ENGLa Vocabulary

Companies & Industries / Marketing / International Marketing / Job satisfaction / Management styles / Managing across cultures / Communication

Companies & Industries / Marketing / International Marketing / Job satisfaction / Management styles / Managing across cultures / Communication


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market penetration

the activity or fact of increasing the market share of a product; or: a product’s sales volume as a percentage of the total sales volume of competing products

market segmentation

subdividing a market into clearly definable smaller groups of customers

purchasing

behaviour buying habits

questionnaire

a set of questions that a lot of people are asked

retailer

person or business that sells goods to the public

sales forecast

the expected level of a company’s sales

signature products

a company’s most important products; also: products which bear a company’s logo

STEP

analysis sociological, technological, economic, political

survey

an investigation into the opinions etc. of a particular group of people; to run/conduct a survey

SWOT

analysis strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

USP

unique selling proposition; a special claim a company makes about a brand or product which sets it apart from its competitors

webcast

a media file distributed over the internet (using streaming media technology)

wholesaler

a person or business selling goods in large quantities (usually to retailers)

(un-)aspiring

(not) hoping and trying to be successful at something (esp. your career); verb: to aspire to

discerning

showing good judgement about the quality of sth (e.g. discerning customers)

domestic home

(the domestic market)

mature

of a market: a market that has reached a state of equilibrium (where there is no significant growth or innovation)

to appreciate

to recognise the good qualities of sb or sth; noun: appreciation

to empower

to give sb the power or authority to do sth; noun: empowerment; adjective: empowering

to enhance

to further increase the god quality, status etc. of something; noun: enhancement

to enrich

to improve the quality of sth, often by adding sth to it; noun: enrichment

to look after

to take care of

to promote

to move sb to a more senior job

to resign

to state formally that you are leaving a job permanently; noun: resignation

to retain

here: to pay money regularly to someone so that they will do work for you; noun: retention

to threaten

(sb with sth) to say that you will cause trouble, hurt etc. if you do not get what you want; noun: a threat; adjective: threatening

absenteeism

the fact of being frequently absent from work: “a low rate of absenteeism”

advancement

progress in your career (e.g. “this company offers great opportunities for advancement”)

appraisal

evaluation

assignment

a task that sb is given to do; verb: to assign sth to sb

benefits

here: advantages you get from a company in addition to the money you earn

diversity

here: the quality or fact of including many different people; adjective: diverse

flexitime

a system in which employees can choose when they start an finish work each day; also: flextime

fringe benefits

something that you get in addition to your salary, for example free health insurance

incentive

something that makes you want to do something or work harder

morale

the amount of enthusiasm people feel about their situation at a particular point in time

perks

an extra payment or benefit you get in your job

red tape

unnecessary bureaucracy

recognition

here: praise and reward

redundancy

the situation when sb has to leave their job because there is no more work for them: “Thousands of workers are facing redundancy.” To be made redundant: to be sacked/laid off. “She was made redundant last year.”