Simply stated‚ the marketing concept means that an organization should seek to make a profit by serving the needs of customer groups. The concept is very straightforward and has a great deal of commonsense validity. Perhaps this is why it is often misunderstood‚ forgotten‚ or overlooked. The purpose of the marketing concept is to rivet the attention of marketing managers on serving broad classes of customer needs (customer orientation)‚ rather than on the firm’s current products (production
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The Marketing Concept When one thinks about marketing‚ many different things come into mind; however‚ the actual definition of Marketing Concept is: “identifying consumer needs and then producing the goods or services that will satisfy them while making a profit for the organization.” (Gitman & McDaniel‚ 2008) Basically‚ the marketing concept comes down to being able to offer the consumers something that they find valuable. Value is the key term that comes into play. The marketing concept
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Marketing concept The marketing concept holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists of the company being more effective than its competitors in creating‚ delivering‚ and communicating customer value to its chosen target markets. The marketing concept rests on four pillars: target market‚ customer needs‚ integrated Marketing and profitability. . The selling concept takes an inside-out perspective. It starts with the factory‚ focuses on existing products‚ and calls for heavy selling
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Company brief overview The first KFC in South Africa opened in 1971 under the ownership of Heublein Inc after that the ownership o0f KFC changed as follows: 1982 Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Industries‚ Inc. 1986 PepsiCo‚ Inc. acquires KFC from RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. 1997 PepsiCo‚ Inc. announces the spin-off of its quick service restaurants - KFC‚ Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - into Tricon Global Restaurants‚ Inc. 2002 Tricon Global Restaurants‚ Inc.‚ the world’s largest
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1- Consumer Behaviour. One of the most challenging concept in marketing deals with understanding why consumers behave in a certain way or do what they do (or don’t do). Two major psychological concepts are often used to explain and understand the consumer’s behaviour. The first is the so called in psychology the cognitive psychology in which the focus of the study is the mental behaviour i.e. the internal influence such as perception‚ memory‚ attention‚ attitude‚ beliefs‚ values‚ personality
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CORPORATE MANAGEMENT NAME: CAROLINE WANGUI NJOROGE REG NO.: 13/00560 UNIT: MARKETING MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 11TH‚ 2013 TRIMESTER 1 YEAR 1 Question: Explain the marketing concept and its importance to an organization making particular reference to developing relationships with customers. Use an organization familiar to you for illustration. The Marketing concept is concerned with first identifying the consumer needs and then making products that give
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Marketing Management CIA By Anurag Sipani Kartik Pradeep Anand Agarwal The Marketing Concept The "marketing concept" is the philosophy that firms should analyze the needs of their customers and then make decisions to satisfy those needs‚ better than the competition. Today most firms have adopted the marketing concept‚ but this has not always been the case. Apple Company has applied marketing concept into their business. As we know‚ the marketing concept means determining
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Marketing Concepts In your own words‚ define the following marketing concepts and provide a relevant real world example to accompany each definition. Concept Definition Example Need what a person is thinking and feeling and what motivates them to satisfy that need. A person can be satisfied by wearing a fashionable coat‚ which meets their needs and wants of looking great and staying warm. Benefit motivating a consumer to buy a product that satisfies them in more than one way. A
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The marketing concept is a managerial philosophy that an organization should try to satisfy customers’ needs through a coordinated set of activities that also allows the organization to achieve its goals. The marketing concept strives to satisfy customers by determining what buyers want and then by using that information. Businesses also have to alter‚ adapt‚ and develop new products to continue earnings profits. By being customer oriented‚ objectives of a business‚ such as‚ increasing profits
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INTRODUCTION Marketing intermediaries can be defines as an individuals or firms such as Agents‚ Distributors‚ Wholesalers‚ Retailers that links the producers to other intermediaries or the ultimate buyers to buy the goods from the manufactures/producers in order to satisfy their customers. It also helps the firms to promote‚ sell‚ and make available goods and service to the customers through contractual arrangement. Each intermediaries receives the items at one pricing point and move it to
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