Customer Needs Flashcards
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What are the four customer needs in the Edexcel specification?
Price, quality, choice and convenience.
What does 'convenience' mean as a customer need?
How easy it is for the customer to buy and use the product — e.g. opening hours, location or online ordering.
What does 'choice' mean as a customer need?
Customers want a range of products, designs, sizes or options to pick from.
What does 'quality' mean as a customer need?
The product works well, lasts and meets the standard customers expect for the price paid.
Why does a business need to identify what price customers are willing to pay?
So it can set a price customers feel offers value for money but that still allows the business to make a profit.
Why is identifying and understanding customer needs important to a business?
It generates sales and supports business survival.
True or false? Profit is an example of a customer need.
False. Profit is a business aim; the customer needs are price, quality, choice and convenience.