Product Product Mix New Product Development Product Life
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Product, Product Mix, New Product Development, Product Life Cycle
Apple • Phone/Itouch i. Phone-1, 2, 3 • 4, 4 s, 5, 5 s, 5 c, 6, 6 s • i. Touch • 1 G, 2 G, 3 G, 4 G Laptop Mc. Book Mc. Air Mc. Pro O. S. Os-X 1, . . 11 Mountain. Lion
RELIANCE • Petrol-> Leaded LPG • CNG • DIESEL ` Telecommunication Internet -> Dongle ->Broadband Mobile Connection->2 g
• Electronics • Phones->Mobile • ->Landline • • Accessories Vimal Clothing Reliance Footwear ->Shoes ->Sandals
• ENTERTAINMENT SUPERMARKET • BIG CINEMAS RELIANCEFRESH • Reliance Entertainment Reliance digi mart
• CAPITAL and Finance • Reliance Insurance
What is a product? • A product is any offering by a company to a market that serves to satisfy customer needs and wants. • It can be an object, service, idea, etc.
New Product Development • Most new product development is an improvement on existing products • Less than 10% of new products are totally new concepts.
Success rate of new products • The success rate of new products is very low – less than 5%. ‘You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. ” • Product obsolescence is rapid with improvements in technology • Shorter PLCs
Product Development Stages • • • Idea generation Idea screening Concept development and testing Concept testing Conjoint analysis – to find out the best valued attributes by consumers
Business analysis • The most customer appealing offer is not always the most profitable to make • Estimate on costs, sales volumes, pricing and profit levels are made to find out the optimal price – volume mix. • Breakeven and paybacks • Discounted cash flow projections
Market testing • • Test markets Test periods What information to gather? What action to take?
Commercialization • • When? (Timing) Where? (Which geographical markets) To whom? (Target markets) How? (Introductory Marketing strategy)
Product Levels • • • Customer value hierarchy Core benefit Basic product Expected product Augmented product Potential product
Customer Delight • When you exceed customer expectations
Product Hierarchy • • Need Product family Product class Product Line Product type Brand Item
Product classification • Durable • Non – durable • Services
Consumer goods classification • • Convenience goods Shopping goods Specialty goods Unsought goods
Industrial goods classification • Materials and Parts - raw materials - manufactured materials and parts • Capital items • Supplies and business services
Product Mix • The assortment of products that a company offers • • to a market Width – how many different product lines? Length – the number of items in the product mix Depth – The no. of variants offered in a product line Consistency – how closely the product lines are related in usage
Product Line decisions • Product rationalization • Market rationalization • Product line length too long – when profits increase by dropping a product in the line too short – when profits increase by adding products to the product line • Line pruning – capacity restrictions to decide
Brand • A name becomes a brand when consumers associate it with a set of tangible and intangible benefits that they obtain from the product or service • It is the seller’s promise to deliver the same bundle of benefits/services consistently to buyers
Brand Equity • When a commodity becomes a brand, it is said to have equity. • The premium a brand can command in the market • The difference between the perceived value and the intrinsic value
Levels of meaning • • • Attributes Benefits Values Culture Personality Users
Brand Power • Customer will change brands for price • • reasons Customer is satisfied. No reason to change. Customer is satisfied and would take pains to get the brand Customer values the brand sees it as a friend Customer is devoted to the brand
Brand Equity – Competitive Advantages • • • Reduced marketing costs Trade leverage Can charge a higher price Can easily launch brand extensions Can take some price competition
Managing Brand Equity • Brand Equity needs to be nourished and replenished. We must not flog the brand for equity to be diluted or dissipated • Store brands
Advantages of branding • Easy for the seller to track down problems and • • • process orders Provide legal protection of unique product features Branding gives an opportunity to attract loyal and profitable set of customers It helps to give a product category at different segments, having separate bundle of benefits It helps build corporate image It minimises harm to company reputation if the brand fails
Brand parity • Consumers buy from a set of acceptable/ preferred brands
Umbrella Brand • Products from different categories under one brand • Dangerous to the brand if the principal brand fails • Sometimes the company name is prefixed to the brand. In such cases the company name gives it legitimacy. The product name individualises it.
Naming the Brand • • • Product benefits Product qualities Easy to pronounce Should be distinctive Should not have poor meanings in other languages and countries
Brand strategy • Line extension – existing brand name extended to • • new sizes in the existing product category Brand extension – brand name extended to new product categories Multibrands – new brands in the same product category New brands – new product in a different product category Cobrands –brands bearing two or more well known brand names
Brand Repositioning • This may be required after a few years to face new competition and changing customer preferences
Packaging • Includes the activities of designing and producing the container for a product • Packaging is done at three levels - primary - secondary - shipping
Packaging as a marketing tool • • Self service Consumer affluence Company and brand image innovation
Designing packaging • • Packaging concepts Technical specifications Engineering tests Visual tests Dealer tests Consumer tests Packaging innovations Environmental considerations
Labels • • Identification Grade classification Description of product Manufacturer identity Date of mfg. , batch no. Instructions for use Promotion
Labels as a marketing tool • Labels need to change with time or packaging changes to give it a contemporary and fresh look
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