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Understanding the Marketplace
and Customer Needs
•States of deprivation
•Physical—food, clothing, warmth, safety
•Social—belonging and affection
•Individual—knowledge and self-expression
Needs
•Form that needs take as they are shaped by culture
and individual personality
Wants
•Wants backed by buying power
Demands
Customer Needs, Wants, and Demands