ECON344 Lecture 3: CH 11 NOTES
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Introduction stage: sales grow slowly and profit is minimal. Due to large investment costs in product development. Stimulate trial (the initial purchase of a product by a consumer). Goal is to first create primary demand and later stimulate selective demand for a specific brand: skimming pricing strategy: help the company recover the costs of development as well as capitalize on the price intensively of early buyers. Growth stage: characterized by rapid increases in sales. Competitors appear and more aggressive pricing results: ales i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)ease due to (cid:862)(cid:396)epeat pu(cid:396)(cid:272)hases(cid:863) people who tried the product, were satisfied and bought again, changes start to appear in the product. Maturity stage: characterized by a slowing of total industry sales or product class revenue. Decline stage: sales and profits begin to drop. Technological innovation often precedes: deletion: d(cid:396)oppi(cid:374)g a p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)t f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455)"s p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)t li(cid:374)e, harvesting: when a company retains the product, but reduces marketing support costs.