New product development (NPD) describes bringing a new product to market and involves overcoming challenges like defining specifications, managing resources, and coordinating groups. The NPD process includes stages like idea generation, screening, concept development and testing, marketing strategy development, business analysis, product development, test marketing, and commercialization. Implementing a structured NPD process helps businesses focus investment on promising projects and shorten the time from idea to revenue.
The document outlines the new product development process, which includes idea generation, screening, concept testing, market strategy development, business analysis, test marketing, and commercialization. The goal is to develop, test, and evaluate new product ideas to ensure growth and survival. Key steps involve assessing opportunities, determining the product type, developing the concept, evaluating market potential and profitability, testing the product and marketing plan, and commercializing the new product. Following this process helps reduce risks and avoid costly mistakes when bringing new products to market.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC), which describes the stages a product goes through from introduction to growth, maturity, and decline. It outlines the characteristics of each stage and how marketing strategies should be adapted, including adjustments to product, price, placement, and promotion. In the introduction stage, sales are low and marketing focuses on branding and selective distribution. In growth, sales rapidly increase through increased advertising and distribution. Maturity is the most profitable stage, though competition increases and modifications are made to differentiate the product. Finally, in decline, sales decrease and options include maintaining, reducing costs, or discontinuing the product.
The document discusses different lifecycles including the product lifecycle, innovation adoption lifecycle, and customer lifecycle.
The product lifecycle has four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. The innovation adoption lifecycle describes five categories of adopters: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.
The customer lifecycle also has four stages: new customers, existing customers who can be ideal, unhappy, or in silent attrition, exiting customers looking for alternatives, and exited customers who have left.
The document discusses product life cycles, which trace a product's stages from introduction to decline. It identifies four main stages: introductory, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different sales patterns, levels of competition, and marketing strategies. Extending a product's life cycle involves modifying either the product itself, such as adding new features, or the market, like finding new groups of customers. Managing products effectively requires understanding where they are in their life cycle stages.
Business Feasibility - Understanding the Marketing Aspect as a Feasibility Ch...PROF. EMMANUEL DOTONG
The slide deck presents the several components that need to be considered in preparing the marketing aspect of business feasibility. This include but not limited to market research, demand and supply analysis, sales projections, and marketing mix strategies.
Please download the presentation to have a better slide deck viewing.
Chap 10 – Crafting the Brand Positioningk3llycr1s0st
The document discusses brand positioning and differentiation strategies. It explains that positioning involves designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the mind of the target market. Points of difference and parity are defined, with criteria for points of difference being relevance, distinctiveness, believability, feasibility, communicability and sustainability. Differentiation strategies can involve product, personnel, channel or image. The document then covers product life cycle claims and marketing strategies for different stages, including introduction, growth, maturity and decline.
This document outlines the new product development process. It defines new product development and identifies six categories of new products based on newness. The new product development process involves idea generation, screening, concept development and testing, marketing strategy, business analysis, product development, test marketing, and commercialization. Each stage is described in one to two sentences. The goal is to develop successful new products by systematically evaluating ideas and obtaining customer feedback before full commercialization.
New product development (NPD) describes bringing a new product to market and involves overcoming challenges like defining specifications, managing resources, and coordinating groups. The NPD process includes stages like idea generation, screening, concept development and testing, marketing strategy development, business analysis, product development, test marketing, and commercialization. Implementing a structured NPD process helps businesses focus investment on promising projects and shorten the time from idea to revenue.
The document outlines the new product development process, which includes idea generation, screening, concept testing, market strategy development, business analysis, test marketing, and commercialization. The goal is to develop, test, and evaluate new product ideas to ensure growth and survival. Key steps involve assessing opportunities, determining the product type, developing the concept, evaluating market potential and profitability, testing the product and marketing plan, and commercializing the new product. Following this process helps reduce risks and avoid costly mistakes when bringing new products to market.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC), which describes the stages a product goes through from introduction to growth, maturity, and decline. It outlines the characteristics of each stage and how marketing strategies should be adapted, including adjustments to product, price, placement, and promotion. In the introduction stage, sales are low and marketing focuses on branding and selective distribution. In growth, sales rapidly increase through increased advertising and distribution. Maturity is the most profitable stage, though competition increases and modifications are made to differentiate the product. Finally, in decline, sales decrease and options include maintaining, reducing costs, or discontinuing the product.
