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*Chapter Fourteen
Developing and Pricing Goods and Services
Copyright © 2010 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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*Product Development and the Total Product Offer
• According to the American Marketing Association, value is a foundation of marketing.
• Value -- Good quality at a fair price.
• Adapting products to new markets is an ongoing challenge.
• Product development is a key activity in any modern business.
DEVELOPING VALUELG1
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• Internet service
• Cell phone service
• Cable television
• Discount apparel
• Haircuts and coloring
• Fast-food
PRODUCTS “UNTOUCHABLE” by SPENDING CUTS
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Product Development and the Total Product Offer
Source: www.bigresearch.com.
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• Luxury handbags
• Satellite radio
• Specialty apparel
• High-end cosmetics
• Facials
PRODUCTS “EXPENDABLE” by SPENDING CUTS
LG1
Product Development and the Total Product Offer
Source: www.bigresearch.com.
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• Let’s Dish and Dream Dinners provides a service where customers prepare meals then bring them home.
HOME COOKING in HALF the TIMESpotlight on Small Business
• The companies provide a place to meet, has supplies and relieves the stress and mess for its customers.
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*Developing a Total Product Offer
• Total Product Offer -- Everything consumers evaluate when deciding whether to buy something.
DEVELOPING a TOTAL PRODUCT
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• Products are evaluated on many different dimensions, both tangible and intangible.
• Marketers must think like and talk to consumers to find out what’s important.
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*POTENTIAL COMPONENTS
of a TOTAL PRODUCT OFFERLG1
Developing a Total Product Offer
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*Product Lines & Product Mix
• Product Line -- A group of products that are physically similar or intended for a similar market.
• Product lines often include competing brands like:
- M&Ms
- Peanut M&Ms
- Mint M&Ms
- Dark Chocolate M&Ms
UNDERSTANDING PRODUCT LINES
LG1
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*Product Lines & Product Mix
• Product Mix -- The combination of all product lines offered by a manufacturer or service provider.
• Product mixes like Proctor & Gamble’s can be extensive:
- Laundry detergent
- Cosmetics
- Diapers
- Potato chips
- Bar soap
The PRODUCT MIX
LG1
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*Product Differentiation
• Product Differentiation -- The creation of real or perceived product differences.
• Marketers use a mix of pricing, advertising and packaging to create different images. Examples include:
- Bottled water
- Aspirin
- Fast-food
- Laundry detergent
- Shampoo
DIFFERENTIATING PRODUCTS
LG2
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*Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
• Convenience Goods and Services -- Products consumers purchase frequently with minimal effort.
• These include:
- Candy and snacks
- Gas
- Milk and eggs
CLASSIFYING CONSUMER GOODS and SERVICES LG2
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*Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
• Shopping Goods and Services -- Products consumers buy only after comparing value, quality, price, and styles. These include:
- Clothes and shoes
- Appliances and furniture
- Childcare
- Home remodeling
CLASSIFYING SHOPPINGGOODS and SERVICES LG2
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*Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
• Specialty Goods and Services -- Products with unique characteristics and brand identity.
• These include:
- Tiffany jewelry
- Rolex watches
- Lamborghini automobiles
- Ritz Carlton Hotels
CLASSIFYING SPECIALTYGOODS and SERVICES LG2
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*Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
• Unsought Goods and Services -- Products consumers aren’t aware of or haven’t thought of buying until they need them. These include:
- Car-towing services
- Funeral services
- Renter’s insurance
CLASSIFYING UNSOUGHTGOODS and SERVICES LG2
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• How would you classify these consumer products?- Beautyrest mattress
- Honda Accord
- McDonald’s Big Mac
- Rolls Royce automobiles
- Oreo Cookies
- Harvard University degree
IDENTIFYING CONSUMER GOODS CLASSIFICATIONS
LG2
Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
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• Pet Rock - For $3.95 you could buy a gift-wrapped rock with eyes and a training manual.
• Garbage Pail Kids - Perhaps the grossest trading cards ever produced.
• Mood Rings - Wildly popular as the changing colors of the ring supposedly measured your mood.
• Chia Pets - Animal shaped clay figures that grew sprouts.
ODD PRODUCT IDEAS that WERE SUCCESSFUL
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Marketing Different Classes of Consumer Goods and Services
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*Marketing Industrial Goods and Services
• Industrial Goods -- Products used in the production of other products and sold in the B2B market.
• Industrial goods include:
- Installations
- Capital items
- Accessory equipment
- Supplies
- Service
CLASSIFYING INDUSTRIAL GOODS and SERVICES
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*Packaging Changes the Product
• Companies often use packaging to change and improve their basic product. Examples include:
- Microwave popcorn
- Tuna pouches
- McDonald’s green packaging
COMPANY USES of PACKAGING
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• Good packaging can also make a product more attractive to retailers.
