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100

This brand was started by Carla when she was 24 years old.

What is Running On?

100

Carla started Running On with this as her product segmentation strategy.

What are high-end running shoes?

100

Starting out Carla established a set of parameters for her customers, what do we call this?

What is market segmentation?

100

Carla could easily expand her reach by improving this?

What is her website?

200

This brand focused their promotion and product lines on specific target markets.

What is Footlocker?

200

After selling shoes, Carla expanded into this product line.

What is athletic wear?

200

What dimension does Carla focus on for segmentation?

What is behavior?

200

Carla could just focus on this because she has a reasonable profit and a good base of repeat customers.

What is customer value?

300

Carla started off by emphasizing this brand's running shoes resulting in good volume, good margins, and attractive profits.

What is Nike?

300

Even with a broadened product line, this happened to Carla's sales.

What is flattened out?

300

When Carla expands her offering of products, she is changing what?

What is product mix?

300

Carla learned about a company that offers this type of program but it involves $7,000 in costs.

What is a custom-made program?

400

Name any of the four designers who have entered the women's athletic wear business.

What is Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, or Georgio Armani?

400

When Carla expanded her product offerings, she changed this?

What is product market?

400

If Carla were to expand her web presence she would be changing what?

What is marketing-mix.
400

This is Carla's orientation.

What is product-orientation?

500

This massive retailer has expanded its assortment of athletic shoes- and it offers rock-bottom prices.

What is Walmart?

500

In 2018, Carla tried an experiment with selling this kind of product?

What are custom-made shoes?

500

These types of customers are Carla's target market.

What are serious runners?

500

The way that Carla can improve sales over competitors is through what?

What is differentiation?