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marketing chapter 6
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consumer market | market consisting of all people who make purchases for personal use |
| whoopies | well-heeled older persons; the 50plus generation |
| baby boomers | people who were born between 1946 and 1964 |
| generation X | People born between the years 1964 and 1980; also known as the baby bust generation |
| baby boomlet | People born in the 80s and early 1990s (this generation peaked in 1991 |
| disposable income | Money left after taxes are taken out |
| discretionary income | Money left after paying for basic living expenses such as food, shelter, and clothing |
| family life cycle | Evolution of the family through traditional stages-single, newly married, full nest, empty nest, and sole survivor |
| industrial | relating to or characterized by industry |
| derived market | financial marketplace where traders buy and sell contracts, not the actual assets themselves. |
| derived demand | Demand in one market that is based on demand in another; for example, demand in the industrial market is based on demand for goods and services in the consumer market |
| wholesalers | Businesses that obtain goods from manufacturers and resell them to individual users, other wholesalers, and retailers |
| retailers | Businesses that buy goods from wholesalers or directly from manufacturers and resell them to the final customer |