Porters Five Forces Model of Competition
Michael Porter (Harvard Business School Management Researcher) designed various vital frameworks for developing an organization’s strategy. One of the most renowned among managers making strategic decisions is the five competitive forces model that determines industry structure. According to Porter, the nature of competition in any industry is personified in the following five forces: Threat of […]
Definition of International Retailing
Ever since International Retailing started getting recognition in the industry, several academicians as well as Industry experts have tried to come up with exact definition. The attempt to define International Retailing raised a legitimate question as to what exactly the retailers were internationalizing. Unless the correct fact was established, there could be no right definition. […]
Relationship Management and Green Marketing
The world attention once again has turned to Durban where the countries are meeting to try and resolve the crises that our World is facing today in terms of Global warming and Energy crisis. Environmental protection as well as Prevention of cruelty to Animals too have been global agendas making news all the time. Though […]
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Software and Its Importance
CRM or Customer Relationship Management is a system that caters to the management of a firm’s interactions with past, present, and future customers. The CRM software integrates the entire customer relationship cycle by automating sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support. CRM software is a solution that automates the disparate and discreet aspects of the […]
Porters Five Forces Analysis of the Airlines Industry in the United States
Five Forces Analysis Porter’s Five Forces analysis is a useful methodology and a tool to analyze the external environment in which any industry operates. The key aspect about using Porter’s Five Forces for the airline industry in the United States is that the airline industry has been buffeted by strong headwinds from a host of […]
Concept testing is the process of testing new or hypothetical products or services before they are launched. The testing is intended to screen a number of concepts to identify the strongest ones for progression, to improve/refine the base product or service proposition, and/or to forecast their likely success.
Concept testing is mainly used for go/no-go decision for a new product. This decision itself may have several aspects. Below are some examples of situations in which this study finds its usage:
The process of concept testing involves stages such as defining the goal of the study, choosing the sample population, deciding upon a survey format, communicating the concept, measuring consumer response and interpreting the results. Hence the steps are synonymous of most marketing research methods that we had seen in the previous modules.
The expected outcome of the study is to capture the consumer purchase intent. Broadly the questionnaire designed for the survey has 3 main sections though they can vary depending on the product and the research company.
Screener questions are asked to ensure that only valid responses are processed. Let us consider that a company wants to launch a new battery operated scooter/electric bike for college going students (new market).
An important question in the demographics section should be:
If the student stays within 5 miles of the campus, he might not need the scooter at all. Similarly, if he stays too far away, a scooter might not be the optimum mode for commuting. So again, the student must be eliminating while consolidating the results.
Also known as communicating the concept, the new product idea is described to the respondents using several techniques such as:
After describing the product by using one of the applicable methods mentioned above, the purchase intention of a potential consumer can be checked by using a simple likert scale:
❏ Definitely won’t purchase
❏ Probably won’t purchase
❏ Not sure
❏ Probably would purchase
❏ Definitely would purchase
Sources of Error in tested results
Though concept testing predicts the acceptability of a new product fairly accurately, the results may be skewed either positively or negatively in the following situations:
In a nutshell, the goal of concept testing is to develop, refine and nurture new product and service initiatives around solid consumer insights with a view to reducing the probability of failure and increasing the probability of a successful launch and in-market performance.
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