup percent: Two methods to calculate
Based on selling price: the percentage of selling price that is added to the cost to get the selling price - percent of selling price unless otherwise noted Based on cost: the percentage of cost that is added to the cost to get the selling price
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Mark-ups and profit
Products may be marked up several times through the channel - the sequence of markups is the markup chain High markups dont always mean high profits - depends on the stockturn rate
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High markups dont always mean:
big profits
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Average-cost Pricing
Adds a reasonable markup to the average cost of a product Simplifies pricing Quite common, especially among middlement Usually based on estimates or past records - actual average cost depends on quantity sold! - quantity sold depends on price
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The Marketing Manager must consider various kinds of costs
Total Variable cost total cost average cost average fixed cost average variable cost total fixed cost
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Break-even analysis
Used to evaluate whether the firm will be able to cover costs at a particular price indicates the break-vevn point (units or dollars) needdd to break even
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Problems with break even analysis
Assumes any quantity can be sold at at a given price Total cost curve is assumed to be a straight line
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Cost based
What it costs you to make and deliver to the customer + margin
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Value based
What the customer is willing to pay
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Types of demand-oriented pricing
Value-in-use Auctions Sequetial reductions reference Leader & Bait
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Can you buy the advertised brand?
Leader= legal bait = unethical bait and switch = illegal
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Pricing a Full Line
Full=line pricing Costs are complicated Complentary product pricing
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Product-Bundle Pricing
Bundle pricing is a "win-win" - the customer pays less for the total bundl than they would buyig the items individually - the custoemrs buys more for a higher ticket value on a given purchase Producer must keep an eye on margins to make bundles profitable Consumers must perceive a value
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Markup (percent)
Percentage of sellibg price that is added to the cost to get the selling price 1.20 markup on the 3.60 selling price is a 33.33% markup
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Markup
A dollar amount added to the cost products to the cost of products to get the selling price
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Markup chain
The sequence of markups firms use at different levels in a channel
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Stockturn rate
The number of times the average invnetory is sold in a year
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Average-cost pricing
Means adding a reasonable markup to the average cost of a product
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Total fixed cost
The sumn of those costs that are fixed in total
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Total variable cost
The sum of those changing expenses that are closely related to output
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Total cost
Sum of total fixed and total variable costs
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Average cost per unit
Obtained by dividing total cost by the related quaniyty
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Average fixed cost (per unit(
Dividing total fixed cost by quantity
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Average variable cost
Dividing total variable cost by the related quantity
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Break even point
The quantity wherethe firm's total cost will just equal its total revenue
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Marginal analysis
Focuses on the changes in total revenue and total cost from selling one more unit to find the most profitable price
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Value in use pricing
Setting prices that wil capture some of what customers will save by substituting the firm's product for the oe currently being used
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reference price
the price they expect to pay
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bait pricing
Setting some very low prices to attract customers but trying to sell more expensive models or brands once the customer is in the store
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Psychological pricing
setting prices that have special appeal to target customers. Whole range of prices that potential customers see the same
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Odd-even pricing
Setting prices that end in certain numbers
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price lining
Setting a few price levels for a product line and then marking all items at these prices Assumes that customers have a certain reference price in mind that they expect to pay for a product
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Demand=backward pricing
Setting an acceptable final consumer price and working backward to what a producer can charge Consumer products
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Prestige pricing
Setting a rather highe price to suggest high quality or high status
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Full-lie pricing
Settibng prices for a whole line of products
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Complentary product pricing
Setting prices on several products as a group
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Product bundle pricing
Settig one price for a set of products
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Bid pricing
Offering a specific price for each possible job rather than setting a price that applies for all customers
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Negotiated price
Price set based on bargaining between buyer and seller
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Surge pricing
Let supply and demand determine the price
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Price promotion
It is all about the $$ and the behavior desired A disciplined, measured approach is required Easy to make costly mistakes Focus should be long term but is often short term
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Consumer promotion
Complex designed to attract the desired target while reinforcing the product image ofte paird with a price promoiton both costs are factored into margin
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Key problems with sales promotion
Erodes brand loyalty not for amateurs hard to manage need for aleternatives
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What is supply chain?
