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Marketing
Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 vocab
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Business
Undergraduate 1
04/18/2011

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Atmosphere
Definition
The overall impression conveyed by a store's physical layout, decor, and surroundings
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Automatic Vending
Definition
The use of machines to offer goods for sale
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Buyer
Definition
A department head who is in charge of buying stuff for their department as well as promotion and personnel
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Catagory Killers
Definition
Specialty discount stores that heavily dominate their narrow merchandise segment.
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Chain Stores
Definition
Stores owned and operated as a group by a single organization.
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Convenience Store
Definition
A miniature supermarket, carrying only a limited line of high turnover convenience goods.
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Department Store
Definition
A store housing several departments under one roof
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Distination Stores
Definition
Stores that comsumers purposefully plan to visit
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Direct Marketing
Definition
Techniques used to get consumers to make a purchase from a non-retail setting.
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Direct Retailing
Definition
The selling of products by representatives who work door-to-door, office-to-office or at home parties
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Direct-response Marketing
Definition
Techniques used to get consumers to make a purchase from a non-retail setting (direct marketing)
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Discount Store
Definition
A retailer that competes on the basis of low prices, high turnover, and high volume
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Drugstore
Definition
A retail store that stocks pharmacy products and services as its main draw
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Factory Outlet
Definition
An off-price retailer that is owned and operated by a manufacturer
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Franchise
Definition
The right to operate a business or to sell a product
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Franchisee
Definition
An individual or business that is granted the right to sell another party's product
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Franchisor
Definition
The originator of a trade name, product, methods of operation, and so on, that grants operating rights to another party to sell its product.
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Full-line discount stores
Definition
A relatier that offers consumers very limited service and carries a broad assortment of well-known, nationally branded "hard goods"
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Gross Margin
Definition
The amount of money the retailer makes as a percentage of sales after the cost of goods sold is subtracted
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Independent Retailers
Definition
Retailers owned by a single person or partnership and not operated as part of a larger retail institution
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Mass Merchandising
Definition
A retailing strategy using moderate to low prices on large quantities of merchandise and lower service to stimulate high turnover of products.
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Nonstore Retailing
Definition
Selling to consumers through other means than by visiting a store
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Off-price retailer
Definition
A retailer that sells at prices 25 percent or more below traditional department store prices because it pays cash for its stock and usually doesn't ask for return privileges
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Online Retailing
Definition
A type of shopping available to consumers with access to the Internet
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Pop-up shops
Definition
Temporary retail establishments that allow flexible locations without the long-term commitment of a more expensive retail lease
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Product Offering
Definition
The mix of products offered to the consumer by the retailer; also called the product assortment or merchandise mix
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Retailing
Definition
All the activities directly related to the sale of goods and services to the ultimate consumer for personal, nonbusiness use
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Retailing Mix
Definition
A combination of the six Ps–product, place, promotion, price, presentation, and personnel–to sell goods and services to the ultimate consumer
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Scrambled Merchandising
Definition
The tendency to offer a wide variety of nontraditional goods and services under one roof
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Speciality Discount Store
Definition
A retail store that offers a nearly complete selection of single-line merchandise and uses self-service, discount prices, high volume, and high turnover
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Specialty Store
Definition
A retail store specializing in a given type of merchandise
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Supermarket
Definition
A large, departmentalized, self-service retailer that specializes in food and some nonfood items
Term
Telemarketing
Definition
The use of the telephone to sell directly to consumers.
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Warehouse Membership Clubs
Definition
Limited-service merchant wholesalers that sell a limited selection of brand-name appliances, household items, and groceries on a cash-and-carry basis to members, usually small businesses and groups
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Promotion
Definition
communication by marketers that informs, persuades, and reminds potential buyers of a
product in order to influence an opinion or elicit a response.
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Promotional Strategy
Definition
a plan for how to use the elements of promotion (promotional mix)
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Competitive Advantage
Definition
a set of unique features of the company that are perceived as superior
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Communication
Definition
is the process by which we exchange or share meanings through a common set of
symbols.
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Interpersonal Communication
Definition
direct and face-to-face, sales person
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Mass Communication
Definition
refers to large audience, mass medium
Term
Gross Margin
Definition
money made as a percentage of sales after the cost of goods sold is subtracted
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Four ways of classifying retailers?
Definition
ownership, level of service, product assortment, price
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Three examples of non-store retailing
Definition
Automatic vending, direct retailing, direct marketing
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Six P's of retail marketing strategy
Definition
Product, Price, Place, Promotion, Personnel, Presentation
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Goals of promotion
Definition
Inform, persuade, remind
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Promotional Mix Elements
Definition
Advertising, Public Relations, Personal Selling, Sales Promotion
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AIDA
Definition
Attention, Interest, Desire, Action
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Six factors that affect the promotional mix
Definition
Nature of the product, stages in the product life cycle, target market characteristics, types of buying decision, available funds, push and pull strategies
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Public Relations Dept. functions
Definition
Press relations, press publicity, corporate communication, public affairs, lobbying, employee and investor relations, crisis management
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Public Relations Tools
Definition
New product publicity, product placement, comsumer education, sponsorship, websites
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Public Relations Tools
Definition
New product publicity, product placement, comsumer education, sponsorship, websites
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Media Selection Considerations
Definition
cost-per-contact, frequency
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Steps in the selling process
Definition
Generating leads, qualifying leads, approaching the customer and probing needs, developing and proposing solutions, handling objections, closing the sale, following up
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Pricing Objectives should be...
Definition
Specific, Attainable, Measurable
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Three profit-oriented pricing objectives
Definition
Profit maximization, satisfactory profits, target return on investment
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Two sales-oriented pricing objectives
Definition
market share, maximize dollar or unit sales
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