MARKET is palace where buyers and
sellers get together to exchange
products and services. Markets consist
of customers, competitors and
distributors
FREE MARKET is where the government
makes no attempt to intervene through
taxes, subsides or legislation
LOCAL MARKETS are where the two
parties to a transaction are based within
the same area in the same country
For example, hairdressers,
plumbers
NATIONAL MARKETS are where the two
parties to a transaction are based in
different areas within the same county
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS are
where the two parties to a
transaction are based in different
countries
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
markets are markets that
involve businesses selling to
other businesses.
BUSINESS TO
CONSUMER
markets are markets
that involve
businesses selling to
the general public.
DEMAND is the quantity that
customers are willing and able to
purchase at a particular price over a
given period of time
Factors like price of product
and service, customers income,
the cost of borrowing and
seasonal factors would affect
demand
MARKET SEGMENTATION involves
dividing the market up into customer
groups with similar needs and common
characteristics, focuses on a particular
segment in the market
GEOGRAPHIC
involves
dividing the
population on
the basis of
where people
live
DEMOGRAPHIC involves dividing
the population according to a range
of personal characteristics, for
example, age, gender.
PSYCHOGRAPHIC involves
classifying people according to
psychological differences, for
example, attitudes, beliefs etc
BEHAVIOURAL
involves
classifying people
based on their
actions, for
example, end use
of the product
MARKET SIZE is the
total sales of all
producers within a
market,
Calculated by assessing
whether the market is growing
or declining, found through the
internet and other sources
MARKET GROWTH is
the percentage increase
in the sales value of the
total market
increase or decrease
sales volume of total
market / original sales
value of total market X
100
MARKET SHARE is the
sales , in terms of value,
achieved by one
particular business