The complete set of firms, facilities, and logistics activities involved in procuring materials, transforming them into entermediate and finished products, and distributing the to customers Focus on information flows
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Goal of Supply Chain
Right product. Right Quantity Right place right time
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Supply chain managment is all about tradeoffs
Cost - speed- quality
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Retailing
Activities involved in the sale of products to final consumers consumers buy about 4.5 trillion a year from retailers retailers must develop their own strategy to survive wholesaling and retailing are changing rapidly
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Key features affecting consumers retail choice
Convenience Product selection Fairness in dealings Helpful information Prices Social image Shopping atmosphere
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Retailing on the Internet
Moving information New meaning of convenience amount of information online costs for retailers & customers Brick & mortar stores add online capabilities
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Some Trends in retailing
Growth of interent merchants and online retailing electronic retailing more price competition vertical integration more chains and franchises - chains becoming larger, more powerful more and better information
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What a wholesaler might do for producer-suppliers
Provide part of the selling function Store inventory Supply capital Reduce credit risks Provide marketing infrmation
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Types of Agent Wholesalers
Auction companies selling agents brokers manufactuer's agents
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Manufacturers' agents
Sell similar products for several noncompeting producers work on a commission basis basically are independent, aggressive sales reps Especially helpful to small producers and producers whose customers are very spread out
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Brokers
Main purpose is to bring buyers and sellers together Usually have a temporary relationship with buyer and seller while the deal is negotiated Earn a commission - from either the buyer or seller - dpeending on who hired them
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Retailing
Covers all of the activies involved in the sale of products to final consumers
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General sstores
Carried anything they could sell in reasonable volume
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Single line stores
Stores that specialize in certain lines of related products rather than a wide assortment
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Specialty shop
Type of conventional limited line store - suaually small and has a distinct personality
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Department stores
Largest stores that are organized into many seperate departments and offere many product lines
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Mass merchandising concept
Says that retailers should offer low prices to get faster turnover and greater sales volumes
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supermarkets
Large stores specialzing in groceries with self-service and wide assortments
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Discount houses
Offered "hard goods" at sbustantial price cuts to customers who would go the discounter's low rent store, pay cash, and take care of any service problems themselves
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Mass-merchandisers
Large, self-service stores with many dpeartments that emphasize soft goods but still follow the discount houses' emphasis on lower margins and fast turnover
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Supercenters
Very large stores that try to carry not only food and drug but all goods and services that conumser purchases routinely
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Convenience food stores
Convenience oriented varaionat of the conventiaonal limited line food store
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Automatic vending
Selling and delivering products through vending machines
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Wheel of retailing theory
Says that new types of retaliers enter the market as low-status, low-margin, low-price operators and then evolve into more conventional retailers offering more services with higher operating costs and higher prices
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Scrambled merchandising
Carrying any product lines they think they can sell profitably
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Corpporate chain
A firm that owns and managers more than one store
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Cooperative chains
Retailer-sponsored groups that run their own buying organizations
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Voluntary chains
Wholesaler-sponsored groups that work with independent retailers
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Franchise operation
Franchisor develos a good marketing strategy and the retail franchise holders carry out the srategy in their onw units
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Wolesaling
Concerned with the activities of those persons or establishments that sell to retailers and other merchants but that do not sell in large amounts to final consumers
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Wholesalers
Firms whose main function is providing wholesaling activities
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Manufactuerers' sales branches
Warehouyses that producers set up at seperate locations away from their factories
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Merchant wholesalers
Own the products they sell
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Service wholesaler
Merchant wholesalers that provide all the wholesaling functions: 1. general merchandise 2. single line 3. specialty
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Single line wholesalers
Service wholesalers that carry a wide variety of nonperishable items
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Specialty wholesalesr
Service wholesalers that carry a very narrow range of products and offer more information and service than other service wholesalers
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Limited function wholesalers
Provide only some wholesaling functions
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Cash and carry wholesalers
Operate like service wholesalers - except that the customer must pay cash
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Drop shippers
Own the products they sell- but they do not actually handle, stock, or deliver them
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Truck wholesalers
Specialize in delivering products that they stock in their own trucks
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Rack jobbers
Speialize in hard-to-handle assortments of products that a retailer doesnt want to manager
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Catalog wholesalers
Sell out of cataglos that may be distributed widely to smaller industrial customers or retailers that might not be called on by other wholesalers
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Agent wholesalers
Wholesalers who do not own the products they sell
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Manufacuter's agent
Sells similar products for several noncompeting producers - for a commission on what is actually sold
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Export or import agents
Basically manufactuerers agents who specialize in international trade
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Brokers
Bring buyers and sellers togehter
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Export and import brokers
Operate like other borkers, but they specialize in brining together buyers and sellers from differenty countries
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Selling agents
Take over the whole marketing job of producers not just the selling function
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Combination export manager
A blend of manufactuerers' agent and selling agent - handling the entire eport function for several producers of similar but noncompeting lines
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Auction companies
Provide a place where buyers and sellers can come together and bid to complete a transaction
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the more accepted method of markup
cost-based
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Marketers like the markup method based on selling price
It makes it look better because it is often lower
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Average-cost pricing
Adds a reasonable markup to the average cost of a product simpliifies priincing quite common, middle men Usually based on estimates or past recors - actual average cost depends on quantity sold!