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*Packaging Changes the Product
• To attract buyers’ attention
• Protect the goods inside and be tamperproof
• Describe and provide information about the product
• Explain the product’s benefits
• Provide warranty information and warnings
• Give an indication of price, value, and uses
SOME KEY FUNCTIONS of PACKAGING
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*Branding and Brand Equity
• Brand -- Name, symbol, or design that identifies the goods or services and distinguishes them from competitors’ offerings.
UNDERSTANDING BRANDING
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• Trademark -- A brand that has exclusive legal protection for both its brand name and design.
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*Branding and Brand Equity
• Manufacturers’ Brands – Brand names of manufacturers that distribute products nationally.
• Dealer (Private-Label) Brands -- Products that carry a retailer’s or distributor’s brand name instead of a manufacturer’s.
KEY BRAND CATEGORIES
LG4
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*Branding and Brand Equity
• Generic Goods -- Non-branded products that sell at a discount compared to manufacturers’ or dealers’ brands.
• Knockoff Brands -- Illegal copies of national brands.
KEY BRAND CATEGORIES
LG4
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*Generating Brand Equity and Loyalty
• Brand Equity – The combination of factors (awareness, loyalty, perceived quality, images, and emotions) that people associate with a brand name.
• Brand Loyalty -- The degree to which consumers are satisfied and are committed to further purchases.
ESTABLISHING BRAND EQUITY and LOYALTY
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• Volvo - Symbol for iron
• Lamborghini - Company founder’s was a Taurus
• Volkswagen - Product of an office contest
• Porsche - Coat of arms for city and state headquarters
ORIGINS of AUTOMOBILE SYMBOLS
LG4
Generating Brand Equity and Loyalty
Source: World Features Syndicate. 14-24
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*Generating Brand Equity and Loyalty
• Brand Awareness -- How quickly or easily a given brand name comes to mind when someone mentions a product category.
• Consumers reach a point of brand preference when they prefer one brand over another.
• When consumers reach brand insistence, they will not accept substitute brands.
BUILDING BRAND AWARENESS
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*Generating Brand Equity and Loyalty
• Brand Association -- Linking a brand to other favorable images, like celebrities or a geographic area.
• Brand Manager -- Person responsible for a particular brand and handles all the elements of the brand’s marketing mix.
BUILDING BRAND ASSOCIATIONS
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10 Most Valuable BrandsRankRank ProductProduct Brand Value Brand Value
(Billions)(Billions)
11 Coca-ColaCoca-Cola $67.00$67.00
22 MicrosoftMicrosoft 56.9356.93
33 IBMIBM 56.2056.20
44 GEGE 48.9148.91
55 IntelIntel 32.3232.32
66 NokiaNokia 30.1330.13
77 ToyotaToyota 27.9427.94
88 DisneyDisney 27.8527.85
99 McDonald’sMcDonald’s 27.5027.50
1010 Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz 21.8021.80Source: Business Week, August 7, 2006
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Best/Worst/Weirdest Car Brand Names
BestBest WorstWorst WeirdestWeirdest
Lamborghini DiabloLamborghini Diablo Volkswagon ThingVolkswagon Thing FSR Tarpan HonkerFSR Tarpan Honker
Ford MustangFord Mustang Honda That’sHonda That’s Mazda Bongo Friendee/ Mazda Bongo Friendee/
BrawnyBrawny
Mitsubishi ColtMitsubishi Colt Nissan CedricNissan Cedric Isuzu TractorIsuzu Tractor
Pontiac FirebirdPontiac Firebird Toyota ToyopetToyota Toyopet Mitsubishi Delica Space Mitsubishi Delica Space
GearGear
Rolls-Royce Silver Rolls-Royce Silver
ShadowShadow
Corbin SparrowCorbin Sparrow Suzuki Joy PopSuzuki Joy Pop
Dodge Coronet Super BeeDodge Coronet Super BeeSource: FT Weekend, November, 2005
Viral Ads
• Business Week Viral Ads
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*The New Product Development Process
The NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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• Product Screening -- Reduces the number of new products a firm is working on to focus on the most promising.
• Product Analysis -- Focuses on the cost estimates and sales forecasts to get an idea of potential profitability.
BRINGING NEW PRODUCTS to the MARKET
LG5
The New Product Development Process
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• Concept Testing -- Takes a product idea to consumers to test reactions.
BRINGING NEW PRODUCTS to the MARKET
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The New Product Development Process
• Commercialization -- Promoting the product to distributors and retailers and developing the promotional campaign.
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Product Life Cycle (PLC)
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*The Product Life CycleSALES and PROFITS DURING
the PRODUCT LIFE CYCLELG6
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*PROFITS BEYOND the GRAVE
Top Earning Deceased Celebrities LG6
Celebrity Earnings Year of Death
Elvis Presley $52 Million 1977
Charles Schultz $33 Million 2000
Heath Ledger $20 Million 2008
Albert Einstein $18 Million 1955
Aaron Spelling $15 Million 2006
Dr. Seuss $12 Million 1991
John Lennon $9 Million 1980
The Product Life Cycle
Source: Forbes, www.forbes.com/deadcelebs.
