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What is meant by marketing? Explain the difference between marketing and sales.
Sales Concept
The concept of sales has been termed by Philip Kotler as sales-orientation. In this situation, instead of lack of goods, lack of customers was felt. Advertising budgets increased, sales power expanded, branding, packaging and sales promotion became important...
What is consumer behavior? Explain the various methods of assessing consumer behavior.
Meaning and Definition of Consumers Behavior
In the present age of complex competition, marketing without studying consumer behavior is unprofitable, as consumer behavior affects the quality and price of the product or service. Consumer behavior refers to the behavior of...
Explain various methods of product modification.
Meaning and Definition of the Product Modification
Each product has its own life-cycle, that is, every product must at some point of time reach its degradation state and become obsolete, but every producer wants that the life-cycle of his product...
Define packaging. What is the purpose and function of packaging? Describe the...
Meaning and Definition of Packaging
Nowadays packaging is of great importance. For this reason, consumers find goods in the market packed in paper boxes, beautiful shaped vials and tin or plastic boxes. Packaging is the art by which goods are...
What do you understand by marketing ideology? Explain the different concepts of marketing.
Concepts of Marketing
Marketing in general terms refers to the buying and selling of goods, but in the present time it is used in a broader sense. It includes both the pre- and post-purchase activities. According to some scholars, in...
What do you mean by marketing strategy or marketing strategy? Briefly describe the...
Meaning and Definition of Marketing Strategy
From time to time some new competitors enter the market or some competitors leave the market. Some competitors keep on changing their marketing strategy. In such a situation, there are two options before the...
Write the meaning of consumer behaviour. Describe the various factors affecting consumer behaviour.
Meaning and Definition of Consumers Behavior
Consumer behavior refers to the study of purchasing habits, buying tendencies, buying patterns and purchasing motivations of consumers or customers. Therefore, under consumer behavior, the following four things are ascertained that
(1) When do consumers...
What is Product Innovation? State the reasons which compel a marketing manager to...
Meaning of Product Innovation
Such changes made in a product that completely replace the product and present it in a new form is called product innovation, such as the radio and transistor maker gave birth to television. In other words,...
Explain the concept of product life cycle and its stages.
The object life-cycle is similar to that of human life. Just as human life cannot survive indefinitely, in the same way the life of every thing is also limited and that too cannot be sold indefinitely without making necessary...
Briefly describe the pricing policies to be followed at different stages of the life...
Answer: Different price policies are adopted at different stages of the life cycle of a commodity. Their description is given below. I. Pricing at Presentation Stage
Creating a demand for a new commodity by inventing it and bringing it in...