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Question | Answer |
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Marketing Concept | business must satisfy needs and wants of their customer to compete |
Customer | person who buys the product |
Pricing | determines prices for products in order to maximize profit |
Promotion | applying promotional techniques to potential customers |
Product/Service Management | developing, improving and maintaining a product mix |
Financing | obtaining the money necessary for business operations |
Selling | providing consumers with the products and services they desire |
Marketing Information Management | managing market information to maximize business decisions |
Distribution | using channels to get products to consumers |
Disaggregate | reduce the marketing focus to product-market areas where companies are more likely to have a competitive advantage |
Segmentation | aggregating process which clusters people with similar needs into market segments |
Market Segments | similar group of consumers responding to the same marketing mix |
Baby Boom Generation | babies born between 1946-1964; aging population; are of interest to companies promoting products related to aging populations |
Generation X | babies born between 1965-1977; children of dual-careered parental homes and rising divorce rates; media savvy; big spenders in cosmetics, electronics, clothing and entertainment; reached through sharp images music and humor |
Generation Y | babies born between 1977-1997; children growing up in computer-dense environment; comfortable with computers; are attractive to marketers for building lasting consumer loyalty |
Disposable Income | money left after taxes are taken out of paychecks |
Discretionary Income | money left after basic living expenses have been paid |
Trends | changes in households, the economy, politics and workplace; changes in personal attitudes about health, time, fun and general living |
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) | created by the government to help distribute federal aid; used by marketers to target consumers and launch promotional campaigns |
Target Marketing |