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Chapte R ONE: Consumer Behavior: Meeting Changes and Challenges
Chapte R ONE: Consumer Behavior: Meeting Changes and Challenges
Learning Objectives
1. To Understand What Consumer Behavior Is and the Different Types of Consumers. 2. To Understand the Relationship Between Consumer Behavior and the Marketing Concept, the Societal Marketing Concept, as Well as Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning. 3. To Understand the Relationship Between Consumer Behavior and Customer Value, Satisfaction, Trust, and Retention. 4. To Understand How New Technologies Are Enabling Marketers to Better Satisfy the Needs and Wants of Consumers.
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Consumer Behavior
The behavior that consumers display in searching for, purchasing, using, evaluating, and disposing of products and services that they expect will satisfy their needs.
Production Orientation
From the 1850s to the late 1920s Companies focus on production capabilities Consumer demand exceeded supply
Sales Orientation
From the 1930s to the mid 1950s Focus on selling Supply exceeded customer demand
Marketing Concept
1950s to current - Focus on the customer! Determine the needs and wants of specific target markets Deliver satisfaction better than competition
Discussion Questions
1. What two companies do you believe grasp and use the marketing concept? 2. Why do you believe this?
Discussion Questions
1. What products that you regularly purchase are highly segmented? 2. What are the different segments? 3. Why is segmentation useful to the marketer for these products?
Successful Relationships
Value, Satisfaction, Trust, and Customer Retention Value
Customer Satisfaction Customer Trust Customer Retention Defined as the ratio between the customers perceived benefits and the resources used to obtain those benefits Perceived value is relative and subjective Developing a value proposition is critical
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Discussion Questions
How does McDonalds create value for the consumer? How do they communicate this value?
Successful Relationships
Value, Satisfaction, Trust, and Customer Retention Value
Customer Satisfaction Customer Trust Customer Retention The individual's perception of the performance of the product or service in relation to his or her expectations. Customer groups based on loyalty include loyalists, apostles, defectors, Slide Chapter One 23
Successful Relationships
Value, Satisfaction, Trust, and Customer Retention Value
Customer Satisfaction Customer Trust Customer Retention
Establishing and maintaining trust is essential. Trust is the foundation for maintaining a long-standing relationship with customers.
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Successful Relationships
Value, Satisfaction, Trust, and Customer Retention Value
Customer Satisfaction Customer Trust Customer Retention The objective of providing value is to retain highly satisfied customers. Loyal customers are key They buy more products They are less price sensitive Servicing them is cheaper Chapter One Slide 25
Top 10 Ranked U.S. Companies in Terms of Consumers Trust and Respect of Privacy Table 1.2
Top 10 Companies American Express eBay IBM Amazon Johnson & Johnson Hewlett-Packard U.S. Postal Service
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Make only what you can sell instead of Use technology that enables customers trying to sell what you make. to customize what you make. Do not focus on the product; focus on the need that it satisfies. Market products and services that match customers needs better than competitors offerings. Research consumer needs and characteristics. Focus on the products perceived value, as well as the need that it satisfies. Utilize an understanding of customer needs to develop offerings that customers perceive as more valuable than competitors offerings. Research the levels of profit associated with various consumer needs and characteristics.
Understand the purchase behavior Understand consumer behavior in process and the influences on consumer relation to the companys product. behavior. Realize that each customer transaction Make each customer transaction part of is a discrete sale. an ongoing relationship with the customer.
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