Socket | Product Line Product line refers to a group of products that are closely related because they function in a similar manner‚ are sold to the same customer groups‚ are marketed through the same types of outlets‚ or fall within given price ranges. ACI Limited Produces 5 lines of products. 1. Product Line of Household Insecticides: Household Insecticides contains 3 types of products. 2. Product line of Antiseptic & Personal care: Antiseptic & Personal care product
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What is X-ray Crystallography ? X-ray crystallography is an experimental technique that exploits the fact that X-rays are diffracted by crystals. It is not an imaging technique. X-rays have the proper wavelength (in th Å t ö (i the Ångström range‚ ~10-10 m) t be scattered by the electron cloud of an atom of 10 10 ) to b tt d b th l t l d f t f comparable size. Based on the diffraction pattern obtained from X-ray scattering off the periodic assembly of molecules or atoms in the crystal‚ the electron
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PRODUCT PLACEMENTS The Impact of Placement Type and Repetition on Attitude Pamela Miles Homer ABSTRACT: The global market for product placement‚ the practice in which firms pay to place branded products (e.g.‚ brand name/logo‚ package‚ signage‚ other trademarks) in the content of mass media programming‚ has exploded. A pair of studies test two potential moderating factors that may help account for the lack of attitude change reported in past experimental studies of placement effects. Specifically
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Product differentiation is a marketing strategy that creates differences from other competiting products by focusing on its unique characteristics and features. The organizations target one market segment or the entire market by using this strategy. (Cravens‚ p110) The coca cola company has introduced Coke Zero as new product and focused to make it different from other products. The company has introduced Coke Zero to compete Pepsi Max and has become the most successful product in the history of
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image depending on the attitude toward the new product and perceived image fit. Consumer attitude depends‚ in turn‚ on initial brand associations‚ perceived category fit‚ perceived image fit and consumer innovativeness. Brand familiarity also shows indirect effects. Research limitations/implications – The model should be tested with extensions of the same (line extensions) or different categories. It is also necessary to analyse non-fictitious products‚ and to take different moderating effects into account
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industry recorded retail sales of $857 million in 2006‚ while sales volume is forecast to hit $1.1 billion by 2010. Skincare products attributed more than 20% of this. Malaysian consumers prefer to use imported skincare products as they associate them with higher quality as oppose to local products. As the local cosmetic industry is still less productive‚ imported products will continue to be high demand especially for the middle and high-income earners. The cosmetic industry is in a state of flux
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characterized by (1) a relatively large number of sellers‚ (2) differentiated products (promoted by advertising)‚ and (3) easy entry and exit from industry (McConnell p.445). Fast food companies fit into monopolistic competition because consumers perceive that there are non-price differences among the competitors’ products‚ there are many producers and customers in a given market‚ and the producers have a degree of control over the price of the products (Wikipedia). Fast food companies have the
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Market Failure In theory‚ the free market is regarded as an efficient system in the allocation of scarce resources. The market economy makes use of the price mechanism to make the above decisions to allocate resources according to the wishes or preferences of the consumers. However‚ in reality‚ the free market does not always allocate scarce resources efficiently in a way that maximizes society’s welfare. This is known as market failure. (Resources are said to be allocated efficiently if the market
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impact of FDI on poverty reduction FDI’s direct impacts on poverty may work through providing opportunities‚ particularly providing jobs and training to local workers. To the extent that foreign capital inflows do not replace local investment absolutely and foreign investment takes the mode of green- field investment FDI may contribute to reducing existing unemployment and underemployment‚ providing people with income and therefore directly contributing to poverty reduction. In this sense FDI’s impact
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Product placement‚ or embedded marketing‚ is a form of advertisement‚ where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads‚ such as movies‚ the story line of television shows‚ or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006‚ Broadcasting & Cable reported‚ "Two thirds of advertisers employ ’branded entertainment’—product placement—with the vast majority
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