The document discusses different lifecycles including the product lifecycle, innovation adoption lifecycle, and customer lifecycle.
The product lifecycle has four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. The innovation adoption lifecycle describes five categories of adopters: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.
The customer lifecycle also has four stages: new customers, existing customers who can be ideal, unhappy, or in silent attrition, exiting customers looking for alternatives, and exited customers who have left.
The document discusses product life cycles, which trace a product's stages from introduction to decline. It identifies four main stages: introductory, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different sales patterns, levels of competition, and marketing strategies. Extending a product's life cycle involves modifying either the product itself, such as adding new features, or the market, like finding new groups of customers. Managing products effectively requires understanding where they are in their life cycle stages.
Business Feasibility - Understanding the Marketing Aspect as a Feasibility Ch...PROF. EMMANUEL DOTONG
The slide deck presents the several components that need to be considered in preparing the marketing aspect of business feasibility. This include but not limited to market research, demand and supply analysis, sales projections, and marketing mix strategies.
Please download the presentation to have a better slide deck viewing.
Chap 10 – Crafting the Brand Positioningk3llycr1s0st
The document discusses brand positioning and differentiation strategies. It explains that positioning involves designing an offering and image to occupy a distinctive place in the mind of the target market. Points of difference and parity are defined, with criteria for points of difference being relevance, distinctiveness, believability, feasibility, communicability and sustainability. Differentiation strategies can involve product, personnel, channel or image. The document then covers product life cycle claims and marketing strategies for different stages, including introduction, growth, maturity and decline.
This document outlines the new product development process. It defines new product development and identifies six categories of new products based on newness. The new product development process involves idea generation, screening, concept development and testing, marketing strategy, business analysis, product development, test marketing, and commercialization. Each stage is described in one to two sentences. The goal is to develop successful new products by systematically evaluating ideas and obtaining customer feedback before full commercialization.
This chapter discusses opinion leadership and the diffusion of innovations. It defines opinion leadership as the process where informal leaders called opinion leaders influence the actions or attitudes of others. It describes the dynamics of opinion leadership including that opinion leaders are credible, provide product information and advice, and their influence is category specific. It also discusses the motivations behind opinion leadership for both opinion leaders and receivers, and how opinion leaders help reduce risk and search time for receivers.
This document discusses managing new product development from start to finish. It begins with generating ideas through interacting with employees, customers, and competitors. The next step is managing the idea screening process by evaluating technical feasibility, commercialization potential, and economic success. Concepts are then developed and tested on consumers. Various analytical tools like conjoint analysis are used. The development process is managed through prototyping and market testing. Finally, commercialization involves introducing the new product to market through a carefully planned launch campaign considering timing, location, target markets, and strategy. The entire process from concept to product launch must be effectively managed.
The document is a chapter from a marketing textbook that outlines the key concepts and steps in the marketing process. It discusses defining marketing and understanding customer needs and the marketplace. It also covers designing a customer-driven marketing strategy, developing an integrated marketing plan, building customer relationships, capturing value from customers, and changes in the marketing landscape. The chapter provides an overview of the major topics and concepts that will be covered in more depth throughout the textbook.
The document discusses the concept of product life cycle, which describes the typical stages through which successful products pass: market development, market growth, market maturity, and market decline. It explores how understanding these stages can help managers plan for new products, determine what stage existing products are in, and use the concept effectively. Key strategies include pre-planning for each stage, adapting marketing as a product moves through the stages, and replacing declining products with new ones. Understanding a product's current stage and forecasting its future stages allows for strategic decision making.
The product life cycle theory describes the typical stages a product goes through from introduction to decline. These stages are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During introduction, a product struggles to gain brand awareness and market share. In the growth stage, advertising and word of mouth help increase sales as more firms stock the product. Products reach their peak market penetration during maturity. Finally, decline occurs as new products eclipse the existing product. The document provides examples of products in each stage, such as self-driving cars in introduction, electric cars in growth, the Ford Focus in maturity, and diesel cars in decline.
