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Marketing Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Marketing | The process of identifying, anticipating, and satisfying customer needs and wants through the creation, communication, delivery, and exchange of valuable products or services. |
| Goods | Physical items that people can buy, sell, or use to satisfy their needs and wants. |
| Services | Actions or activities that one person does for another in exchange for payment. |
| Target market | The specific group of people a business wants to reach with its products or services. |
| Marketing Mix (4 P's) | The combination of tools a business uses to promote and sell its products or services |
| International Trade | When trades happen with countries. |
| Economics | A social science that studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies make choices about how to Use limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants and needs. |
| Economic Activity | Refers to the actual processes of goods and services in an economy. |
| Research | Understanding customer needs and market trends. |
| Product Development | Creating goods or services that provide value. |
| Pricing | Setting a price that reflects value and appeals to the target market. |
| Promotion | Communicating benefits to persuade customers (advertising, sales, etc.). |
| Distribution | Making the product available where and when customers want it. |
| Consumer goods | Used by individuals |
| Business goods | Used to make other products |
| Resources | the inputs used to produce goods and services that satisfy human wants and needs. |
| Stakeholder | Someone who has an interest in a business |
| Shareholder | Someone who invested money in a corporation in exchange for a share of the ownership |
| Business cycle | The natural rise and fall of economic activity over time. |
| Expansion | economy grows |
| Peak | The economy is at its strongest point in the cycle. |
| Contraction | Economic activity slows |
| Through | The lowest point of the cycle |
| Challenges of trading globally | Economic dependence, exchange rates, and cultural diversity |
| Benefits of trading globally | Increased access to goods and services, greater competition, and economic growth. |