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LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO)
AFTER READING CHAPTER 10, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
LO1
Explain the product life-cycle concept.
LO2
Identify the ways that marketing
executives manage a product’s life
cycle.
LO3
Recognize the importance of branding
and alternative branding strategies.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES (LO)
AFTER READING CHAPTER 10, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
LO4
Describe the role of packaging,
labeling, and warranties in the
marketing of a product.
LO5
Recognize how the 4 Ps framework is
expanded in the marketing of services.
103
GATORADE: BRINGING
SCIENCE TO SWEAT
104
FIGURE 10-1 How stages of the product life
cycle relate to a firm’s marketing objectives
and marketing mix actions
105
FIGURE 10-1A Stages of the product life
cycle and its total industry sales and total
industry profit
106
FIGURE 10-1B How stages of the product
life cycle relate to a firm’s marketing
objectives and marketing mix actions
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LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
INTRODUCTION STAGE
Product Life Cycle
Stimulate Trial
Primary Demand
Selective Demand
Skimming Strategy
Penetration Pricing
108
FIGURE 10-2 Product life cycle for the
stand-alone fax machine for business use:
1970-2014
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LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
GROWTH STAGE
Rapid Sales Growth
More Competitors
Repeat Purchasers
New Features
Broad Distribution
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LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
MATURITY STAGE
Industry/Product
Sales Slow
Profit Declines
Product Differentiation
Fewer Competitors
1011
LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
DECLINE STAGE
Industry/Product
Sales Drop
Environmental Changes
Deletion
Harvesting
1012
LO1
MARKETING MATTERS
Will E-Mail Spell Extinction for Fax Machines?
1013
LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
FOUR ASPECTS
Length of the Product Life Cycle
Shape of the Product Life Cycle
• Generalized Life Cycle
• High-Learning
Product
• Fashion
Product
• Low-Learning
product
• Fad
Product
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FIGURE 10-3 Alternative product life cycle
curves based on product types
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LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
FOUR ASPECTS
The Life Cycle and Consumers
• Diffusion of Innovation
Innovators
Late Majority
Early Adopters
Laggards
Early Majority
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FIGURE 10-4 Five categories and profiles of
product adopters (diffusion of innovation)
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LO1
CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
FOUR ASPECTS
The Life Cycle and Consumers
• Barriers to Adoption
Usage
Value
Risk
Psychological
1018
LO2
MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
ROLE OF A PRODUCT MANAGER
Product/Brand Manager Responsibilities
• Product Life Cycle
• New Product Development
• Marketing Program Implementation
• Data Analysis
CDI
BDI
1019
LO2
USING MARKETING DASHBOARDS
Knowing Your CDI and BDI
Category Development Index (CDI) and Brand Development Index (BDI)
1020
LO2
MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
MODIFYING THE PRODUCT OR MARKET
Product Modification
• Product
Bundling
• New
Characteristics
Market Modification
• Finding New
Customers
• Increasing a
Product’s Use
• Creating a New
Use Situation
Dockers
Ad
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LO2
MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
REPOSITIONING THE PRODUCT
Product Repositioning
Reacting to a Competitor’s Position
Reaching a New Market
Catching a Rising Trend
1022
LO2
MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
REPOSITIONING THE PRODUCT
Changing the Value Offered
• Trading Up
• Trading Down
• Downsizing
1023
LO2
MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS
Consumer Economics of Downsizing—
Get Less, Pay More
1024
LO3
BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT
Branding
Brand Name
• Logotype (Logo)
Trade Name
Trademark
® ™
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