In: Economics
For each of the following pairs of firms, explain which firm would be more likely to engage in advertising.
a. a family-owned farm or a family-owned restaurant
b. a manufacturer of forklifts or a manufacturer of cars
c. a company that invented a very comfortable razor or a company that invented a less comfortable razor
a. a family-owned restaurant - a restaurant needs customers on a daily basis, whereas a farm usually needs to have ties with sellers who sell their product to the supermarkets.
b. a manufacturer of cars - cars are used commonly by the masses, so advertising would increase the sales exponentially. For forklifts, it's not used commonly, and caters to the construction sector and hence, a word of mouth would be enough.
c. a company that invented a very comfortable razor - they'll have some reality to their adverisements, and would sell their razors around the 'comfortable factor' as the USP.