The document discusses how marketing is adapting to the new economy. The major forces driving the new economy are digitization, connectivity, disintermediation, reintermediation, and customization. As a result, businesses are shifting from organizing by product units to organizing by customer segments, focusing on customer lifetime value over individual transactions, and considering additional stakeholders beyond just shareholders. Marketers are using tools like the internet, customer databases, and customer relationship management to better understand and serve customers in this new environment.
A marketing channel consists of all the institutions and activities involved in transferring goods from production to consumption, including producers, buyers, and middlemen. It performs important functions like linking producers to buyers, sales and promotion, influencing pricing strategy, and customizing products. When determining the appropriate marketing channel strategy, factors to consider include product characteristics, market conditions, company resources and goals, and the available middlemen and their potential services.
The document discusses the stages of a product life cycle, including product development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It provides details about each stage, such as high costs and limited competition in the introduction stage, increasing profits in the growth stage, and falling sales and profits in the decline stage. As an example, it lists holographic projection in the introduction stage, laptops in the growth stage, typewriters in the decline stage, and tablets and PCs transitioning from introduction to growth.
The document discusses the key elements of marketing mix - product, price, place, and promotion. It focuses on the product element in more detail. It describes the importance of satisfying customer wants and needs through quality products at competitive prices. A successful product also needs attractive design and branding. Developing new products requires market research and testing before commercial launch to maximize chances of success. Packaging and brand image are also important considerations for products.
introduction to marketing-Multiple Choice Questions and Answers -Maxwell Ranasinghe
The document is a presentation about marketing multiple choice questions (MCQs) from a book written by Maxwell Ranasinghe. It discusses 20 sample MCQs from the first chapter on the introduction to marketing. The MCQs cover topics like the origins and concepts of marketing, different market conditions, and traditional categories of marketing. The presentation encourages the reader to answer the MCQs and check their responses against the answers provided at the end. It also provides information about how to access the full book containing 580 questions on marketing topics.
The document discusses the product life cycle, which describes the stages a product goes through from introduction to decline. It identifies the key stages as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. For each stage, it provides characteristics about sales, profits, competition, and pricing. The document also discusses factors that affect the product life cycle and various marketing strategies that can be used at each stage, such as pricing, promotion, distribution, and product development.
Product policy, Product Life cycle & New Product Demand Forecasting modelRoopika Sudaman
Product policy outlines how a product is marketed to consumers. A product lifecycle includes introduction, growth, maturity, saturation, and decline phases. Demand forecasting for new products is different than for established products since there is no past data. Methods for forecasting new product demand include evolutionary approach, substitute approach, opinion polls, sales experience in sample markets, growth curve patterns of similar products, and vicarious approach through dealer surveys.
This document discusses market structures, specifically perfect competition. It defines key features of perfect competition including a large number of buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and perfect information. Under perfect competition, firms are price takers and maximize profits by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. In the long run, no firms earn supernormal profits and all firms earn only normal profits as entry and exit leads to equilibrium.
Consumer behavior is the study of how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time, money, effort) on consumption-related items. It looks at how products or services are selected, purchased, and disposed of. Understanding consumer behavior is important for businesses as it helps with segmentation, identifying opportunities and threats, and formulating effective marketing strategies. Several models have been developed to understand and explain the various factors that influence consumer decision making.
Designing and managing integrated marketing communicationRohit Kumar
This document discusses integrated marketing communications and the major steps in developing an effective communications program. It defines marketing communications and lists the main communication modes. The major steps in developing communications are identifying the target audience, determining objectives, designing the message, selecting channels, establishing a budget, and measuring results. It also discusses elements of the communications process, developing effective creative strategies, and setting an optimal communications mix.
This document discusses personal selling and sales management. It covers key topics like the importance of personal selling, the selling process, factors affecting personal selling, designing and recruiting sales personnel, training and motivating sales personnel, theories of personal selling including AIDAS and behavioral equation, and the role and skills of effective sales executives. The roles of sales manager and district sales manager are also outlined.
