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2.11
10th Stack
Term | Definition |
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Benefit | An advantage consumers receive from using a product. |
Brainstorm | To use a creative-thinking technique involving the identification of as many different ideas as possible during a certain time frame; can be done by one person but is used most often in a group setting. |
Bundle | A combination of goods and/or services grouped together and offered as one product. |
Business/Feasibility analysis | Examining such factors as demand, costs, competition, capital investment required, and potential profit of a product or service to determine how it will fit into the company's product mix. |
Commercialization | The point at which a product goes into full-scale production, the marketing plan is put into place, service and sales training are done, and the product's life cycle begins. |
Concept testing | Exploring the concept, or idea, for a product in order to obtain feedback. |
Corporate brand | All the combined customer impressions and experiences associated with a particular company. |
Decline stage | The product life cycle stage in which sales and profits fall rapidly. |
Existing product | Goods or services that are currently being sold. |
Goods | Tangible objects that can be manufactured or produced for resale. |
Growth stage | The product life cycle stage in which sales rise rapidly. |
Idea generation | The process of thinking up or creating new plans, schemes, thoughts; used in creating new products and modifying existing products. |
Introduction stage | The product life cycle stage when the product first appears in the marketplace. |
Licensing | A business structure that requires the authorization or permission from an owner to another entity to use trademarked, copyrighted, or patented material for a specific activity, during a specific time period, for the profit of both parties. |
Market research | The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about a specific issue, situation, or concern that affects a market. |
Marketing strategy | Plan of action for achieving marketing goals and objectives. |
Maturity stage | The product life cycle stage in which sales peak and then increase at a slower rate or start to decline. |
New product | A good or service that has not been offered before, has been modified in some way, or is being presented or distributed in a different manner. |
Positioning | A product mix strategy in which a business creates a certain image or impression of a product in the minds of consumers. |
Product | Marketing element referring to what goods, services, or ideas a business will offer its customers. |
Product development | The stage in the creation of a new product in which a working model may be tested, modified, and retested; production costs are estimated and final details of the product are planned, e.g., label, promotion, and distribution. |
Product elimination | The removal of a weak product from the market and from the company's product mix; also known as product discontinuation. |
Product life cycle | The stages through which goods and services move from the time they are introduced on the market until they are taken off the market. |
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-related services | Services that are offered with a product such as maintenance, delivery, or repair. |
Product/service management | A marketing function that involves obtaining, developing, maintaining, and improving a product or service mix in response to market opportunities. |
Prototype | An early sample or model of a product. |
Pure services | Services provided to consumers without thee involvement of any tangible product. |
Screening | Reviewing in order to make a decision as to what should be kept and what should be discarded. |
Service(s) | Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants. |
Target Market | The particular group of customers a business seeks to attract. |
Test marketing | The process of introducing a new product to a limited market to determine what its acceptance will be. |
Weak product | A product whose sales and profitability are declining. |