Please note that this is one article on the consumer products classification system, which discusses why this classification system is helpful. There are also other articles on this website that discuss how products are classified and how the system guides marketing mix decisions – also please refer to Related Topics below.Most marketing textbooks will classify […]
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In marketing textbooks, when discussing the product mix, it is common to present a classification system for consumer products. Typically, the four following categories are utilized to classify consumer products, and as shown in the below diagram:Convenience productsShopping productsSpecialty productsUnsought productsConvenience productsConvenience products are those products that consumers purchase on a frequent basis – perhaps
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The consumer products classification system is a model commonly presented in most marketing principles textbooks in the product mix chapter. This model classifies as consumer products into one of four classes, namely:Convenience productsShopping productsSpecialty productsUnsought productsThere are numerous articles discussing the consumer products classification system on this website, please refer to Related Topics at the
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The importance of product in the marketing mixMarketing textbooks typically list all four elements (that is, the 4P’s) of the marketing mix equally in their diagrams. However, these textbooks usually structure product as the first chapter of the marketing mix. This clearly indicates there is some hierarchy to the importance of products in the overall
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In marketing terms, the word “product” essentially refers to anything that the organization sells to the market. As you can guess, a product is an output of the firm’s production system. As a result, there is a general perception that a product is a physical good.But in marketing terms, a product can also be extended
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Brand personas are commonly used in customer journey mapping, but are generally helpful in most aspects of marketing strategy development. This is because a brand persona – which is a representation of the typical customer in a target market – helps the firm more clearly understand the consumer.Generally firms will develop multiple brand personas –
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Using Brand Personas in Customer Journey MappingA fundamental principle of modern day marketing is to segment the market and select appropriate target markets. For more information on the market segmentation process, please refer to the market segmentation study guide.Target markets are smaller parts of the overall market, where consumers are grouped into sets of similar
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As suggested by the name, a customer journey is the progression of a consumer (initially a non-customer of a brand) in their journey to becoming a customer of the brand.
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Three main phases of a customer journeyCustomer journeys, particularly for high involvement purchases, may take years to lead to a purchase decision. For example, a young consumer buying their first brand new car would have years of experience of seeing cars, seeing promotional campaigns and product placement, being involved in discussions regarding motor vehicles, using
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A nice, easy-to-remember customer satisfaction definition is: customer satisfaction is a consumer’s perception of how well an organization has delivered on their communicated value proposition.
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