Case studies using Demand and Supply ConceptManish Kumar
This is a case study. Case is :
As one example of demand and supply analysis, let us assume we have a product with the situation shown in the graph below.
The price is Rs.100 per unit.Now the government has imposed 5% tax to the seller which increased the cost of production. Please explain following with the support of graph:
Do the cost of production affects Demand or Supply
Will there be a shift or movement along supply
Will the cost of production will make the good less profitable
In order to make the same profit as before application of tax, how much price the seller should increase presuming that the (i) demand of the product is totally inelastic and (ii) demand of the product is perfectly elastic
What are the factors which affects the demand and supply of any product
This document outlines strategies and processes for new product development. It discusses identifying opportunities, generating ideas, concept development, market research, concept screening, product development, positioning, marketing planning, test marketing, and commercialization. Key aspects of the process include cross-functional teams, concept testing with customers, iterative refinement, and "stage gates" to evaluate concepts before further investment. The document also notes common reasons for new product failures and levers to reduce risks and speed time to market.
The document discusses the stages of a product's life cycle from introduction to decline. It identifies the four main stages as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different levels of sales, costs, profits, target customers, and competition. In the introduction stage, sales are low and costs are high. Growth sees rapidly rising sales and profits. Maturity marks peak sales but increasing competition. Finally, decline has falling sales and profits as the product winds down. The document emphasizes that companies must employ different strategies during each life cycle stage to maximize profits over a product's lifetime.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC) concept in marketing management. It describes the PLC as having four main stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During each stage, the firm should employ different marketing strategies to build awareness, market share, and profits. Examples are given of products like TVs and discs that demonstrate the different PLC stages. The conclusion emphasizes how understanding and managing products across their lifecycles can improve profitability.
This chapter discusses opinion leadership and the diffusion of innovations. It defines opinion leadership as the process where informal leaders called opinion leaders influence the actions or attitudes of others. It describes the dynamics of opinion leadership including that opinion leaders are credible, provide product information and advice, and their influence is category specific. It also discusses the motivations behind opinion leadership for both opinion leaders and receivers, and how opinion leaders help reduce risk and search time for receivers.
This document discusses managing new product development from start to finish. It begins with generating ideas through interacting with employees, customers, and competitors. The next step is managing the idea screening process by evaluating technical feasibility, commercialization potential, and economic success. Concepts are then developed and tested on consumers. Various analytical tools like conjoint analysis are used. The development process is managed through prototyping and market testing. Finally, commercialization involves introducing the new product to market through a carefully planned launch campaign considering timing, location, target markets, and strategy. The entire process from concept to product launch must be effectively managed.
The document is a chapter from a marketing textbook that outlines the key concepts and steps in the marketing process. It discusses defining marketing and understanding customer needs and the marketplace. It also covers designing a customer-driven marketing strategy, developing an integrated marketing plan, building customer relationships, capturing value from customers, and changes in the marketing landscape. The chapter provides an overview of the major topics and concepts that will be covered in more depth throughout the textbook.
The document discusses the concept of product life cycle, which describes the typical stages through which successful products pass: market development, market growth, market maturity, and market decline. It explores how understanding these stages can help managers plan for new products, determine what stage existing products are in, and use the concept effectively. Key strategies include pre-planning for each stage, adapting marketing as a product moves through the stages, and replacing declining products with new ones. Understanding a product's current stage and forecasting its future stages allows for strategic decision making.
The product life cycle theory describes the typical stages a product goes through from introduction to decline. These stages are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During introduction, a product struggles to gain brand awareness and market share. In the growth stage, advertising and word of mouth help increase sales as more firms stock the product. Products reach their peak market penetration during maturity. Finally, decline occurs as new products eclipse the existing product. The document provides examples of products in each stage, such as self-driving cars in introduction, electric cars in growth, the Ford Focus in maturity, and diesel cars in decline.
The document discusses how marketing is adapting to the new economy. The major forces driving the new economy are digitization, connectivity, disintermediation, reintermediation, and customization. As a result, businesses are shifting from organizing by product units to organizing by customer segments, focusing on customer lifetime value over individual transactions, and considering additional stakeholders beyond just shareholders. Marketers are using tools like the internet, customer databases, and customer relationship management to better understand and serve customers in this new environment.
