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Princ. of Marketing
Kotler, Armstrong, Principles of Marketing 11th ed, Ch 9 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New-product development | The development of original products, product improvements, product modifications, and new brands through the firms own R&D efforts. |
| Idea generation | The systematic search for new-product ideas. |
| Idea screening | Screening new-product ideas in order to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as soon as possible |
| Product concept | A detailed version of the new-product idea stated in meaningful consumer terms. |
| Concept testing | Testing new-product concepts with a group of target consumers to find out if the concepts have strong consumer appeal. |
| Marketing strategy development | Designing an initial marketing strategy for a new product based on the product concept. |
| Business analysis | A review of the sales, costs, and profit projections for a new product to find out whether these factors satisfy the company’s objectives. |
| Product development | Developing the product concept into a physical product in order to ensure that the product idea can be turned into a workable product. |
| Test marketing | The stage of new-product development in which the product and marketing program are tested in more realistic market settings. |
| Commercialization | Introducing a new product into the market. |
| Sequential product development | A new-product development approach in which one company department works to complete its stage of the process before passing the new product along to the next department and stage. |
| Simultaneous (or team-based) product development | An approach to developing new products in which various company departments work closely together, overlapping the steps in the product-development process to save time and increase effectiveness. |
| Product life cycle (PLC) | The course of a product’s sales and profits over its lifetime. It involves 5 different stages: product development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. |
| Style | A basic and distinctive mode of expression |
| Fashion | A currently accepted or popular style in a given field |
| Fad | A temporary period of unusually high sales driven by consumer enthusiasm and immediate product or brand popularity |
| Introduction stage | The product life-cycle stage in which the new product is first distributed and made available for purchase. |
| Growth stage | The product life-cycle stage in which a product’s sales start climbing quickly |
| Maturity stage | The stage in the product life cycle in which sales growth slows or levels off |
| Decline stage | The product life-cycle stage in which a product’s sales decline |