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*Competitive Pricing
• Achieving a target return on investment or profit
• Building traffic
• Achieving greater market share
• Creating an image
• Furthering social objectives both short-run and long-run
PRICING OBJECTIVES
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*Competitive Pricing
• Cost-based pricing measures cost of producing a product including materials, labor, and overhead.
• Target Costing -- Making the final price of a product an input in the product development process by estimating the selling price consumers will pay.
• Competition-Based Pricing -- A strategy based on what the competition is charging for its products.
PRICING STRATEGIES
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• Choco-Logo saw its costs increase dramatically in one year.
• The company cut back by using less expensive packaging and reducing the size of a box of chocolates.
WHEN SELLING SWEETS GOES SOUR
(Reaching Beyond Our Borders)
• Pricing is a process that’s never simple. You need to maintain high quality while cutting costs.
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*Break-Even Analysis
• Break-Even Analysis -- The process used to determine profitability at various levels of sales. The break-even point is where revenues equals cost.
• Total Fixed Costs -- All costs that remain the same no matter how much is produced or sold.
• Variable Costs -- Costs that change according to the level of production.
USING BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS
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Pricing Using Breakeven Analysis
ProblemProblem Should we charge $2 or $3 per unit?Should we charge $2 or $3 per unit?
CostsCosts Total Fixed CostsTotal Fixed Costs $400,000$400,000
Variable CostVariable Cost $ 1 per unit$ 1 per unit
Market Market Research Research ForecastForecast
Company can sell: 290,000 boxes at $2 / unitCompany can sell: 290,000 boxes at $2 / unit
210,000 boxes at $3 / unit210,000 boxes at $3 / unit
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$2 price = $2 price = $400,000$400,000 = 400,000 units to = 400,000 units to breakevenbreakeven
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$3 price = $3 price = $400,000$400,000 = 200,000 units to = 200,000 units to breakevenbreakeven
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$3 - $1$3 - $1
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AnalysisAnalysis
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*Other Pricing Strategies
• Skimming Price Strategy -- Pricing new products high to recover costs and make high profits while competition is limited.
• Penetration Price Strategy -- Pricing products low with the hope of attracting more buyers and discouraging other companies from competing in the market.
• Everyday Low Pricing (EDLP) -- Setting prices lower than competitors with no special sales.
PRICING ALTERNATIVES
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*Other Pricing Strategies
• High-Low Pricing -- Using regular prices that are higher than EDLP except during special sales when they are lower.
• Psychological Pricing -- Pricing products at price points that make a product seem less expensive than it is.
PRICING STRATEGIES of RETAILERS
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People Behind Product Innovation
• Liquid Paper – an American Secretary– Liquid Paper History
• Paper Clip – a Norwegian Patent Clerk• Fax Machine – a Scottish Clock Maker• Pencil Sharpener – French Mathematician?
– John Lee Love
• Ballpoint pen – a Hungarian Journalist– Ballpoint pen
• Eraser Head – English Chemist Source: World Features Syndicate
Review Only
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*Profile
• Ratan Tata introduced the $2,500 “People’s Car” in 2008.
• Tata Motors is part of the growing auto market in India - possibly the future’s largest market.
RATAN TATAThe Tata Group
• Tata expanded in 2008 by purchasing Jaguar and Range Rover from Ford.
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*PRODUCT INNOVATION DURING
the GREAT DEPRESSIONLG1
Developing a Total Product Offer
Source: BusinessWeek Small Biz.
Year Product
1929 Electric Razors
1930 Car Radios
1930 Supermarkets
1933 Chocolate Chip Cookies
1933 Laundromats
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• Timberland (U.S.A.) is putting a carbon label on its products.
• Tesco (U.K.) puts carbon labels on all products - including grocery bags.
• China and India, though, are building coal-powered plants and expanding car-use.
• The focus on climate change varies from country to country.
COULDN’T YOU MAKE a SMALLER FOOTPRINT?
(Thinking Green)
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*Progress Assessment
• List two short-term and two long-term pricing objectives. Can the two be compatible?
• What are the limitations of a cost-based pricing system?
• What’s psychological pricing?
PROGRESS ASSESSMENT
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*Progress Assessment
• What value enhancers may be included in a total product offer?
• What’s the difference between a product line and a product mix?
• Name the four classes of consumer goods and services and give examples of each.
• Describe three different types of industrial goods.
PROGRESS ASSESSMENT
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*Progress Assessment
• What six functions does packaging now perform?
• What’s the difference between a brand name and a trademark?
• Explain the difference between a manufacturers’ brand, a dealer brand, and a generic brand.
• What are the key elements of brand equity?
PROGRESS ASSESSMENT
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*Progress Assessment
• What are the six steps in the new-product development process?
• What’s the difference between product screening and product analysis?
• What are the two steps in commercialization?
• What’s the theory of the product life cycle?
PROGRESS ASSESSMENT
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