B2B Marketing Demand Issues (Unit 2)
B2B Marketing Demand Issues (Unit 2)
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Derived Demand
• Derived demand is an economic term, describing the demand for a good / service,
resulting from the demand for an intermediate or related good / service.
• Example: Demand for ‘Milk Packaging Material’ (Plastic Packets, Tetra Packs), goes up if the
demand for ‘Milk’ goes up.
• It is a demand for some physical or intangible thing where a market exists for both
related goods and services in question.
• Example: Automotive industry requires outsourced components (Lubricants, Tires etc.). This type
of components also have an independent demand.
• The derived demand can have a significant impact on the derived good's market
price.
• Derived demand can be long term or short term.
• Example: Long term (Industrial Packaging Material), Short term (Seasonal Packaging Material)
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Examples of Derived Demand
• An early example of derived demand was the ’pick-and-shovel strategy’, which was
developed in response to correlating market forces.
• During the gold rush (US), the demand for gold prompted prospectors to search for
gold.
• These prospectors needed picks and shovels, as well as other supplies, to mine for
gold.
• It is arguable that, on average, those who were in the business of selling supplies to
these prospectors fared better during the gold rush than the prospectors did.
• The demand for picks and shovels was derived, to a large degree, from the demand
for gold at that time.
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Examples of Derived Demand
• A more modern example exists within the computer marketplace.
• As more business became dependent on technology and households expand home
computing capabilities, the demand for computers rises.
• Derived demand may be shown in the areas of computer peripherals, such as
computer mouse and monitors, as well as in the components required to produce
the computers.
• The components can include items such as motherboards and video cards, as well
as the materials used to produce them.
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Stimulating Demand
• Because of the nature of industrial demand, the influence of final consumer is being
recognized.
• One way which industrial marketers attempt to increase sales is by stimulating
increases in demand of ‘ultimate’ consumers.
• By directing advertising to ‘ultimate’ consumers, industrialists can often increase
consumer demand for final products, which in turn, increases their industrial sales.
• Industrial advertising to ultimate consumers is also a method of increasing goodwill
and achieving a favorable position with an industrialists immediate customers.
• Example: Washing Machines & Washing Powder, Motorcycles & Engine Oil
Suppliers
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Economic Linkages to Demand Studies
• Supply (Backward Linkages)
• Raw materials used
• Access to credit facilities
• Process of manufacture
• Level of technology use
• Availability of basic services such as electricity, water etc.
• Type of ownership
• Education and skill requirement
• Supply of labor
• Locational characteristics (home-based, open space, squatter settlements)
• Wages provided to laborers