Speciality product
Compensatory attributes:
Nature of specialized product is to focus on unique value
Convience product
Consumer decision or mental shortcuts:
Everyday products so consumers will take almost no time to research before buying
Shopping product
Non compensatory:
Attributes will be more important to customers
Four growth strategies
Market Penetration
* selling existing customers existing products
Market Development
* selling new customers existing products
Product Development
* selling existing customers new products
Diversification
* selling new customers new products
Four macro excellent strategies that help firms grow and build sustainable competitive advantage
Product Excellence
* achieve effective branding and positioning
Locational Excellence
* competitive advantage based on location is sustainable because it is not easily duplicated
Operational Excellence
*efficient operations and excellent supply chain
Customer Excellence
* customer service and retaining loyal customers
Culture and its challenges
Culture:
* shared meanings, beliefs, morals, values, and customers of a group of people
Macroenvironment factors
Culture Demographics Economic situation Political/legal services Social and natural trends Technology advances
Culture
e. g. some religions don’t eat meat and companies need to keep that in mind when marketing to them
Demographics
Economic situation
e.g. in regression “do it yourself” companies will do well because of lower prices
Political / legal services
Social and natural trends
Technological advances
Psychological, social and situational factors that shape consumer buying decisions
Psychological
Social
Situational
Motives
psychological
Perception
psychological
Learning
psychological
Family
social
Reference groups
social
Culture
social
e. g. in churches they all share the same value
Purchases situation
situational
Temporal state
situational
Reliability
Validity