the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling.
A public gathering held for buying and selling merchandise.
A place where goods are offered for sale.
A store or shop that sells a particular type of merchandise: a vegetable market.
The business of buying and selling a specified commodity: the soybean market.
A market price.
A geographic region considered as a place for sales: grain for the foreign market; the West Coast market.
A subdivision of a population considered as buyers: cosmetics for the upscale market.
An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.
The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.
The opportunity to buy or sell; extent of demand for merchandise: a big market for gourmet foods.
An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.
The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.
v.
mar·ket·ed, mar·ket·ing, mar·kets
v.
tr.
To offer for sale.
To sell.
v.
intr.
To deal in a market.
To buy household supplies: We marketed for a special Sunday dinner.
[Middle English, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *marcātus, from Latin mercātus, from past participle of mercārī, to buy, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money [syn: selling]
2.
the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"
3.
shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"
The activities of a company associated with buying and selling a product or service. It includes advertising, selling and delivering products to people. People who work in marketing departments of companies try to get the attention of target audiences by using slogans, packaging design, celebrity endorsements and general media exposure. The four 'Ps' of marketing are product, place, price and promotion.
Investopedia Commentary
Many people believe that marketing is just about advertising or sales. However, marketing is everything a company does to acquire customers and maintain a relationship with them. Even the small tasks like writing thank-you letters, playing golf with a prospective client, returning calls promptly and meeting with a past client for coffee can be thought of as marketing. The ultimate goal of marketing is to match a company's products and services to the people who need and want them, thereby ensure profitability
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