This document discusses product and service strategies. It defines key terms like product mix, product line, and individual product. It describes characteristics of a product mix like width and consistency. It also covers the product life cycle concept and stages (introduction, growth, maturity, decline). Marketing strategies are outlined for each stage. Limitations of the product life cycle model are presented. Product-line and product-mix strategies like increasing or decreasing line length are introduced. Branding strategies and ethical issues in product development are also addressed.

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After studying this chapter you
should be able to:
• Understand the different characteristics
of a product mix.
• Recognize the stages and
characteristics of the product life cycle.
• Identify appropriate marketing strategies
for products in different life cycle stages.

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• Describe the limitations of the product
life cycle concept.
• Discuss different product-mix and
product-line strategies.
After studying this chapter you
should be able to:

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Product Mix
• Product Mix:
– The total assortment of products
and services marketed by a firm.
• Product Line:
– A group of individual products that
are closely related in some way.
• Individual Product:
– Any brand or variant of a brand in
a product line.
• Product Mix:
– The total assortment of products
and services marketed by a firm.
• Product Line:
– A group of individual products that
are closely related in some way.
• Individual Product:
– Any brand or variant of a brand in
a product line.

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Product Mix Characteristics
• Product Mix Width:
– The number of product lines in the
product mix.
• Product Line Length:
– The number of products in a
product line.
• Product Mix Consistency:
– The relatedness of the different
product lines in a product mix.

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Product and Service Strategies

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Individual Product Strategies
• Product Life Cycle (PLC):
– Describes the advancement of products through
identifiable stages of their existence.
• Product Life Cycle (PLC):
– Describes the advancement of products through
identifiable stages of their existence.

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The Product Life Cycle

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The Product Life Cycle Concept
is Based on Four Premises
The Product Life Cycle Concept
is Based on Four Premises
Products have a
limited life.
Product sales pass through
distinct stages, each with
different marketing
implications.
Profits from a product
vary at different stages
in the life cycle.
Products require different
strategies at different
life cycle stages.

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The Diffusion Process
Innovators
(2.5%)
Early Adopters
(13.5%)
Early Majority
(34%)
Late Majority
(34%)
Laggards
(16%)

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The Diffusion Process

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PLC Stages and Characteristics

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PLC Length and Shape
Sales Sales Sales
TimeTime Time
Style Fashion Fad

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PLC Marketing Strategies
Stage Objective Marketing StrategyStage Objective Marketing Strategy
Introduction Awareness & trial Communicate benefits
Growth Usage of firm’s brand Specific brand communication,
lower prices, expand distribution
Maturity Maintain market share Sales promotion, drop price,
Extend life cycle expand distribution, new uses
& new versions of product
Decline Decide what to do Maintain, harvest, or divest
with product
Introduction Awareness & trial Communicate benefits
Growth Usage of firm’s brand Specific brand communication,
lower prices, expand distribution
Maturity Maintain market share Sales promotion, drop price,
Extend life cycle expand distribution, new uses
& new versions of product
Decline Decide what to do Maintain, harvest, or divest
with product

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Limitations of the PLC
1. The life cycle concept applies best to product
forms rather than to classes of products or
specific brands.
2. The life cycle concept may lead marketers to
think that a product has a predetermined life,
which may produce problems in interpreting
sales and profits.
3. It is only a descriptive way of looking at the
behavior of a product and the life cycle can
not predict the behavior of a product.
1. The life cycle concept applies best to product
forms rather than to classes of products or
specific brands.
2. The life cycle concept may lead marketers to
think that a product has a predetermined life,
which may produce problems in interpreting
sales and profits.
3. It is only a descriptive way of looking at the
behavior of a product and the life cycle can
not predict the behavior of a product.

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Product-Line Strategies
• Strategic Alternatives:
1. To increase the length of a
product line.
2. To decrease the length of a
product line.
• Strategic Alternatives:
1. To increase the length of a
product line.
2. To decrease the length of a
product line.

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Increasing the Product Line
• Downward-stretch Strategy
• Upward-stretch Strategy
• Two-way-stretch Strategy
• Line-filling Strategy
Cannibalization occurs when a new
Product takes sales away from
existing products.

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Decreasing the Product Line
• Product Line Contraction:
– Firms must consider deleting products
when:
• They are not successful.
• They reach the decline stage of PLC.
• Long product line marketing costs are
too high.

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Product-Mix Strategies
The Product Mix consists of all
product lines and individual products
marketed by the firm.

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Strategic Alternatives
Add New
Product Lines?
Delete Existing
Product Lines?

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Branding Strategies
Product Mix
Branding Strategies
Product Mix
Branding Strategies
Family Brand
Name Strategy
Family Brand
Name Strategy
Individual Brand
Name Strategy
Individual Brand
Name Strategy
Company
Name
Company
Name
Family Brands or
Product Types
Family Brands or
Product Types
Family & Individual
Brand Name
Family & Individual
Brand Name

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Ethical Issues in Product and
Service Strategies
• Is the product safe when
used as intended?
• Is the product safe when
misused in a way that is
foreseeable?
• Have any competitors’
patents or copyrights
been violated?
• Is the product safe when
used as intended?
• Is the product safe when
misused in a way that is
foreseeable?
• Have any competitors’
patents or copyrights
been violated?

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Ethical Issues in Product and
Service Strategies
• Is the product compatible with the
physical environment?
• Is the product environmentally
compatible when disposed of?
• Do any organizational
stakeholders object to the
product?
• Is the product compatible with the
physical environment?
• Is the product environmentally
compatible when disposed of?
• Do any organizational
stakeholders object to the
product?