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HLWW LL Ch. 4 Vocab
Vocabulary for Chapter 4 -- Laker Locker
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Market | Refers to the groups of people, businesses, or organizations seeking the types of products or services you sell. |
| Consumers | Persons or households that buy products and services for personal or family use. |
| Business Users | Companies or institutions that buy products and services to use in running their businesses, to resell, to produce other products, or to provide services. |
| Market Segments | Groups of people with similar needs and characteristics. |
| Market Segmentation | Dividing the market for a product or a service into segments. |
| Target Market | The particular group to whom you wish to sell your products or services. |
| Sales Forcast | An estimate of sales, in dollars or units, for a specific time period. |
| Market Potential | Refers to the total sales of all similar businesses in your area. |
| Average Market Share | This is found by dividing market potential by the number of competing businesses. |
| Competition | The effort of two or more businesses to win the same group of people as customers. |
| Competitors | Individual firms involved in trying to win the same group of people as customers. |
| Scenario | An outline of a chain of events that an individual believes could possibly occur in the future. |
| Worst-Case Scenario | Trying to imagine a situation as bad as it could get. |
| Probable-Cast Scenario | Describes what is more likely to occur. |