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Problems with break even analysis
Assumes any quantity can be sold at a ggiven price Total cost curve is assumed to be a straight line
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Fixed cost contribution per unit
Price - variable cost Contribution margin per unit
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Value-in use example
Buying a copy machine we will charge you more up front but overtime you will incurr less costs
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Sequential Reductions
Going out of business sales Continue to markdown to get more and more groups in
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Reference price
Something that the consumers expect to pay for the product If it is too low, they may see it as something that is not worth it
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Leader & Bait
Leader - prices product very low to attract customers ex. run a 1 day discount on milk and increase foot traffic LEGAL Bait - you set a price unusually low for an item - when the customer comes in you try to get them to buy something else ex. looking for 10 dollar mp3 and they are like nahh you should buy the 100 dollar mp3 player not illegal
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Bait and Switch
Illegal We are bringing you in a fake advertisement
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Psychological Pricing
Discover range a customer is willing to pay for a product If you go below psychological barrier they will notice and buy
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Odd-even pricing
Seen in gas stations end in some number
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Price Lining
Group their items in a good, better, best neck ties 15, 20, and 25 dollars
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Demand-Backward
Get an idea of what your price could be and then roll that price back
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prestige pricing
set a high price to indicate quality \*common in luxury products
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Harry Winston Watches are an example of:
prestige pricing
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Bundle pricing
You see it in the fast food industry idea: win win for restaraunt and consumer - consumer spends more - additional items are added in at savings
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Bundle pricing
Counsumers have to perceve a value Producer must keep an eye on the margin
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Wholesalers sell to:
Other wholesalers or other businesses
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3 basic types of wholesalers
Merchant wholesalers - majority Agent wholesalers - popular option for companies who cannot afford their own sales force Manufacturere sales branches
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What a wholesaler might do for producer-suppliers
Provide part of the selling function Store inventory (cut producers's warehousing costs) Supply capital (by purchasing producers's put before it is sold to final custmoers) reduce credit risks provide marketing information
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Merchant wholsealers
Take title to the product
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Limited function merchant wholesaler
Cash and carry wholesaler Drop shipper Truck wholesalers Rack jobbers catalog wholesalers
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Agent wholesalers
Deal brokers **Do not take title to the goods** Make the deal and take a commission
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Cash and Carry
Buy inventory from supplier - when customer comes in they do not offer any credit
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Drop-shippers
Take title but they dont handle the product No physical handling of the product
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Truck wholesalers
deliver products that they stock in their own trucks fill gaps in a distribution channel
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Rack Jobber
Take title to goods Service oriented They bring in a display rack of greeting cards and keep it stocked and monitor inventory - sell products to the store whatever it sells Understand their customer and market
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Catalog wholesalers
Send out a catalog to their customers Being replaced by the interent
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Agent Wholesalers
Do not take title to the goods **manufacuterers' agents** - independent agents that take on a number of noncompleting lines and they represent those lines to retailers - save cost of full time sales force **brokers** - bring buyers and sellers together - their relationship with people tends to be temporary. **selling agents** - take over the whole marketing job. when a company wants to liquidate seasonal items. or liquidate an obsolescent ish product **Auction companies -** ebay cristies. They take a percentage on the total selling price
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Manufactuerer's agents
Sells similar products for several nonocompeting producers work on commission basis independent, agressive sales reps helpful to small producers and producers whose customers are very spread out and small
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Brokers
Bring buyers and sellers together temporary relationshisp earn a commisssion
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Takes title =\>
merchant wholesaler
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Promotion objectives
Linked to the marketing objectives which are derived from business objetives When promotion objevtives become unhinged from the marketing objectives the liklihood of failiure increases
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Advertising objectives should be specific
Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant to the target Timely Link to marketing strategy link to promotion
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Nature of the media
Different media have different costs and advantages Who it reaches with what frequency at what impact at what cost
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Ad agencies
Specialists in planning and handling mass selling details for advertisers make monehy on percentage of media they buy 15% is not required, but still common
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Personal selling
