Consumer Goods Marketing and Business-to-Business (Industrial) Marketing

Consumer goods marketers sell to individuals who consume the finished product. Businessto-business marketers sell to other businesses or institutions that consume the product in
tum as part of operating the business, or use the product in the assembly of the final product they sell to consumers. Business-to-business marketers engage in more personal selling rather than mass advertising and are willing to make extensive adjustments in factors
such as the selling price, product features, terms of delivery, and so forth.For the consumer goods marketer, the various marketing components are relatively
fixed. In addition, consumer goods marketers might employ emotional appeals and are facedwith the constant battle of getting their product into retail outlets.