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Chp 3: Environment
Chapter 3 - Marketing Environment
Term | Definition |
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Environmental Scanning | Process of collecting and analyzing external information to identify and interpret potential trends. |
What is the purpose of environmental scanning? | To identify and interpret potential trends that may be opportunities or threats to a company. |
Competitive Environment | An interactive exchange that occurs in the marketplace where marketers compete for consumer's purchasing power. |
Monopoly | Single seller dominates and no close substitutes (e.g., gas, electricity, cable TV companies) |
Oligopoly | Few sellers compete and where high start-up costs keep competitors out of the market (e.g., commercial airline manufacturers. |
Three types of competition | direct, indirect, budget competitors (all firms compete for finite $$ of consumers' purchases). |
Direct competition | similar products (e.g., Coke vs. Pepsi) |
Indirect competition | substitute products that meet same need (e.g., Coke vs. Water) |
Budget competitor | All firms compete for a limited number of dollars that consumers can or will spend (e.g., Honda Accord vs. Norwegian Cruise Line vacation) |
Political-legal environment | laws and their interpretations that require firms to operate under competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights |