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Part Five Product Decisions. Chapter 11 Product Concepts. Objectives. Understand the concept of a product Explain how to classify products Examine concepts of product: item, line, and mix and how they are connected Understand product life cycle and impact on marketing strategies - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Part FiveProduct Decisions
Chapter 11Product Concepts
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Objectives
• Understand the concept of a product• Explain how to classify products• Examine concepts of product: item, line,
and mix and how they are connected• Understand product life cycle and impact on
marketing strategies• Describe product adoption process• Understand why products fail/succeed
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What Is A Product?
• Good- Tangible physical entity• Service- Intangible result of the application
of human and mechanical efforts to people or objects
• Idea- Concept, philosophy, image, or issue
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The Total Product
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Product Characteristics
• Fundamental utility• Supplemental features
– Installation– Delivery– Training– Financing
• Symbolic meaning
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Classifying Products
• Consumer- products purchased to satisfy personal and family needs
• Business- products brought to use in an organization’s operations, to resell, or to make other products
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Convenience Products
Relatively inexpensive, frequently purchased items for which buyers exert only minimal purchasing effort
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Convenience ProductStrategy Implications
• Retail outlets• Low per-unit gross margins• Little promotion effort• Packaging important
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Shopping Products
Items for which buyers are willing to expend considerable effort in planning and making purchases
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Shopping ProductMarketing Implications
• No brand loyalty
• Fewer retail outlets than convenience
• Lower inventory turnover
• Higher gross margins
• Personal selling
• Channel member cooperation
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Specialty Products
Items with unique characteristics that buyers are willing to expend considerable effort to obtain.
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Specialty ProductMarketing Implications
• Limited retail outlets
• Lower inventory turnover
• High gross margins
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Unsought Products
Products purchased to solve a sudden problem, products of which customers are unaware, and products that people do no necessarily think of buying.
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Unsought ProductsMarketing Implications
Build trust with consumer by:
• Recognizable brand
• Superior performance
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Business Products
• Installations- facilities & nonportable equipment• Accessory equipment- not part of final product• Raw materials- natural materials part of product• Component parts- finished items ready for
assembly or need little processing• Process materials-used in production but not
identifiable• MRO supplies-maintenance, repair, and
operating items not part of final product• Services-intangible products in operations
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Product Line And Product Mix
• Item- specific version of product
• Line- closely related items viewed as a unit
• Mix- total group of products
• Width of mix- number to lines
• Depth of mix- number of different products in line
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Product Width/DepthOf Proctor & Gamble
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Product Life Cycle
The progression of a product through four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.
Windows Product Life Cycle Policy
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Introduction Stage
The initial stage of a product’s life cycle; its first appearance in the marketplace when sales start at zero and profits are negative.
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Introductory Stage
• Risk of failure high• Buyers must be made aware of:
– Features– Uses– Advantages
• Sellers lack– Resources– Technological knowledge– Marketing know-how
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Growth Stage
The product life cycle stage when sales rise rapidly and profits reach a peak, then start to decline.
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Growth Stage
• Sales rise rapidly
• Profits peak
• Starts to decline
• Competitors react
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Growth StageMarketing Strategy
• Encourage brand loyalty- stress brand benefits
• Strengthen market share• Emphasize product’s benefits• Aggressive pricing• Analyze production position• Efficient distribution system• Promotion costs drop as % of sales
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Maturity Stage
The stage of a product’s life cycle when the sales curve peaks and starts to decline, and profits continue to fall.
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Maturity StageMarketing Strategy
• Intense competition• Emphasize improvements and differences• Advertising and dealer-oriented promotion• Global expansion
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Maturity Stage Objectives
1. Generate Cash Flow
2. Maintain Share of Market
3. Increase Share of Customer
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Managing ProductsIn The Maturity Stage
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Decline Stage
The stage of a product’s life cycle when sales fall rapidly.
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Decline StageMarketing Strategy
• Eliminate/reposition items• Cut promotion• Eliminate marginal distributors• Plan for phase out• Approaches
– Harvesting– Divesting
Nike Product Life Cycle
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Product Adoption Process
The five-stage process of buyer acceptance of a product: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption.
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Stages OfProduct Adoption Process
1. Awareness2. Interest3. Evaluation4. Trial5. Adoption
Diffusion
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Most New IdeasHave Their Skeptics
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Adopter Categories
Innovators- first adopters Early Adopters- careful choosers Early Majority- deliberate and cautious Late Majority- skeptics who only adopt
when necessary Laggards- distrust new products
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Product Adopter Categories
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Why SomeProducts Fail/Succeed
• Failure to match product to needs• Failure to send right message• Technical/design problems• Poor timing• Overestimate market• Ineffective promotion• Insufficient distribution
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Product SuccessesAnd Failures