Kotler and Keller (2009‚ p. 482) define retailing to encompass all activities in selling goods or services to the final consumers for personal or business use irrespective of the type of organization‚ how the goods are sold or where the goods are sold. The retail sector accounts for a sizable share of the Philippine economy. Patalinghug (2001) claimed that the retail trade sector contributed on the average 10.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1981 to 1999 and
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human activity directed at satisfying human needs and wants through an exchange process’ process’ Kotler 1980 GeoInformation and ICT in Market Research – Marketing Notes WHAT IS MARKETING ‘Marketing is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they want and need through creating‚ offering and exchanging products of value with others’ others’ Kotler 1991 GeoInformation and ICT in Market Research – Marketing Notes WHAT IS MARKETING 5 Ps of Marketing
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1. The first step of successful price setting is selecting the pricing objective. There are five major objectives in pricing strategies: survival‚ maximum current profit‚ maximum market share‚ maximum market skimming and product-quality leadership. Out of these possible objectives‚ Sonic should focus on the survival objective. Sonic should pursue survival objective because its current market is highly preoccupied and filled with intense competition where consumer demands shift every day. Sonic is
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Summary Part1 Chapter 1 Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating‚ communicating‚ and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Marketing management is the art and science of choosing target markets and getting‚ keeping‚ and growing customers through creating‚ delivering‚ and communicating superior customer value. Marketers are skilled at managing demand: they seek
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Marketing Management Chapter 8 key points * To develop the best marketing plans‚ managers need to understand what makes each segment unique and different. * Effective target marketing requires: market segmentation; market targeting‚ and market positioning. * A market segment consists of a group of customers who share a similar set of needs and wants. Market segments are generally defined by looking at descriptive characteristics or behavioral considerations. * Geographic
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Chapter 1: Defining Marketing for the 21st Century * Marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. It is the activity‚ set of institutions‚ and processes for creating‚ communicating‚ delivering‚ and exchanging offers that have value for customers‚ clients‚ partners‚ and society at large. * Marketing creates demand for a product‚ which in turn drives revenue. Greater demand creates the need for companies to hire new workers‚ while revenue (top line) contributes to a
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Marketing Management‚ 14e (Kotler/Keller) Chapter 1 Defining Marketing for the 21st Century 1) Which of the following statements about marketing is true? A) It is of little importance when products are standardized. B) It can help create jobs in the economy by increasing demand for goods and services. C) It helps to build a loyal customer base but has no impact on a firm’s intangible assets. D) It is more important for bigger organizations than smaller ones. E) It is seldom used by nonprofit
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Consumer behaviour is the study of how individuals‚ groups‚ and organizations select‚ buy‚ use‚ and dispose of goods‚ services‚ ideas or experiences to satisfy their needs and wants. Consumers are exposed to a myriad of marketing and other external stimuli on a daily basis for which the marketer has to consider consumer characteristics and consumer psychology to successfully position a product or service. Consumer characteristics include; culture‚ social and personal factors and consumer psychology
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Chapter 1 Study Guide 1. What numbering system is used in most electronic devices? (4) Computers record the ideas they work with electronically‚ as bits‚ and these bits represent either a 1 or a 0 2. Define the following: a. Bit – The smallest unit of data stored in a computing device‚ representing a single binary digit of value 1 or 0 b. Byte – A unit of data in a computer‚ it is made up of 8 bits c. Word – Two bytes of computer memory‚ or 16 bits d. Double Word – Two words of computer memory
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