Across
- 3. marketing: Marketing strategies aimed at specific customers with the goal of getting the customer to take action - order a product online, buy an item via a social media site, visit a store or clip a coupon. Catalogs, loyalty program offerings and targeted emails are examples of direct marketing.
- 6. Eager to do better than others.
- 8. The process of paying off debt, such as a car loan or mortgage.Assess needs and interest: The process of determining what someone is interested in purchasing and why.
- 9. Marked by regularity or always behaving in the same way.
- 11. An accounting practice where the cost of a physical asset, such as a piece of equipment, is spread over its useful life.
- 13. The activity of producing paid advertisements for commercial products and services.
- 14. Satisfactory or acceptable in quality and/or quantity.
Down
- 1. Businesses with similar products and/or services that compete for the same customers. These can be classified as direct, indirect or replacement competitors.
- 2. Something done intentionally
- 4. A business that has shareholders through publicly traded stock, and usually has centralized decision-making for its multiple store locations. Corporate-owned retailers include large chains such as Walmart, Kroger, and Target.
- 5. Discouraged someone from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
- 6. People who purchase goods or services from a business. Also known as shoppers.
- 7. Customers need and/or willingness to buy a certain product or service.
- 10. Competitors: Retailers that offer the same product or service with the goal of selling it to the same audience. An example is Apple’s iPhone vs. Samsung’s Galaxy; they are similar phones from different companies, aimed at the same audience.
- 12. A conflict or variation between, as between facts, figures, or claims. Differences.