In the marketing communication process, the sender works with a creative department, either an in-house marketing department or an external agency, who receives the information and transforms it for use. Here, the creative department is the _____.
When Lily, a travel agent, she sells an expensive vacation package, she encourages the customer to buy travel insurance, which provides reimbursement in case of trip cancellation due to illness or another emergency. Jordana is trying to reduce her customers'_____ risk.
Talyn Cosmetics sells high-end cosmetics that are coveted by women, but are priced out of the budgets of most average buyers. Talyn wants to enter the Arian market and is conducting market research to identify the market segment on which it should focus its strategy. Researchers send out a questionnaire to a vast pool of potential customers in Aria and analyze the results. Which of the following questions should research analysts focus on to identify the target segment?
The place aspect of the marketing mix typically involves interactions between the marketer and _____.
Which of the following best describes a lagged effect?
Fly, a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor heaters, has production facilities that are not running at their full capacity because of piled up inventory. Fly offers a discount to retailers who purchase heaters while the weather is still warm, because the cold months are still at least three months away. Based on historical sales data, Digimart, a retailer, picks up 200 heaters from Fly at a discount of 30% on the usual price. This scenario is an example of a(n) _____.
Which of the following is considered the second "E" in 4E framework?
Mustard, a manufacturer of audio systems, is the market leader in the audio equipment segment in the U.S., a fast-growth market. Its flagship product, Zeus, a high-end audio entertainment system, holds 30% of the market share in its segment, barely a year after its release. Zeus can be classified as a _____ in the BCG matrix.
Pluto Inc. creates a new software and promotes it through facebook and other similar networking sites. The company is attempting to create interest and is currently in the first stage of the 4E framework. In this scenario, the company is using social networking to create_____.
Which of the following is true of an administrative marketing channel?