A marketing channel consists of all the institutions and activities involved in transferring goods from production to consumption, including producers, buyers, and middlemen. It performs important functions like linking producers to buyers, sales and promotion, influencing pricing strategy, and customizing products. When determining the appropriate marketing channel strategy, factors to consider include product characteristics, market conditions, company resources and goals, and the available middlemen and their potential services.
The document discusses the stages of a product life cycle, including product development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It provides details about each stage, such as high costs and limited competition in the introduction stage, increasing profits in the growth stage, and falling sales and profits in the decline stage. As an example, it lists holographic projection in the introduction stage, laptops in the growth stage, typewriters in the decline stage, and tablets and PCs transitioning from introduction to growth.
The document discusses the key elements of marketing mix - product, price, place, and promotion. It focuses on the product element in more detail. It describes the importance of satisfying customer wants and needs through quality products at competitive prices. A successful product also needs attractive design and branding. Developing new products requires market research and testing before commercial launch to maximize chances of success. Packaging and brand image are also important considerations for products.
introduction to marketing-Multiple Choice Questions and Answers -Maxwell Ranasinghe
The document is a presentation about marketing multiple choice questions (MCQs) from a book written by Maxwell Ranasinghe. It discusses 20 sample MCQs from the first chapter on the introduction to marketing. The MCQs cover topics like the origins and concepts of marketing, different market conditions, and traditional categories of marketing. The presentation encourages the reader to answer the MCQs and check their responses against the answers provided at the end. It also provides information about how to access the full book containing 580 questions on marketing topics.
The document discusses the product life cycle, which describes the stages a product goes through from introduction to decline. It identifies the key stages as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. For each stage, it provides characteristics about sales, profits, competition, and pricing. The document also discusses factors that affect the product life cycle and various marketing strategies that can be used at each stage, such as pricing, promotion, distribution, and product development.
Product policy, Product Life cycle & New Product Demand Forecasting modelRoopika Sudaman
Product policy outlines how a product is marketed to consumers. A product lifecycle includes introduction, growth, maturity, saturation, and decline phases. Demand forecasting for new products is different than for established products since there is no past data. Methods for forecasting new product demand include evolutionary approach, substitute approach, opinion polls, sales experience in sample markets, growth curve patterns of similar products, and vicarious approach through dealer surveys.
This document discusses market structures, specifically perfect competition. It defines key features of perfect competition including a large number of buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, free entry and exit, and perfect information. Under perfect competition, firms are price takers and maximize profits by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. In the long run, no firms earn supernormal profits and all firms earn only normal profits as entry and exit leads to equilibrium.
Consumer behavior is the study of how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time, money, effort) on consumption-related items. It looks at how products or services are selected, purchased, and disposed of. Understanding consumer behavior is important for businesses as it helps with segmentation, identifying opportunities and threats, and formulating effective marketing strategies. Several models have been developed to understand and explain the various factors that influence consumer decision making.
Designing and managing integrated marketing communicationRohit Kumar
This document discusses integrated marketing communications and the major steps in developing an effective communications program. It defines marketing communications and lists the main communication modes. The major steps in developing communications are identifying the target audience, determining objectives, designing the message, selecting channels, establishing a budget, and measuring results. It also discusses elements of the communications process, developing effective creative strategies, and setting an optimal communications mix.
This document discusses personal selling and sales management. It covers key topics like the importance of personal selling, the selling process, factors affecting personal selling, designing and recruiting sales personnel, training and motivating sales personnel, theories of personal selling including AIDAS and behavioral equation, and the role and skills of effective sales executives. The roles of sales manager and district sales manager are also outlined.
Case studies using Demand and Supply ConceptManish Kumar
This is a case study. Case is :
As one example of demand and supply analysis, let us assume we have a product with the situation shown in the graph below.
