Product and Services Strategy

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PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

Chapter
Chapter 88
Product and Services
Strategy

What
What is
is aa Product?
Product?

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•• Anything
Anything that
that can

can be
be offered
offered to
to aa market
market
for
for attention,
attention, acquisition,
acquisition, use
use or
or
consumption.
consumption.
•• Satisfies
Satisfies aa want
want or
or aa need.
need.
•• Includes:
Includes:

––Physical
Physical Products
Products
––Services
Services
––Persons
Persons
––Places
Places
––Organizations
Organizations
––Ideas
Ideas
––Combinations
Combinations of
of the
the above
above

Core

Core
Product
Product

Actual
Actual
Product
Product
Warranty

Design
AfterSale
Service
Features

Core
Core
Benefit
Benefit
or

or
Service
Service

Quality
Level
Delivery
& Credit
Brand
Name

Packaging
Installation
Augmented
Augmented
Product
Product

Levels
Levels of

of Product
Product

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Product
Product Classifications
Classifications
Consumer
Consumer Products
Products
Convenience Products
>
>
>
>

Buy frequently & immediately
Low priced

Many purchase locations
Includes:
• Staple goods
• Impulse goods
• Emergency goods

Specialty Products
>
>
>
>

Special purchase efforts
Unique characteristics
Brand identification
Few purchase locations

Shopping Products
> Buy less frequently
> Gather product

information
> Fewer purchase locations
> Compare for:
• Suitability & Quality
• Price & Style

Unsought Products
> New innovations
> Products consumers don’t
want to think about
> Require much advertising &
personal selling

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Product
Product Classifications
Classifications
Industrial

Industrial Products
Products

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Materials
Materials
and
and
Parts
Parts
Capital
Capital
Items
Items
Supplies
Supplies
and
and

Services
Services

Product
Product Classifications
Classifications
Other
Other Marketable
Marketable Entities
Entities

•• Marketed
Marketed to
to create,
create, maintain,
maintain, or
or change
change the
the
attitudes

attitudes or
or behavior
behavior toward
toward the
the following:
following:
•• Organizations
Organizations -- Profit
Profit (businesses)
(businesses) and
and
nonprofit
nonprofit (schools
(schools and
and
churches).
churches).
•• Person
Person -- Political
Political and

and sports
sports figures,
figures,
entertainers,
entertainers, doctors
doctors and
and lawyers.
lawyers.
•• Place
Place -- Business
Business sites
sites and
and tourism.
tourism.
•• Social
Social -- Reduce
Reduce smoking,
smoking, clean
clean air,
air,
conservation.
conservation.

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Product
Product Support
Support Services
Services

Labeling
Labeling

Packaging
Packaging

Branding
Branding

Product
Product Attributes
Attributes

Individual
Individual Product
Product Decisions
Decisions

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Product
Product Attribute
Attribute
Decisions
Decisions

Quality
Quality
Design
Design

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Features
Features

Awareness
Awareness

Credibility
Credibility

Attributes
Attributes

Advantages
of
Brand Names

Identification
Identification

Association
Association

Brand
Equity

Loyalty
Loyalty

Quality
Quality &
& Value
Value

Consistency
Consistency

Brands
Brands

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Line
Line Extensions
Extensions
Brand
Brand Extensions
Extensions
Multibrands
Multibrands

New
Brands
Brand
New Strategy
Brands
Brand
Strategy

Manufacturer’s
Manufacturer’s Brand
Brand
Private
Private Brand
Brand
Licensed
Licensed Brand
Brand
Co-branding
Brand
Sponsor
Co-branding
Brand
Sponsor

Selection
Selection

Brand
Name
Protection
Brand Protection
Name Selection
Selection

Major
Major Brand
Brand Decisions
Decisions

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Brand
Brand Strategy
Strategy

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Multibrands

New
Brands

New

New

Line
Extension

Existing

Existing

Brand
Extension

Brand Name

Product Category

Brand
Brand Strategy
Strategy
•• Line
Line Extension
Extension
––Existing
Existing brand
brand names
names extended
extended to
to new
new
forms,
forms, sizes,
sizes, and
and flavors
flavors of
of an
an existing
existing
product
product category.
category.

•• Brand
Brand Extension
Extension
––Existing
Existing brand
brand names
names extended
extended to
to new
new
product
product categories.
categories.

•• Multibrands
Multibrands
––New
New brand
brand names
names introduced
introduced in
in the
the same
same
product
product category.
category.

•• New
New Brands
Brands
––New
New brand
brand names
names in
in new
new product
product categories.
categories.

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Packaging
Packaging

Sales
Tasks

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Competitive
Advantages
Packaging
Packaging

Product
Safety

Labeling
Labeling
Identifies

Promotes
Describes

Product
Product -- Support
Support Services
Services

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Companies should design its support services to
profitably meet the needs of target customers.
How?
•• Step
Step 1.
1. Survey
Survey customers
customers to
to determine
determine
satisfaction
satisfaction with
with current
current services
services and
and any
any
desired
desired new
new services.
services.
•• Step
Step 2.
2. Assess
Assess costs
costs of
of providing
providing desired
desired
services.
services.
•• Step
Step 3.
3. Develop
Develop aa package
package of
of services
services to
to delight
delight
customers
customers and
and yield
yield profits.
profits.

Product
Product Line
Line Decisions
Decisions

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Product
Product Line
Line Length
Length

Number
Number of
of Items
Items in
in the
the Product
Product Line
Line

Stretching

Filling

Lengthen beyond
current range

Lengthen within
current range

Downward

Upward

Depth
Depth -- number
number
of
of versions
versions of
of
each
each product
product

Length
Length -- total
total
number
number of
of items
items
within
within the
the lines
lines

Consistency

Product
Product Mix
Mix -all
all the
the product
product
lines
lines offered
offered

Width
Width -- number
number of
of
different
different product
product
lines
lines

Product
Product Mix
Mix Decisions
Decisions

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Characteristics
Characteristics of
of Services
Services

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Intangibility
Intangibility

Can’t be seen, tasted, felt, heard,
or smelled before purchase.

Inseparability
Inseparability

Can’t be separated from service
providers.
Quality depends on who provides
them and when, where and how.
Can’t be stored for later sale or use.

Variability
Variability
Perishability
Perishability

Greater
Greater Service
Service
Value
Value

Satisfied
Satisfied and
and
Productive
ProductiveService
Service
Employees
Employees

Satisfied
Satisfiedand
andLoyal
Loyal
Customers
Customers

Health
HealthService
Service
Profits
Profitsand
andGrowth
Growth

Internal
Internal Service
Service Quality
Quality

The
The Service-Quality
Service-Quality Chain
Chain

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Marketing
Marketing Strategies
Strategies for
for Service
Service
Firms
Firms
•• Managing
Managing Service
Service Differentiation
Differentiation
––Develop
Developoffer,
offer,delivery
deliveryand
andimage
imagewith
withcompetitive
competitive
advantages.
advantages.

•• Managing
Managing Service
Service Quality
Quality
––Empower
Empoweremployees
employees
––Become
Become“Customer
“Customerobsessed”
obsessed”
––Develop
Develophigh
highservice
servicequality
qualitystandards
standards
––Watch
Watchservice
serviceperformance
performanceclosely
closely

•• Managing
Managing Service
Service Productivity
Productivity
––Train
Traincurrent
current or
or new
new employees
employees
––Increase
Increasequantity
quantityby
bydecreasing
decreasingquality
quality
––Utilize
Utilizetechnology
technology

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