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Mrkt Prin 9 Learn 1
vocab for 9 Learn 1
Term | Definition |
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Product Planning | The decisions made about what features should be used in selling of a business’s products |
Product Mix | All the different products that a company makes or sells |
Product Line | A group of closely related products manufactured or sold by a business |
Product Item | A specific model, brand, or size of a product within a product line |
Product Width | The number of different product lines a business manufactures or sells |
Product Depth | The number of product items in a product line |
Product mix strategies depend on | Resources, Objectives, Past and current sales, Consumer trends |
Product Planning Depends on | packaging, labeling, warranties, guarantees, branding, product mix |
A well defined product plan allows a business to | Create sales opportunities, Design appropriate marketing programs, Develop effective advertising campaigns, Coordinate the product mix offered to customers, Add new products, Delete older products that no longer appeal to customers |
Product positioning | Efforts a business makes to identify, place, and sell its products in the marketplace |
Developing New Products | Generate Ideas, Screen Ideas, Develop a Business Proposal, Test the product with consumers, Introduce the product, Evaluate customer acceptance |
Line Extensions | Adding new product lines, items or services |
Product Modifications | New and different varieties, Formulations, Colors, Styles, Features, Sizes |
Deleting a Product or Product Line | Obsolescence, Loss of Appeal, Changes in Company Objectives, Replacement with New Products, Lack of Profit, Conflict with other products in the line |
Price bundling | when two or more similar products are placed on sale for one package price |
Businesses | Introduce New Products, Acquire New Customers, Higher Profits, Increase Product Turnover (distressed inventory) |
Customers | Save Money, Perception of Greater Value, Low Risk to Try New Products |
Brand | Name, design or symbol that identifies the products of a company |
Brand Name | Word or group of words that can be spoken |
Brand Mark | Unique Symbol, design, distinctive coloring, or lettering |
Trade Name | Identifies the company or a division of a particular corporation |
Trade Character | A personified brand mark |
Trademark | word, name, symbol, sound, device, or combination that has been given legal protections by the federal government |
Package | Physical container or wrapping for a product |
Label | Information tag, wrapper, seal, or imprinted message that is attached to a product or package |
Why is branding, packaging, and labeling important? | Establishes an image, builds product recognition, ensures quality and consistency |