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Category
Definition
Nature
Benefit
Modification
Altering a product feature
Same number of product lines
and products
Combining the new with the
familiar
Line extension
Adding more variety
Same number of product
lines, higher number of
products
Segmenting the market by
offering more choice
Diversification
Entering a new business
New product line, higher
number of products
Spreading risk and
capitalizing on opportunities
Remerchandising
Marketing change to create a
new impression
Same product, same markets
Generating excitement and
stimulating sales
Market extension
Entering a new market
Same products, new market
Broadening the base
Table 7.2: Categories of new products
Categories of new products
New products come in many different forms. This diversity can be
reduced to varying degrees of technological and marketing newness.
In terms of increasing degrees of technological change, you may
want to distinguish among modification, line extension, and diversification.
Table 7.2 presents the differences among these five categories of new
products and points out the benefits of each.
Combined approach for new product categories
Rarely will the five categories of new products presented here be
used separately. They lend themselves to combined applications for
maximum impact. Moreover, you will probably want to avail yourself of a package approach to maintain steady growth in a rapidly
changing environment.
Line extension, for example, is often used with remerchandizing or
market extension. Diversification is often combined with market
extension. For increasing degrees of marketing newness, you can
differentiate between re-merchandizing and market extension.
The use of one category does not preclude the application of other
approaches at the same time, possibly within the same market. What
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