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General Merchandise Wholesaler
Wholesale format represented by distributors that carry broad but shallow product lines and who mostly offer their services to smaller general merchandise retailers such as convenience stores.
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General Merchandisers
A category within the products carried classification of retailers that includes retailers who carry a wide range of product lines though the number of different items within a particular product line is generally limited.
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Generic Branding (also No-Name Branding)
A branding strategy, common to commodity products, that essentially creates a brandless product offering basic product features and low price.
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Geographic Pricing
A form of standard price adjustment that, in general, increases the initial price to customers within certain geographic areas to cover increase costs to the marketer such as transportation costs, taxes and tariffs.
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Good Customers
Those who hold the potential to undertake activities offering long-term value to an organization that not only includes purchasing products but also providing additional support for the marketer (e.g., offer feedback, act as word-of-mouth advertisers)
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Goods
In marketing this represents a type of product that consists of tangible items (i.e., can be felt, tasted, heard, smelled or seen) that marketers offer to satisfy the needs of their customers.
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Group Membership
A component of the external influences on consumer buying behavior that represents people and organizations with which a person shares certain characteristics and which may influence a persons purchase decisions.
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Growth Stage of PLC
Stage within the Product Life Cycle which occurs when a product is widely accepted and often reaches rapid growth characterized by a large percentage sales increase over previous periods.
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Guarantee
Assurance offered by a marketer that the product will perform up to expectations or the marketer will support the customer’s decision to replace, have the product repaired or accept a return for a refund.
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