Often the single largest operating expense 1 or 10 people in sales work
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Order Getter
Responsible for brining in new business and closing deals
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Order takers
work in support of order getters once business is in house, they service that business
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Supporting staff
Support order takers and getters Missionary salespeople - pave way for order getter to come in and close business technical specialists - a team selling expert
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Missionary salesperson
Not actually selling accounts - she is supporting them
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Sales manager responsibilities
Estimate hwo much work can be done by any one prson in a given time period Use that info to estimate who many people are needed in total
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Sales Selection and Training
Written job description Multiple interviews personnel and psycholgical tests background checks initial and ongoing training
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Key steps in the personal selling process
Prospect for new customers =\> set effort priorities =\> select target
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Selling formula approach
Used for mid-range products
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Read same sales script to every potentail customer
prepared sales presentation
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Setting the Promotion Budget
Percentage of sales - most popular to set marketing budget, not the best, easy, take a fixed percentage of last years sales problem: incorrectly assumes sales drives marketing Task method - zero based budgeting
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Adoption process
Diagrams how people understand a product category
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Innovators
First people to adopt product risk takers
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Early adopters
Get information from sales people and innovators Not necessarily viewing advertising
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Early majority are:
most influenced by advertisement
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Market introduction
Innovators jump on board Not making any money Heres why this new idea is better than your old solution
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Market growth
When the early adopters come in as well as some of the early majority Marketing strategy changes from explaining the category to here is why my brand is best
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Market maturity
You get the late majority entering in and sales peakY You have to add a lot more features and benefits Say your brand is better than everybody elses
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Sales decline
Could still be profitable Marketing expenses could go down They could pay more
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Wicks Hot Chili
For manly men chili
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Two regulatory agencies for labeling
CTC ACT of 1914 held that flase misleading labels lables constitute unfair competition Both federal and state laws regulate labelign
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FDA regulates:
food and drug labels
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The importance of packaging
PAckaging can enhance the product UPC Codes speed handling Packaging can lower distribution costs Packaging sends a message
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Promote
Cleanex package in the shape of a watermellon
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Display packaging
Difficult to open
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Pros and Cons to the skippy type of packaging
They dont have to change their production line
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New ketchup bottle does what?
Enhance product usage
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What have we learned?
Product incorporates many attributes A well thought out product will addresss the needs of the company, the consuer and will oprimize the mix
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Individual product
A particular product within a product line A stock keeping unit (sku)
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Product line
set of individual products that are closely relatd Depth and breadth Breadth impies number of product lines Depth concerns choice within product lines
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Product assortment
The set of all product lines and individual products thta firm sells
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Warranty policies
Regulated by magnuson-moss act - producers must often a clearly written warranty if they offer one Service guarantee May improve marketing mix Promises in writing
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Consumer Product Classes
Convenience products - inexpensive, buy them a lot ex. staples, impulses, emergency Shopping products - homogeneous and heterogeneous Unsought products - new unsought, regularly unsought
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Shopping products
Homogeneous - considers brands but price is the decider Heterogeeous - considers brands, effort made, something other than price decides
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Specialty products
Brand insistence - you will accept no substitutes for
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One product may be seen in:
several ways
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Jack buying a shirt
Homogenous shopping product - thought all the shirts were the same so selected based on price
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Business products are different
**Derived demand** - a business is not going to buy something that they cant turn around and resell Inelastic industry demand Tax treatments differ
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Business product classes
Installations - one time or very infrequent large expensive purchases professional services accessories - can be expensive but bought more often component parts and materials - you are buying radios if you are making cars Mro supplies Raw materials
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