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Stars
Cash cows
Dogs
i. individual products
Introduction Growth
Decline Maturity
4. Dominant share
Dogs characteristics`
1. Unattractive
4. No real potential
Stars characteristics
3. Although the product generates income it is countered by high spending on marketing the
product
1. Cash from the cash cows should be used to support the stars
2. Inadequate funding of stars will lead to a fall in the market share and eventually will cause it to
become a problem child
3. As the market matures stars will become cash cows and eventually question marks.
4. Question marks should be funded to become stars otherwise they should de dropped.
Dogs should be milked for cash but probably it may be better to discontinue th
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