Consumers Do Not View All Soft Drinks as Identical to One

question 63

Multiple Choice

Consumers do not view all soft drinks as identical to one another. Some prefer Coca-Cola, while others will only drink Pepsi-Cola. Still others will not drink either cola and drink only non-caffeinated soft drinks. What term refers to the marketplace condition in which consumers do not view all competing products as identical to one another?

• A) product differentiation
• B) product variation
• C) market segmentation
• D) perceptual differentiation

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