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A202 KEY TERMS
Term | Definition |
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Consumer goods and services | Products produced for personal consumption. |
Consumers | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants. |
Convenience products | Consumer goods and services purchased quickly and without much thought of effort. |
Economic goods | Physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. |
Economic services | Productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. |
Economic want | A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money. |
Equipment | Industrial goods used in the operation of a business but not used in the actual production of a good or service. |
Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured of produced for resale. |
Impulse item | Any item purchased as a result of an on the spot decision to buy. |
Industrial goods and services | Products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations. |
Installations | High-cost, long-lasting industrial goods that are used to produce for resale, to make other goods and services. |
Market research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concern that affects a market. |
Materials | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product after they have been processed. |
Noneconomic want | A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money. |
Parts | Industrial goods that become part of a finished product without any additional processing. |
Producers | The people who make or provide goods and services. |
Product | A good or service that a company sells to customers. |
Raw materials | Items in their natural state or condition. |
Scarce | Limited. |
Services | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants. |
Shopping products | Consumer goods and services purchased after customers compare products to get the best quality, price, and/or service. |
Specialty products | Consumer goods and services with special or unique characteristics that customers are willing to exert special efforts to obtain. |