Introduction Phase The introduction phase is when the public first sees or hears about a product. The product appears in stores for the first time‚ and people start seeing print and television ads. During this phase‚ a company may choose one of two pricing strategies. They may set prices high to recoup initial expenses that went into producing the product. For example‚ a cellphone manufacturer with new technology may introduce cellphones 10 percent to 20 percent above the prices of most premium
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1. Introduction It has been well established that Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept has a significant impact upon business strategy and corporate performance. Since the term was first used by Levitt (1965 ) in an Harvard Business Review article “Exploit the Product Life Cycle” the concept has been widely accepted and applied by marketing practitioners all over the world. The product life cycle concept is one of the most quoted and most frequently taught elements of marketing theory. According
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Product Life Cycle Concept (PLC) All Products and Services typically go through 4 distinct stages in their life cycle; Introduction‚ Growth‚ Maturity and Decline. (Kuznets.S 1929) It is important that a company understands the different PLC stages and know where their product stands. They can then develop different strategies to extend their product life and fully exploit market opportunities for their products in each respective stage. (Agrarwal R 1997‚ 571-584) But how does a company recognize
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Introduction This is the stage of low growth rate of sales as the product is newly launched in the market. Monopoly can be created‚ depending upon the efficiency and need of the product to the customers. A firm usually incurs losses rather than profit. If the product is in the new product class‚ the users may not be aware of its true potential. In order to achieve that place in the market‚ extra information about the product should be transferred to consumers through various media.The stage has
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brand products are a cheaper option? Economic theory suggests that as price of a product decreases‚ the demand for the product should then increase. However in terms of branded and own brand products‚ this is not necessarily the case. The demand for such products is dependent upon a number of factors and I shall be exploring these factors. A branded product is distinguished by design‚ symbol‚ name‚ term or other features. These unique features creates segregation between one seller’s products from
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gMarketing-process of moving goods and services to customers Marketing activities-product development‚ research‚ communication‚ distribution‚ pricing and service Need – Want – Demand- need is essential (food‚ shelter) want is not (car‚ laptop) demand is desire to have Exchange-a trade of values between two parties Marketing System- network that permits interaction between buyers and sellers Maslow’s hierarchy of need- a diagram showing how people seek to satisfy their needs (from physiological
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Consumer behaviour in dairy products in Kosovo 311 ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN REGARD TO DAIRY PRODUCTS IN KOSOVO Bytyqi Hysen*‚ Vegara Mensur**‚ Gjonbalaj Muje‚ Mehmeti Hajrip‚ Gjergjizi Halim‚ Miftari Iliriana and Bytyqi Njazi* ABSTRACT Consumer behaviour in Kosovo in respect of dairy products (white cheese‚ yoghurt‚ fruit yoghurt‚ Sharri cheese‚ curd and caciocavalo) was studied during 2007 using different socio-economic variables assessed by so-called evaluation criteria 1-5. The objective
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single process to produce more than one product. This paradigm adds complexity in the simultaneous production of more than one product from a joint process. Their determination at the cost of such products‚ individually‚ hence posses a difficult task to the cost accountant especially because they are of such varied nature characterized by many varieties. Despite difficulty it is possibly essential to make a fair and equitable allocation of cost to each product since this is critically important not
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Disadvantage of Tourism in Nepal 1. Cultural destruction 2. Primary products 3. Environmental destruction 4. Marginal employment 5. Low benefits 6. Development of illegal and/or destructive economic activities 7. Outside hiring 8. unable market 9. Health tourism has it own set of unique challengers 10. Cruises 11. Package programs 12. Seasonal employment "Disadvantages of tourism" Disadvantages (depending upon implementation some of these can
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pizza lovers . Benefits being delivery‚ speed‚ and good quality. 2. Mind share- Mind share or the development of consumer awareness or popularity‚ is one of the main objectives of advertising and promotion. When people think of examples of a product type or category‚ they usually think of a limited number of brand names. Examples- a) The term googling describing the act of online searching. b) Very few people realize that "Band-Aid" is a specific brand of first-aid adhesive bandage
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