The price is Rs.100 per unit.Now the government has imposed 5% tax to the seller which increased the cost of production. Please explain following with the support of graph:
Do the cost of production affects Demand or Supply
Will there be a shift or movement along supply
Will the cost of production will make the good less profitable
In order to make the same profit as before application of tax, how much price the seller should increase presuming that the (i) demand of the product is totally inelastic and (ii) demand of the product is perfectly elastic
What are the factors which affects the demand and supply of any product
This document outlines strategies and processes for new product development. It discusses identifying opportunities, generating ideas, concept development, market research, concept screening, product development, positioning, marketing planning, test marketing, and commercialization. Key aspects of the process include cross-functional teams, concept testing with customers, iterative refinement, and "stage gates" to evaluate concepts before further investment. The document also notes common reasons for new product failures and levers to reduce risks and speed time to market.
The document discusses the stages of a product's life cycle from introduction to decline. It identifies the four main stages as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different levels of sales, costs, profits, target customers, and competition. In the introduction stage, sales are low and costs are high. Growth sees rapidly rising sales and profits. Maturity marks peak sales but increasing competition. Finally, decline has falling sales and profits as the product winds down. The document emphasizes that companies must employ different strategies during each life cycle stage to maximize profits over a product's lifetime.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC) concept in marketing management. It describes the PLC as having four main stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During each stage, the firm should employ different marketing strategies to build awareness, market share, and profits. Examples are given of products like TVs and discs that demonstrate the different PLC stages. The conclusion emphasizes how understanding and managing products across their lifecycles can improve profitability.
The document discusses the product lifecycle (PLC) which consists of four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During the introduction stage, products are initially promoted to raise public awareness using either a penetration or skimming pricing strategy. In the growth stage, heavy advertising is used to increase sales and market share. The maturity stage sees sales growth stabilize. Finally, the decline stage occurs when sales begin to fall as customers are satisfied or replaced by newer products. However, the document notes that not all products follow the same cycle and stages may be skipped. Close monitoring is needed throughout a product's lifecycle.
The document discusses product life cycle management from concept development through commercialization, maturity, and end of life. It covers integrating product life cycle management with related areas like new product development, supply chain management, and customer relationship management. Key aspects of PLM include managing all product data and changes throughout the life cycle, integrating data across systems, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
Product life cycle & marketing strategyHitesh Sunny
Product life cycles have distinct stages - introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage requires different marketing strategies to address changing demand and competition.
During introduction, demand is low and profits are negative as costs are high. Marketing focuses on creating awareness through promotions. In growth, demand and profits rise as acceptance increases and prices stabilize. Mature products have slowing growth, so marketing emphasizes price reductions and feature changes. In decline, sales fall as new products satisfy customer needs, so marketing focuses on reducing expenses to extract remaining value.
The document discusses how product life cycles, demand, and optimal marketing strategies vary depending on the product, technology changes, and rate of customer adoption through innovators, early adopters,
The document discusses the product life cycle, which consists of four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different sales volumes, costs, profits, and marketing objectives. The introduction stage involves building product awareness at high costs and negative profits. Growth sees rapidly rising sales through expanded distribution and lower prices. Maturity reaches peak sales with efforts to maximize profits and defend market share. Finally, decline has falling sales and profits as the product is phased out.
The document discusses the product life cycle of marketing management. It begins by introducing the four stages of a product's life cycle: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It then provides examples like 3D TVs in the introduction stage and tablets in the growth stage. For each stage, it outlines the typical characteristics like low sales and high costs in introduction and rapidly rising sales in growth. Finally, it discusses implications of the product life cycle concept for assessing opportunities, threats, and adjusting marketing strategies.
The document discusses the product life cycle, which includes four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage has distinct marketing objectives to either create awareness, maximize market share, maximize profits while defending market share, or reducing expenditures. The stages are characterized by changes in sales growth and profits. Common product life cycle patterns include growth-slump-maturity, cycle-recycle, and scalloped.
The product life cycle has four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. In the introduction stage, the product first enters the market and focus is on promoting awareness and getting customers to try it. In the growth stage, the product is accepted by consumers and distribution expands. The maturity stage is when sales begin to slow as repeat purchases decrease and attracting new buyers is challenging. Finally, in the decline stage, sales and profits drop off as demand wanes and the product is eventually removed from the market. Companies can manage the life cycle through product modification, market modification, or repositioning strategies.
THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT OF A PRODUCT AND PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE AND ITS VARIOUS STAGES IN DETAILS.IT WILL GIVE A COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE.
The product life cycle consists of five primary stages: development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During development, sales are zero and costs are high. In the introduction phase, sales and profits are low. The growth stage sees rapidly rising sales and profits. Maturity is marked by slowing sales growth as the market becomes saturated. Finally, the decline phase has falling sales and profits, and some companies withdraw their products from the market. Each stage poses different challenges and opportunities for marketers and requires different strategies.
The document discusses the product life cycle concept, which suggests that products pass through four stages - introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different sales, costs, profits, and marketing strategies. The introduction stage involves low sales and high costs as products are new. Growth sees rising sales and profits as distribution expands. Maturity involves maximizing profits through brand and model diversification. Finally, decline has falling sales and profits as products are phased out. The concept is based on assumptions like stages varying in length and not all products passing through every stage.
The document discusses the product life cycle, which consists of four main stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. In the introduction stage, sales are slow and profits are low or negative as promotional costs are high. The growth stage sees increasing sales as more customers adopt the product. The maturity stage is the longest stage, where sales growth slows as most potential customers have purchased the product. Finally, in the decline stage sales decrease as the product loses favor to newer innovations or shifts in customer tastes. Some products may follow alternative life cycles rather than the classic bell shape.
Product Life Cycle (PLC) describes the stages through which all products pass from introduction to decline. The major stages are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. The length of each stage can vary significantly between products.
Marketing strategies must change according to the stage of the PLC. In introduction, strategies focus on price and promotion to gain awareness. In growth, strategies aim to sustain market expansion. In maturity, strategies involve product improvements and market modifications to compete intensely. In decline, strategies assess whether to continue, improve, or drop underperforming products. PLC analysis helps businesses plan effectively for changes over a product's lifetime.
This document discusses the product life cycle and its four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. In the introduction stage, sales are low but costs are high as the product is launched. The growth stage sees increasing sales and profits allowing more investment in promotion. Strategies at this stage focus on maintaining quality, price, distribution, and broader promotion. Examples are given of products at each stage like 3D TVs in introduction and Blu-ray discs in growth.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC), which consists of four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It provides examples of products currently in each stage. The introduction stage focuses on creating awareness through limited distribution and promotions. In the growth stage, sales increase as more companies enter the market. The maturity stage sees sales peak and profits decrease as competition intensifies. Finally, the decline stage is marked by falling sales and profits as the product becomes obsolete. The document also discusses different types of product life cycles, such as those for fashions, fads, and styles.
The product life cycle describes the stages a product goes through from development to removal from the market. There are typically four stages: 1) Introduction, when the product is launched, 2) Growth, when sales increase most rapidly, 3) Maturity, when sales peak but growth slows as competition rises, and 4) Decline, when sales begin to fall. Each stage is characterized by different costs, sales volumes, profits, competition levels, and marketing strategies used by businesses. Extension strategies can be used to prolong the maturity stage and delay decline, such as advertising, price reductions, adding new features, or exploring new markets.
The document discusses key concepts in marketing products, including product categories, classifications, sizes, and life cycles. It defines different style structures in fashion like haute couture and ready-to-wear. It also outlines the four stages of a typical product life cycle: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. For fast-moving industries like apparel, the life cycle usually involves three stages - market development and introduction, growth, and maturity/decline. Understanding a product's life cycle helps businesses make decisions around promotions, inventory levels, and launch timing.
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This document contains information about the stages of a product life cycle: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It summarizes each stage, including key effects. The introduction stage involves low sales and profits as the product is new to the market. In the growth stage, sales and profits increase along with competition. The maturity stage sees sales increase at a lower rate as competition intensifies. Finally, the decline stage is when sales and profits fall rapidly as the product loses popularity.
This chapter discusses the product life cycle and new product development process. It describes the stages of the product life cycle as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. It also outlines the 7 stages of new product planning: idea generation, product screening, concept testing, business analysis, product development, test marketing, and commercialization. Finally, it examines strategies for the growth, maturity, and decline stages such as developing new uses or finding new customer segments.
