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Marketing 3.03
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alteration | a product-mix strategy in which a business makes changes to its products or product line |
| 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 |
| consistency | a product-mix dimension referring to how closely a company's product lines are are related in terms of the products' end use, methods of distribution and production, target markets, price range |
| contraction | a product-mix strategy in which a business removes, 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 many items in the product line |
| depth | a product-mix dimension referring to the number of products and the assortment of sizes, colors, 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/lines |
| liabilities | business responsibilities (legal) |
| narrow product mix | 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 up for sale |
| product line | a group of related product items |
| product mix strategies | the ways in which a businesses handle/ manage their product mixes |
| shallow product mix | a description of the depth of a business's product mix offering few items in the product line |
| width | a product-mix dimension referring to the number of product lines carried by a company |