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INTRODUCTION
Marketing is the process of
planning
and
executing
the
conception, pricing, promotion and
distribution of ideas, goods and
services to create exchanges that
satisfy individual and organisation
objectives.

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that helps organisation to discover
what
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MEANING
According to American
Marketing Association:
The systematic gathering,
recording and analyzing of
data about problems
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and services.

MEANING REDEFINE
American
Marketing
Association
redefined
Marketing research:
The function which links consumer,
customer, and public to marketer
through INFORMATION.
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Market Research:
Market research is only one
branch
of
the
marketing
information.
Market
means
actual
and
potential customers.
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Marketing Research:
Marketing research has wider
meaning and scope.
Marketing research is the
systematic
gathering,
recording and analyzing of
data
about
problems
connected with the market
place, i.e., problems relating
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1. Product
2. Price
3. Promotion
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MARKETING RESEARC
AREAS
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Managerial Decision
areas are covered
by research in:
1. Market
2. Marketing
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Market
segmentati
on
Dealer
behaviour
and
attitude

Forecastin
g of
business
conditions

Buyer
behaviour
and
attitude

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Manageme
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change in
turbulent
environme
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Forecastin
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Competitio
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warranty
Product
line

Packaging
research

Brand
namebrand
image
survey

Service
after sale

Produc
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resear
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Stylecolor,
shape,
size,
beauty

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Features
Features

Developin
g a new
product

Quality

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Price
level

Terms of
payment

Price
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Discount
and
allowanc
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Price
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Personal
selling

Public
relations

Promoti
on
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Sales
promotio
n

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Advertisi
ng and
Publishin
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Transportati
on
Inventory
levels and
locations

Sales
territories

Outlet
location

Warehousin
g

Produc
t
resear
ch
Distribution
coverage

Order
processing

Channel
choice

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After 1980, marketing research

culture gained recognition as a
vital tool of marketing
management due to the
emergence of buyers market
and growing competition in the
integral market to capture
customer demand and to
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increase market share.

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 Marketing research
played a minor role
under sales-oriented
marketing approach.

1975

In
the
consumeroriented
marketing
approach,
marketing
research played a major
role for the organisation.
Marketing
research
begins and ends with
customers.

Consumeroriented

After 1980, marketing

research culture gained
recognition as a vital tool
of
marketing
management due to the
emergence of buyers
market
and
growing
competition
in
the
integral
market
to
capture
customer
demand and to increase
market share.

No longer market
research is the poor
cousin of advertising.

1980

Advertising
agencies
have now turned to
marketing research.

No relation
to
Advertisin
g

Marketers in India
turning
to
market
research
agencies
to
assess consumer needs
and desires and then
formulate
marketing
plans and programmes
to meet the unmet
demand.

Globalisati
on

Research culture is an
integral
part
of
marketing.

Marketing research is an
important component of
marketing
information
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Focus of the India market research

agencies
are
Understanding consumers - The trends of the
customers are tracked by the market
research agencies. Their needs, perceptions,
projected demands are all studied and
marketing strategies are formed accordingly.
Investigating market - This method helps in
mapping the market conditions and demands
are estimated.

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Positioning strategies, product
strategies are formed accordingly after
taking into consideration the marketing

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Domestic
AAPOR: American Association for Public Opinion
Research (www.aapor.org)
AMA: American Marketing Association
(www.ama.org)
ARF: The Advertising Research Foundation
(www.amic.com/arf)
CASRO: The Council of American Survey
Research Organizations (www.casro.org)
MRA: Marketing Research Association (www.mranet.org)
QRCA: Qualitative Research Consultants
Association (www.qrca.org)

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RIC: Research Industry Coalition (www.research
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industry.org)

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International
ESOMAR: European Society for Opinion and
Marketing Research (www.esomar.nl)
MRS: The Market Research Society (UK)
(www.marketresearch.org.uk)
MRSA: The Market Research Society of
Australia (www.mrsa.com.au)
PMRS: The Professional Marketing Research
Society (Canada) (www.pmrs-aprm.com)

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ONLINE
MARKETING
RESEARCH
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Companies are increasingly collecting information

from their Web site visitors. Especially for
companies which sell over the Web, collecting
information about potential customers who have
Internet access is critical. This type of data
collection can serve a number of purposes:

Counting and describing Web site visitors in

order to customize Web site content to suit
their needs
Collecting additional information for customer
databases, which then may be used by product
development, sales, marketing, or service
departments
Receiving questions or suggestions regarding
the use of a product

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Receiving and answering complaints

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