decline

Marketing

(noun)

The stage of the product life style where low/negative sales growth, lower profits, and maximum competition occur, forcing the product into decline and 'death'.

Sociology

(noun)

downward movement, fall

Related Terms

  • positive adult development
  • stasis

Examples of decline in the following topics:

  • Declining Pronouns: Subjects and Objects

  • Decline in International Trade

  • The Decline of Ancient Egypt

  • Decline of the Yuan Dynasty

  • The Decline of European Democracy

  • Decline of the Ottoman Empire

  • Decline of the Tang Dynasty

  • First and Second Declension

    • In these the Masculine is declined like hortus, puer, or ager, the Feminine like porta, and the Neuter like bellum.
    • Most adjectives in -er are declined like sacer.
    • The following however, are declined like tener: asper, rough; lacer, torn;līber, free; miser, wretched; prōsper, prosperous; compounds in -fer and -ger; sometimes dexter, right.
  • Decline

    • During decline, sales growth becomes negative, profits decline, competition remains high, and the product ultimately reaches its 'death'.
    • A decline in sales volume as competition becomes severe, and popularity of the product falls;
    • However, the market became saturated after 2000 and went into decline.
    • The PC is still used all over the world, but its popularity has declined dramatically.
    • Identify the characteristics of a product in the decline stage of the product life cycle.
  • Urban Decline

    • Urban decline is the process whereby a previously functioning city or neighborhood falls into disrepair.
    • Though scholars can identify factors that contribute to urban decline, it is notoriously difficult to explain precisely why one urban area slips into decline and another with similar circumstances does not.
    • In some ways, urban decline is an inevitable result of urbanity itself.
    • Economic decline tends to lead to urban decline.
    • An example of deindustrialization and urban decline in the United States is Detroit.
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