(1991)‚ “product differentiation is one of the pervasive features of modern economies” and “most of the real world markets are characterised by product differentiation”. Goods‚ even if they satisfy identical needs‚ are not always identical‚ homogenous. At the same time‚ consumers are not identical either: they can have different willingness to pay (or income) and different preferences regarding some product characteristics. The literature distinguishes between horizontal and vertical product differentiation
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Product Differentiation Definition: Development or incorporation of attributes (such as benefits‚ price‚ quality‚ styling‚ service‚ etc.) that a product’s intended customers perceive to be different and desirable. Advertising and promotion of a product is based on its differentiating characteristics. Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/product-differentiation.html Today‚ the market is crowded with similar brands‚ clamoring for the attention of customers. In order for their
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Positioning Positioning is an essential part of launching your product and company in the market. The term “positioning” should be viewed both as a verb and a noun. As a verb‚ it can be defined as deploying a set of tools and processes used to influence and control the market’s perception of your product or company in relation to any competing alternatives. As a noun‚ it can be defined as an attribute or condition associated with your product. Nevertheless‚ positioning is not what your company
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Product Positioning A product positioning statement has four main components – the target‚ the frame of reference‚ the differentiation‚ and the reason(s) to believe. THE TARGET The target is who the product is for – who is the target user or customer of the product. The key to a good target definition is to balance being specific with being concise‚ you need to describe the target well enough that they can be identified‚ without being so verbose that your positioning statement goes beyond
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND MARKET SEGMENTATION AS ALTERNATIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES WENDELL R. SMITH Alderson & Sessions decade the 1930’s‚ the work of D URING theRobinsonofand ofChamberlin resulted in a revitalization economic theory. While classical and neoclassical theory provided a useful framework for economic analysis‚ the theories of perfect competition and pure monopoly had become inadequate as explanations of the contemporary business scene. The theory of perfect competition assumes homogeneity
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(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 ability to set there
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Product differentiation is one of the strategic elements of products marketing. In order to understand that process‚ I chose to focus on skin care products and more particularly on Chanel ’s products. "Gabriele Chanel was born in 1883 in Saumur‚ France. She adopted the name of "Coco" while she briefly worked as a cafe and concert singer from 1905 to 1908. First a mistress of a wealthy military officer then of an English industrialist‚ she drew on the resources of these patrons in setting up a
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Product Positioning "Product positioning" is a marketing technique intended to present products in the best possible light to different target audiences. The method is related to "market segmentation" in that an early step in major marketing campaigns is to discover the core market most likely to buy a product—or the bulk of the product. Once segmentation has defined this group ("active seniors‚" "affluent professional working women‚" "teens") the positioning of the product consists of creating
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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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Car 1) Why was this product a special one for market? With the concept of NANO‚ Ratan Tata Chairman of the TATA Group‚ had a vision of making “a common man’s car” which would be safe‚ affordable and made personal transportation available to anyone and everyone who could not afford to own a four-wheeler. It was meant to bring a new Dimension to the automobile industry with its low cost manufacturing. A new segment‚ Ultra Low Cost (ULC) was created‚ where Nano was priced between two-wheelers
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