Marketing and the Market 3.1

This includes:

3.1 Marketing and the Market

  • 3.1.1 The role of marketing
  • Identifying customer needs
  • Satisfying customer needs
  • Maintaining customer loyalty
  • Building customer relationships
  • Anticipating changes in customer needs
  • 3.1.2 Understanding market changes
  • Why consumer spending patterns may change
  • Why some markets are becoming more competitive
  • How businesses can respond to changing spending patterns and increased competition
  • Calculate market share
  • 3.1.3 Mass markets and niche markets
  • Concepts of mass markets and niche markets
  • Advantages and disadvantages of mass markets and niche markets
  • 3.1.4 Market segmentation
  • How markets can be segmented according to: age, income, location, gender, lifestyle
  • Advantages and disadvantages of market segmentation

Minimum Time = 40 minutes