Marketing and Sales Questions

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Promotions and promotion mix :

What about the budget? We want our promotional campaigns to be cost effective enough. I don’t think we can afford celebrity endorsements as of now!

Answer

No problem. We can use network marketing as an alternative. The company already has its strong network of customers who can spread the word about its products. They can encourage referral rewards for say every three customers who will buy our product or avail our service.


We can also announce a contest for the customers to buy the product and win a chance to get himself broadcasted for the product advertisement. We can ask them to send in their photo along with the contest application form which they get alongwith the product they buy. So we don’t have to pay them as we would otherwise have to pay to a celebrity.

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What is market risk?

Answer

It refers to the possibility for an investor to experience  losses due to  factors that affect the overall performance of the financial markets. Market risk cannot be eliminated through diversification, though it can be hedged against. The sources of market risk include natural disasters, recessions, political turmoil, changes in interest rates and terrorist attacks.

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Controlling marketing activities :

What is profit ability control?

Answer

Profitability control is a mechanism of monitoring the sales made, profits earned and expenditure incurred by a company. The relative profit earning capacity of a firm’s products and consumer groups can be determined via profitability control. Sometimes surpisingly, it may be found out by companies how a small proportion of their products and even customers actually account for a significant percentage of the company’s profits. This can be achieved through profitability control. At times when the companies earn surplus profits, then such profits may even be ploughed back or reinvested. This also forms part of profitability control.

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Designing pricing strategies and programs :

How do buyers respond to price changes?

Answer

Depending upon the increase or decrease in price rates, buyers may respond accordingly. Some buyers may assume that quality of the product may have reduced to to reduction in price or that the company may not be selling the product as per expectations. The other assumption that buyers may make is that prices may go down in the future and so may delay purchase. On the other hand increased price may lead to a decrease in demand as the product may be more costly for the consumers who may switch to another seller offering similar products at lower prices.

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Q:

When backed by buying, power wants become

A) demands B) physical needs
C) exchanges D) social needs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) demands

Explanation:

When backed by buying, power wants become demands. 

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The systematic risk of the market is measured by

A) alpha B) beta
C) gamma D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) beta

Explanation:

Beta is the measurement of the systematic risk of the market.

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Managing retailing, wholesaling and market logistics :

What is logistics management?

Answer

Logistics management is the part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customer's requirements.


 


 

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Which of the following is an example of market failure?

A) Prices do not reflect the full social cost of production B) A firm goes out of business because it cannot find a market for its products
C) Prices rise so that the consumers cannot afford the products they want to buy D) Producer surplus is maximized
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Prices do not reflect the full social cost of production

Explanation:

Prices do not reflect the full social cost of production is an example of Market failure.

 

A market failure occurs when the supply of a good or service is insufficient to meet demand. This results in an inefficient distribution of resources among market participants.

It also occurs if externalities are not accounted for.

If a firm fails to maximize its profits this is not a general market failure.

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