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business and finance marketing and advertisingWhat is it called when a new product or new chain steals customers and sales from older existing ones it is referred to as?
When a new product or a new retail chain steals customers and sales from older existing ones of an organization, this is referred to as. Cannibalization.
Furthermore, what is product cannibalization?
In marketing strategy, cannibalization refers to a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product as a result of the introduction of a new product by the same producer.
In this way, how do you stop cannibalization?
There are six specific steps you can take to avoid cannibalization:
- Determine the specific markets each product fits into.
- Analyze the potential market demand for a proposed new product in terms of the potential net income the product represents.
Cannibalization Rate is the percentage of new product's sales that represents a loss of sales of existing product.
- Cannibalization Rate = Sales loss of existing product / Sales of new product.
- Sales of new product's taken from existing product = 60% * 70 units.
- Sales of existing product after cannibalization = 38 units.