Chapter 19: The marketing mix: product and packaging The role of product in the marketing mix The product itself is the most important feature of the marketing mix. After deciding the market segment for the product‚ the other parts of the marketing mix will be decided. Large companies often have a department to develop new products. Whilst deciding the marketing mix‚ the company will also have to take into account the competitor’s products. Types of product There are several types of products
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DATA P 20 Q 2.000 R 40.000 VC 16.000 VCu = 8 FC 20.000 Q1) P/P = +20% P = +20%*20 = +4 The formula to compute Iso-Contribution change in sales volume is the following: Q = -25%*2.000 = -500 The maximum sales loss that the company can incur without hurting profits is of 500 units or -25%. Actual Change in Sales Change in Contribution = Change in Profit (%) (Units) ($) ($) 0‚0% 0 8000 8.000 -10‚0% -200 4800 4.800 -20‚0% -400 1600 1
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1. What is “kamikaze pricing”? Kamikaze pricing is an extreme form of penetration pricing. “Kamikaze” is a reference to World War II Japanese dive bomber pilots who would sacrifice their lives by crashing their airplanes‚ heavily loaded with explosives‚ onto enemy ships. Kamikaze pricing happens when the reasoning for penetration pricing is flawed because marketers wrongly assume lower prices will increase sales. However‚ in the business world‚ the continuous pursuit of increasing sales by lowering
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Brand‚ Packaging and merchandising Q1- Define Brand‚ explain the strategic function of the brand Brand is a term‚ a symbol or a design‚ which differentiates a product from the competitor. Branding is a process of adding value to the product by use of its packaging‚ brand name‚ promotion‚ and position in the mind of the consumers. Strategic functions of the brand: 1- Brand as a sign of ownership: it tells you who is the owner of the brand. 2- Brand as differentiating device: differentiate
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Economic Forecasting Paper Rebecca Sloop University Of Phoenix Principles of Macroeconomics ECO/372 Alexander Heil PhD November 23‚ 2012 Economic Forecasting Paper Two historical economic data where information can be found are Bureau of Economic Analysis‚ U.S. Department of Commerce and FRED‚ Economic Time-Series Database. The FRED database comprises the national economic and financial statistics as well as interest rates‚ consumer price indexes‚ employment and population and trade data
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Quiz1 1. Packaging systems for frozen foods generally are designed to provide sufficient protection against changes in temperature that might result in melting of the product. B) False 2. Getting the potential customer to buy the product is an important function of modern retail packaging. [A) True 3. Many package features serve multiple functions at the same time. A) True 4. A package must be made of a single type of material. B) False Feedback: Many packages are made of multiple materials
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Running head: QANTAS MARKET DEMAND Qantas Market Demand Qantas Marketing Demand Before any attempt at marketing can be successful‚ a marketer must carefully study the potential market‚ and determine its potential demand. This demand is market demand‚ which is the "total demand of every individual willing and able to buy a good" (AmosWEB‚ 2004). Determining this market demand is the first step in evaluating market opportunities (Kotler & Keller‚ 2006). The next step in determining market
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the competitors. Ford’s latest pricing strategy is regarding passenger cars to strengthen the brand’s appeal for retail customers. Ford has concentrated on recommending an official list of prices on medium and small cars from August‚ with similar action on Ford’s larger cars and SUV’s to follow in April. Before these prices go into effect‚ Ford will allow dealers to offer special promotions which will help mirror these lower prices in the future. With this pricing strategy‚ Ford is hoping to make
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Forecasting: The McDonald ’s Way McDonald’s is a well-known worldwide franchise and has been around since the 1950s. Serving customers for over 50 years successfully entails a strong inventory and operations management system. “McDonald ’s is the world ’s #1 fast-food company by sales‚ with more than 33‚500 restaurants serving burgers and fries in 119 countries” (University of Phoenix [UOP]‚ 2012‚ p. 2). To maintain and continue a successful franchise operation‚ quality food items‚ and highly successful
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MKT 521 *Psychological Pricing S*trategy {draw:frame} Reference Pricing.- Any business can leverage on reference pricing by positioning their product in the market place along with high value or luxury items to make consumers perceive that its product fits into the same category. However‚ if consumers feel that the product does not belong in that category the pricing and positioning strategy will not work and be it counterproductive for the product and the company. Two common forms of
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