Question | Answer |
Marketing | The management process that is responsible for anticipating, identifying and satisfying customer needs profitably. |
Market Research | The process of gaining information about customers, competitors and market trends through collecting primary and secondary data. |
Primary Data | Information that has been collected by yourself. |
Secondary Data | Data that has been collected by somebody else. |
Quantitative Data | Data that is numbers and can be statistically analysed. |
Qualitative Data | Data about opinions, judgements and attitudes. |
Survey | Research involving asking questions of people or organisations. |
Respondents | Those who provide the data for a survey, usually by answering the questions. |
Market Segment | Part of a market that contains a group of buyers with similar buying habits. |
A Market | A place where buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services. |
Sample | A small group of the total population which is selected to take part in a survey. |
Questionnaires | A list of questions to be answered by respondents, designed to give information about consumers' tastes. |
Types of primary research | Surveys, focus groups, questionnaires, interviews. |
Types of secondary research. | Internet, books, previous surveys and questionnaires. |
Product Trial | Where a consumer buy a good for the first time and assess whether or not they want to buy it again. |
Public Relations | Promotions of a positive image about products or business through giving information about the product to the general public, other businesses or to the press. |
Viral Marketing | Getting individuals to spread a message about a product through their social networks like Facebook. |
Penetration Pricing | Setting an initial low price for a new product so it appeals to customers. The price is likely to rise later. |
Trade Buyers | Buyers of goods which then sell those goods onto consumers or other buyers e.g. supermarkets. |
Wholesalers | Businesses which buy in bulk from a manufacturer or other supplier and then sell the stock in smaller quantities to retailers. |
Retailers | Businesses that specialise in selling goods in small quantities to customers. |
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