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Marketing covers how organisations identify customer needs, create value and exchange products or services through suitable markets. Key concepts include market segmentation, targeting, positioning, consumer behaviour, the marketing mix of product, price, place and promotion, branding, product life cycle and differences between marketing and selling.
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- A. by-product pricing
- B. optional-feature pricing
- C. product line pricing
- D. Two-part pricing
Explanation: Product line pricing sets prices for related products within a product line rather than treating each product as completely separate.
Correct answer: product line pricing- A. sales agents
- B. markets
- C. broker firms
- D. escalator
Explanation: In the supply-chain view, markets are the destination because products and services ultimately move toward customers.
Correct answer: markets- A. delivery channels
- B. service channels
- C. sales channel
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Manufacturers of physical goods need sales channels to reach buyers, delivery channels to move products, and service channels to support…
Correct answer: all of the above164. The types of conflict that can occur in marketing channels of a product does not include _________?
- A. vertical channel conflict
- B. horizontal channel conflict
- C. sealed channel conflict
- D. multi-channel conflict
Explanation: Recognized channel conflicts include vertical, horizontal, and multichannel conflict.
Correct answer: sealed channel conflict- A. conditions of sale
- B. territorial rights of distributor's
- C. territorial rights of producers
- D. intensive policy
Explanation: Territorial rights of distributors specify the territory assigned to a distributor and the conditions governing the producer’s appointment…
Correct answer: territorial rights of distributor's- A. Two-level channel
- B. Three-level channel
- C. One-level channel
- D. Zero-level channel
Explanation: A producer selling directly to retailers uses one intermediary level, so it is a one-level channel.
Correct answer: One-level channel- A. vertical channel conflict
- B. horizontal channel conflict
- C. sealed channel conflict
- D. multi-channel conflict
Explanation: When a producer uses two or more channels to reach the same market, the channels may compete with one another, creating multichannel…
Correct answer: multi-channel conflict- A. service quality shoppers
- B. price value customers
- C. affinity customers
- D. interactive customers
Explanation: Service-quality shoppers focus on product performance, quality, and the range or variety offered.
Correct answer: service quality shoppers- A. pull strategy
- B. bundle strategy
- C. shallow strategy
- D. push strategy
Explanation: A pull strategy targets consumers and relies on strong brand preference to make them request the product from retailers.
Correct answer: pull strategy- A. jobbers
- B. shoppers
- C. market stoppers
- D. brokers
Explanation: Jobbers are small-scale wholesalers who typically supply retailers operating on a small scale.
Correct answer: jobbers- A. one-level channel
- B. Zero-level channel
- C. Two-level channel
- D. Three-level channel
Explanation: These methods sell directly from the company to the final customer without a wholesaler or retailer, so they form a zero-level channel.
Correct answer: Zero-level channel- A. demand chain planning
- B. supply chain planning
- C. predatory planning
- D. hybrid planning
Explanation: Demand chain planning starts with the target market or customer demand and works backward to organize supply.
Correct answer: demand chain planning- A. hybrid network
- B. value network
- C. functional network
- D. predatory network
Explanation: A value network includes the company’s suppliers, suppliers’ suppliers, immediate customers, and end users, linking all parties that…
Correct answer: value network- A. exclusive distribution
- B. descriptive distribution
- C. intensive distribution
- D. selective distribution
Explanation: Intensive distribution places a product in as many suitable outlets as possible to maximize availability, as is common for convenience…
Correct answer: intensive distribution- A. conflict between supplier and producer
- B. conflict between retailer and end user
- C. conflict between wholesaler and retailer
- D. conflict between two retailers
Explanation: Horizontal channel conflict occurs between intermediaries at the same level, such as two retailers competing or disagreeing.
Correct answer: conflict between two retailers- A. direct marketing channel
- B. indirect marketing channel
- C. descriptive channels
- D. functional channels
Explanation: A direct marketing channel has no intermediary between the company and its customers, such as a company selling through its own website or…
Correct answer: direct marketing channel- A. Two-level channel
- B. Three-level channel
- C. One-level channel
- D. Zero-level channel
Explanation: A producer selling through an agent, wholesaler, and retailer before reaching the customer uses three intermediary levels, so it is a…
Correct answer: Three-level channel- A. number of intermediaries
- B. types of intermediaries
- C. responsibilities of channel members
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Channel alternatives may differ in the number and type of intermediaries used and in the duties assigned to each member.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. channel coordination
- B. channel conflict
- C. channel trade release
- D. channel distributive rights
Explanation: Channel coordination means aligning all channel members so they cooperate toward a shared objective.
Correct answer: channel coordination- A. marketing channel system
- B. predatory channel system
- C. discount channel system
- D. quotation channel system
Explanation: A marketing channel system is the particular combination of channels a company uses to move its products to customers.
Correct answer: marketing channel system