A financial services firm has several loyal customers who conduct business with them exclusively. However, the company has noticed that this customer group is the least profitable for the company, and in some cases, it increases their losses when engaging in business with this group. Which of the following customer groups is being referred to in this scenario?
A) butterflies
B) true friends
C) strangers
D) barnacles
E) cash cows
Answer: barnacles
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- What is a company's Cultural Macroenvironment?
- What events have caused an increase in interest in Ethics and Social Responsibility?
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- Which countries have strong consumer protection laws?
- What have more govt. regulations on technology provoked?
- What does new technology create?
- What is the Good, Bad and Ugly of the Technological Environment of a company's Macro-Environment?
- What are Natural Environment "enlightened" firms responding to consumer demands with?
- What are the three important trends in the natural environment that Marketers should be aware of?
- What was the Earth Decade and when did it occur?
- What are the two dimension so fthe Natural Environment of a company's macroenvironment?
- Marketers consider income distribution by separating society into four economic classes, what are they?
- What are some of the major historical US economic trends?
- What are the two extremes of the Economic Environment of a company's Macro-Environment?
- What is the challenge in the analysis of the Economic Environment?
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- More educated people will lead to an increase in demand for.
- How many Americans telecommute?
- What are some of the population shifts that have occured in the US over the past 25 years?
- Why do population shifts, interest marketers?
- What is the single most important demographic trend in the US?
- What do Marketers need to keep track of?