Products go through distinct stages from introduction to decline or demise, according to the product life cycle concept. There are four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. In the introduction stage, public awareness of the new product is important. The growth stage focuses on advertising to tell consumers the product is better than competitors'. In maturity, sales grow fast then stabilize as most potential buyers have purchased. Finally, the decline stage occurs when sales begin to fall as customers are satisfied or replaced by new innovations. Different marketing strategies are needed at each life cycle stage.
The document discusses the product life cycle, which describes the typical stages through which a product passes from introduction to decline. It identifies five stages: introduction, growth, maturity, saturation, and decline. Each stage is characterized by different features related to sales, profits, competition, and market awareness/acceptance of the product. The goal of product life cycle management is to maximize value and profitability at each stage. The document also discusses ways to potentially extend the life cycle through strategies like advertising, exploring new markets, price reductions, and adding new product features.
This document discusses a company's product life cycle and strategies for different stages. It describes the four stages as introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During introduction, a product struggles for recognition, then grows through advertising and word of mouth. In maturity, a product reaches peak market penetration before declining as new products emerge. The strategies considered are competition, overall focus, profit, distribution, and advertising. For example, competition is less important in introduction but more in maturity, while profits peak during growth before declining in later stages. The document also notes benefits and limitations of the product life cycle framework.
The document discusses the product life cycle (PLC) and strategies companies use at each stage. It notes that products pass through distinct stages of introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. During introduction, strategies focus on creating awareness and trial with high promotion at a premium price. Growth focuses on market share gains through distribution expansion, promotions, and price reductions. Maturity aims to maximize profits through diversification while defending market share. Decline entails cost cutting and milking remaining brand value. Strategies may also include market, product, or marketing program modifications to change a brand's course.
The product life cycle consists of four main stages: market introduction, market growth, market maturity, and sales decline. During market introduction, sales are low as the product is new and awareness is being built through promotion. Market growth sees rapid sales and profit increases as more customers learn about the product and competitors enter the market. In market maturity, sales level off amidst intense competition, and industry profits peak. Finally, in the sales decline stage, the market shrinks as customers switch to newer products and sales continue to fall. The model helps illustrate how marketing strategies should evolve over a product's lifetime. However, it is also limited by focusing on a single product and only being clear about stages retroactively.
Ganesh K. Kanthali will present on product strategy over the life cycle. There are four stages in a product's life cycle: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. In the introduction stage, sales and profits are low as costs are high due to product development. Marketing strategies aim to create awareness and trial through high or low promotion and pricing. As the product moves through the growth and maturity stages, sales rise and costs fall, though competition increases. Strategies then focus on market share and profit. Finally, in decline, sales and profits decrease as the product nears the end of its life cycle and strategies center on reducing costs.
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6. Product Life Cycle
III. Characteristics
1. Introduction Stage
◦Slow sales growth.
◦Products need to establish
themselves in the market
place.
◦Negative or low profits.
7. Product Life Cycle
III. Characteristics
2. Growth Stage
◦Rapid sales growth.
◦Early adapters like the
product & additional
consumers start buying it.
◦Sales rise much faster than
expenditures in promos.
8. Product Life Cycle
III. Characteristics
1. Maturity Stage
Three Phases :
1)Growth – Sales growth starts to
slow; new competitive forces
emerge.
2)Stable – Reached market
saturation
3)Decaying Maturity – consumers
begin switching to other products.
9. Product Life Cycle
III. Characteristics
4. Decline Stage
◦End of the product life.
◦Period of the market's sale
are significantly below the
peak and are declining.
10. Product Life Cycle
IV. Common Product
Life-Cycle Patterns
Growth-Slump-Maturity
sales grow rapidly
when product is first
introduced, falls, &
stabilizes
11. Product Life Cycle
IV. Common Product
Life-Cycle Patterns
Cycle-Recycle
- often describes the
sales of new drugs
12. Product Life Cycle
IV. Common Product
Life-Cycle Patterns
Scalloped
- succession of lifecycles based on discovery
of new charcteristics, uses
or users.
13. Summary
Periodic examination of products is appropriate because
strategies change as products move through their life cycle.