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A form of trade sales promotion offering channel partners short-term price breaks or other guarantees (e.g., buy back unsold product) for stocking product and, in many cases, for agreeing to promote the product such as placing product in a specific store location (i.e., display allowance) or highlighting the product in company-produced promotions (i.e., advertising allowance).
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Consists of those within an organization that impact purchase decisions and includes those serving in the roles of buyer, decider, influencer, user, initiator and gatekeeper.
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A component of the Total Product offered by the marketer, these represent the key benefits offered by a product itself or through other aspects of using the product.
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A direct distribution system where customers place orders either through information gained from non-personal contact with the marketer (e.g., marketer's website or print catalog) or through personal communication with a company representative who is not a salesperson (e.g., placing order by telephone).
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An important component in determining the cost of a product, these represent costs the marketing organization incurs for a product regardless of level of production or sales.
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Refers to market conditions where a certain percentage change (positive or negative) in the price of a product results in a smaller and opposite percentage change in demand (i.e., purchases) of the product.
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A key element of a target marketing strategy in which large markets, where customers possess different characteristics, is divided into smaller market segments in which customers are grouped by characteristic shared by others in the segment.
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The price set by a consumer products manufacturer suggesting a price level for a product at the retail level, though depending on the demand for the product such pricing may be adjusted (mostly lower) by the marketer and others in the channel of distributions.
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Promotional method in which one party (e.g., salesperson) uses personal contact to build relationships with another party (e.g., those involved in a purchase decision) that results in both parties obtaining value.
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A type of dependent channel arrangement where a product provider operates its own distribution system in a manor that produces an integrated channel such as a supplier operating its own chain of retail stores.