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Acquire foundational knowledge of marketing-information management to understand its nature and scope. Marketing Indicator 1.03. The Impact of Marketing Information on Marketers. Marketing research is used when a business needs to solve problems.
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Acquire foundational knowledge of marketing-information management tounderstand its nature and scope Marketing Indicator 1.03
The Impact of Marketing Information on Marketers • Marketing research is used when a business needs to solve problems. • Helps answer questions about what to produce, at what price to sell the products, who will buy the products, and how to promote the products • Helps businesses plan their future operations to increase sales and profits. • Understand markets. • Companies keep track of what happening in current markets.
Ways Marketers Use Marketing Information • Analysis----the process of summarizing, combining, or comparing information so that decisions can be made. • Report • Examples include • Planning a promotional budget. • Effectiveness of one retailer in a channel of distribution. • Costs of marketing activities for national and international activities. • Example: Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine—13 years of market research • Develop product • Test package design • Hold pilot sales in large cities • Track what is happening in current markets • Determine major competitors • What major competitors are offering • Which products consumers prefer • Customer satisfaction with product
Information about customers that is monitored for marketing decision-making. • Demographic data (age, gender, ethnicity) • Buying habits (time of day, repeat products, amount spent—full price or on sale, types of products) • Ex: Diapers and beer purchased by men on Thursdays and Saturdays • Ex: Saturday is day most people do major grocery shopping • Credit record • Job • Income level • Marital status • Customer requests (what products or varieties are requested that you don’t carry) • Receipts (is a certain neighborhood or ZIP code frequenting your establishment more than others)
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