Production
Operations
Accounting and finance
Management and distribution
Transporting products
Answering customer products
Implementing business plans
Developing budgets
Consumer had more choices
Prices were higher
Advertising became more common
Businesses could afford to compete
Preventing the waste of materials used to make products consumers won't buy
Monitoring the use of the resources
Informing citizens of available resources
Advertising new products
Lowering the cost of trade
Increasing the price of the products
Determining where products can be sold
All of the above
It affects the product's functionality
It identifies the consumers buying the product
Many consumers have the same attitude
Businesses need the demographic data
A general type of product
Specific brands of product
Lower prices
Shopping
Private enterprise
Competition
The profit motive
Value
Curves down
Appears straight
Curves up
Varies with the supply available
To move products from the producer to the consumer
To sell more products
To manufacture more products
To interest consumers in purchasing products