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Term | Definition |
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Alteration | A product-mix strategy in which a business makes changes to its products or product lines |
Broad product mix | A description of the width of a business's product mix offering many product lines |
Cannibalization | The situation that exists when the sale of one of a company's products takes away sales from another of its products |
Competition | The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars |
Consistency | A product-mix dimension referring to how closely a company's product lines are related in terms of the products' end use, methods of distribution and production, target market(s), and/or price range |
Contraction | A product-mix strategy in which a business removes, or deletes, product items or product lines from its product mix |
Deep product mix | A description of the depth of a business's product mix offering significant variations of its products |
Depth | A product-mix dimension referring to the assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, and models offered in a product line |
Expansion | A product-mix strategy in which a business expands its product mix by adding additional product items or product lines |
Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale |
Length | A product-mix dimension referring to the total number of products in the product mix |
Liabilities | Responsibilities of the business, especially legal responsibilities |
Long product mix | A description of the length of a business’s product mix offering many products in its product lines |
Narrow product mix | A description of the width of a business's product mix offering a limited number of product lines |
Product item | Each individual good, service, or idea that a business offers for sale |
Product line | A group of related product items |
Product mix | The particular assortment of goods and services that a business offers in order to meet the needs of its market(s) and its company goals |
Product-mix strategies | The ways in which businesses handle, or manage, their product mixes |
Service | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants |
Shallow product mix | A description of the depth of a business's product mix offering few variations within the product line |
Short product mix | A description of the length of a business’s product mix offering few products in its product lines |
Target market | The particular group of customers a business seeks to attract |
Trading down | A product-mix strategy in which a business adds a lower priced product or product line to its product mix |
Trading up | A product-mix strategy in which a business adds a higher priced product or product line to its product mix |
Width | A product-mix dimension referring to the number of product lines carried by a company |