3.3.2: Understanding markets and customers

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Understanding markets, marketing analysis, market mapping, market research (quantitative/qualitative/primary/secondary), sampling, interpreting market data, IT for marketing, PED & IED, inferior goods, % change, test marketing
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Understanding the Market: (Is it a...) -Local market (local area it operates in) -National market (across the country) -International market (overseas) -Physical market (physical) -Electronic market (online)
Understanding the Market: (is the market...) -New -Growing -Saturated -Seasonal -B2B (business to business) -B2C (business to consumer)
What Do You Want To Find Out: -target audience -price points -competitors -likely demand
Market Analysis: (what do they need to analyse) market size market trends sales growth market growth market share market mapping
Market Mapping: compares two key features of products or trends that are important to customers e.g. price & quality (to see potential gaps in market and to compare their products to rivals)
Market Mapping: -identifies gaps -where close competitors are -how many competitors there are
Market Research: The collection, analysis and evaluation of data Quantitative: collection of numerical data Qualitative: more human data (opinions/ideas/attitudes/feelings)
Types of Market Research: (Primary) new information gathered first hand by the business itself Methods: -questionnaires -surveys -interviews -observations -focus groups Advantages: -reliable (specific to business/product itself) -time (up to date) Disadvantages: -might be expensive -interviewer bias
Types of Market Research: (Secondary) existing data and information gathered by someone else Methods: -internet (online research) -books -reports/studies (specific to business) -government publications -newspapers -reviews Advantages: -less time consuming -extensive (large sample) Disadvantages: -could be inaccurate/out of date
Sample: a group of respondents whose views, characteristics and behaviour represent the overall target market. a representative sample is required (similar characteristics e.g. age, income, gender, geography)
Sampling Methods: Random sampling: -anyone/everyone has equal chance of selection -respondents picked at random Quota sampling (most useful): -respondents represent your target market Stratified sampling: -population is divided into groups (strata's) -respondents selected randomly
Choice of Sampling Method/Size: Depends on: -time -cost -stage of life cycle (new/existing product) -market position (mass/niche) target audience and their characteristics
Advantages/Disadvantages of Sampling: Advantages: -Keeps costs down -saves time Disadvantages: -hard to get representative sample -interviewer bias may occur
Interviewer Bias: Dark/Milk chocolate: (None) Do you prefer dark or milk chocolate? (Irrelevancy) What's your favourite type of chocolate? (Bias) My favourite is milk chocolate, what's yours?
The Key to Valuable/Reliable Market Research: -representative of target market -large enough sample size -free from interviewer bias
Interpreting Market Data: -Correlation: how closely two variable link (positive/negative/no correlation, line of best fit) -Confidence intervals: a margin of error for sample results (the more representative the sample, the greater the confidence level, smaller interval) -Extrapolation: continuing past patterns or trends into the future (predicting sales trends based on past data)
Correlation Examples: +Research & development spending, innovation (no. new product launches) +Staff training, productivity/customer service quality +Consumer income, sales -Price increases, demand
Coefficient of Correlation: Positive (+!) Inbetween weaker and stronger correlation Negative (-1)
Using IT to Analyse Market Data: Advantages: -processed/analysed quickly -construct customer databases Disadvantages: -trends could be misunderstood -hard to analyse lots of information
Price Elasticity of Demand: (PED) the degree to which demand will change in response to a change in price % change in quantity demanded / % change in price = PED *>1 = ELASTIC (demand changes with price) e.g. chocolate *<1 = INELASTIC (demand relatively unresponsive to price) e.g. cigarettes
Price-Elastic Product: -Characteristic: undifferentiated (many competitors) -Price cut: sales rise, revenue rises -Numerically: between -1 & -5 or more Price rise: sales fall, revenue falls
Price-Inelastic Product: Characteristic: Differentiated (few competitors) Price cut: sales rise but not much so revenues fall Numerically: between -0.1 & -0.99 Price rise: sales fall but not by much so revenue rises
Extra Points: -If there is no direct competition, PED is lower meaning the price can be pushed up without losing too many customers -low price elasticity if there is high brand loyalty e.g. Coca Cola
Why know PED: -part of market analysis -identify how changes in price affect demand -forecast future demand in relation to price changes
% Change: (original figure - new figure / original figure) x100 = % change
Income Elasticity of Demand: (IED) the measure of what degree demand will change in response to change in consumer income % change in quantity demanded / % change in income *>1 = ELASTIC (demand changes with income) luxury goods e.g. holidays *<1 = INELASTIC (demand doesn't really change with income) necessities e.g. bread, milk *Unitary = income change is cancelled out by demand change
Inferior Goods: negative figure as demand will fall as income increases e.g. own brands are replaced with branded goods
Test Marketing: replicates all elements of a product launch to provide feedback of success without wasting a huge amount of money in investment Benefits: -sales results can be used to inform decisions -minimise risk as less cost wastage -generate feedback Drawbacks: -tastes in one area may not represent whole market -can be costly and time consuming -might give competitors time to respond

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