WHAT WOULD YOU SELL?

What products do you think

should be sold through the
Spirit Box?

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PRODUCT
A good, service, or idea that is created as a result
of a process and satisfies a want or need.
o Products can be goods or services:
Goods are tangible
Services are intangible

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FEATURES & BENEFITS

Features are attributes of a product.

Benefits are the advantage or value of that

attribute to the customer.

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EXAMPLE

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
The creation of products with new or different
characteristics that offer new or additional
benefits to the customer.

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CREATING NEW PRODUCTS

Developing a new, innovative or original idea to
fulfill customer needs or wants.
Products with different characteristics involves
modifying or changing an existing product to
meet a need or want of the target market.

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CHECK POINT
Explain Target Market.

Why are new products based around customer

needs/wants?

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT &

AUTOMATED RETAILING
What things might be different in automated
retailing from traditional
product development?

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CASE STUDY
ZoomShops Taking Flight in
Airports and Beyond

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PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES
Product Opportunity Gap POGoccur when theres
a gap between what is currently offered in the market
and the opportunity for new or modified products as a
result of emerging trends.
o Products successfully fill this gap when they meet
customer expectations and are perceived as useful
and desirable.

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EXAMPLE

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IDENTIFYING PRODUCT
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Conduct market research to identify need or
gap.
2. Evaluate the current market.
3. Identify the current problem.
4. Determine how to solve the problem.

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ACTIVITY
Identify a product opportunity gap for the
automated kiosk (Spirit Box).

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TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE
PRODUCT IDEAS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Involve everyone in generating ideas

Involve customers in the process
Involve customers in new ways
Involve new customer groups
Involve suppliers

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ACTIVITY
Develop a template for an online suggestion box
for SBE employees and a template for an online
discussion board for customers.

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ACTIVITY
Revise your automated retail product selection list
from the Bell Ringer based on the information from
this lesson. Identify the criteria by which you
selected those products.
Fill in your products on the plan-o-gram.

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QUIZ
Concept of Product and Product Development in
Automated Retail

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