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Discussion 1

A product is something which is either brought or sold. It may be either physical or virtual. A product plays an important role in the life of a company.  It is the one which decides the future of the firms in the market. There are many stages in the life of the product right from its production to sale. Also there exist many factors we should consider before releasing the product into the market. We will now mainly focus our reach on the new products in the market and various aspects related to t in brief. New products are those which are released into the market in the latest and may be they are either update to the existing product or completely new one. With the help of new products the firms can be able to reach the maximum public. Also it is one of the best ways to update the products as per the reviews of the customers. New products and administrations are the lifeblood of any organizations. Without them, the firm will face its decline stage and either kicks the can or is acquired by some other firm. Society is all around served by the continuous existence of these organizations from crafted by the individuals who works there (who are also one of the purchasers), and the enduring assistance for society as far as taxation and CSR strategies. Firm have little chances yet they can create and sustain if they want to move from survival to advancing.  Without this, there is no any other reason for them to invest their cash for the new products or administrations. In any case, if the new products or administration offers exceptional values, then customers will adhere to it. These products may strengthen the company by offering enough new values to generate additional income on sales, yet they are hardly beneficial to society. The product life cycle is the process a product encounters from when it is first introduced into the market until it declines or is ousted from the market. Once a product has been created, the principal stage is its introduction stage. In this stage, the product is being open to the market... the follows the development stage of the product. Then the maturity stage arises where the products sales drop or even stop. Then the decline stage where the product performance is declined gradually. The dispersion of product explains how, after some time, an idea or product gains power and diffuses (or spreads) through a particular population or social framework. New product development assists companies with diversifying target customer ranges and expands into new market segments. At the point when you're ready to launch a new product, a marketing strategy can assist you with connecting your customers to the new products before they are distributed by building interest and intensity around the product.

References:

Iacobucci, D. (2018).  Marketing management. 5th ed. Cengage Learning

Discussion 2:

New Products and Innovation

In modernized marketplace innovation and new products acts as an instrument for growth. Innovation is a process which explores to build, swap, grow, and administer advanced concepts to produce goods and services that anticipate and commit to lead victory and achievement for a firm. This acts as guide for the firms to contribute appropriate budget for R&D and introduce new innovating strategies for new products and services for the survival of the firms and sustain competition. Customer satisfaction plays a crucial role in the success and growth of a product, as the prime reason for innovating and introducing the new product is to satisfy and benefit them and expect revenues. A new product development involves idea generation, screening, market potential, concept testing, design, and development, and launch or commercialization. Every product has four stages common in their life cycle they are introduction, growth, maturity and fall stages. Innovation theory is a process which demonstrates and convey how, why, and at what rate idea or product or technology attains strength and spreads over in the society or specific market resulting in accepting the idea or product which facilitates in success of the firm. The relation between new product and marketing strategy is to decide a way to attain the targeted customer and transform them to prospective customers by proper planning, targeting, assembling, marketing, and launching the new product or service. Global markets are continuously emerging resulting in competitive environment associated with new product or technology or service, price, competitors etc., for surviving and attaining success firm should come with new strategies and innovative ideas to tackle the challenges and attain new opportunities for growth (Iacobucci, 2018, pp. 109-126).

Aging first influence the capacity of product presence in market over time resulting in deprivation of product type in competing market. Firms will look for new and updated versions or new product line to replace or modify the old product to raise the revenues, competence which help in sustaining of the company. Environmental factors like cultural, economic, demographic, physical, technological, or political environment will influence advancement, improvement, success, and survival of a firm internally and externally. China produces several new products which are easy to use and are available at low prices which acts as a competitive factor for many companies even the quality is not up to standards. The key components that impact the progress of greener products and highlight innovation of new product according to current environment and its life cycle management. The issues faced in the product cycle, improvements to be made and helps to resolve them in the future for better understanding (Paulo et al, 2016, pp 4547–4567).

Johnson & Johnson has established the key assets and skills required to succeed in business and have defined its distinct competitive advantage, so it needs to communicate in a strategic form that will attract market share as well as defend it. J&J plans in development of personalized drugs that work best on specific genetic profiles. Continued smart purchasing of companies with complementary products, by this there is a certain increase in pressure to move to generic drugs and will have stiff competition, so need to keep one step ahead of other competitors. As there are a wide range of products with good quality there are repeated and loyal customers. More amount on R&D and always comes up with new products to sustain the market (Lee, 2019, pp. 155-171).

Google maps continuously transformed its web design in the last 13 years and also contains buttons graphic presentation, layout and the changes in the website functionality and the modifications and constant improvement in google maps application for desktop computers and laptops, mobile application. The results of the study validate the altercation that it is feasible to acclimate the current theory of continuous change, to the demand of internet cartography, to make it user friendly, evaluation of google maps and other internet maps. Several changes like increasing the intuitiveness, transition from buttons with subtitles to pictorial representations, user friendly desktop, laptops and mobiles, full-screen view, screen resolution, etc, (Horbiński et al, 2019, pp. 177-190).

Apple is one of the leading brands in the world that have innovative approach in all their products with new updates every year. I would like to see a virtual reality headset from apple as new product line because with its approach on new technology it can be leader in that product. The current trends on virtual headset has increased because it has been widely used to many industries and by household purposes as it gives the 360o view and real feeling of the atmosphere. When the requirement meets with innovative thinking it can move to next level with better experience with the product.