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In marketing, the whole product concept is the third iteration of a model originally developed by Philip Kotler, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In his book entitled “Marketing Management” Kotler drew attention to the fact that consumers purchase more than the core product itself. And ...
Kotler suggested that products can be divided into three levels: core product, actual product and augmented product. [3] The core product is defined as the benefit that the product brings to the customer. The actual product refers to the tangible object and relates to the physical quality and the design. [4]
A product with a successful customer value proposition is directly linked to a product's actual and sustained performance versus competition. The two main attributes that allow consumers to differentiate among products are price and quality. Finding the correct balance between these two attributes usually leads to a successful product.
In a large consumer products company, the marketing manager may act as the overall general manager of his or her assigned product. [12] To create an effective, cost-efficient marketing management strategy, firms must possess a detailed, objective understanding of their own business and the market in which they operate. [ 7 ]
Vertical product differentiation can be measured objectively by a consumer. For example, when comparing two similar products, the quality and price can clearly be identified and ranked by the customer. If both A and B products have the same price to the consumer, then the market share for each one will be positive, according to the Hotelling ...
Approaches through social, economic and individual factors, such as brand loyalty, have been considered [7] along with the more widely recognized geographic, psychographics, demographic and behavioral variables proposed by Philip Kotler. [8] Since a single product offered by a firm cannot satisfy the needs of all of the consumers, segmenting a ...
Social value: The extent to which owning a product or engaging in a service allows the consumer to connect with others. Psychological value: The extent to which a product allows consumers to express themselves or feel better. For a firm to deliver value to its customers, they must consider what is known as the "total market offering."
Kotler's concept of societal marketing suggested that for the well-being of society, deficient products should be eliminated from the market, pleasing and salutary products should go through a product modification process to acquire desirable status, by incorporating missing short term benefits into salutary products and long term benefits into ...