To be sure, âSunday Night Footballâ remains the most expensive program on TV for advertisers, commanding an average of $637,330 for a 30-second spot. But its ability to gain more from Madison Avenue remains in doubt. Last season, the average price of a 30-second ad in the show fell 0.8% to $623,425.
In other words, selling, marketing, and advertising costs are not part of getting the products ready to sell. Since these costs are not incurred solely for the purpose of manufacturing products, they are not considered product costs. By default, since these costs are not product costs, they are period costs.
Product Life Cycle Curve. The life cycle concept may apply to a brand or to a category of product. Its duration may be as short as a few months for a fad item or a century or more for product categories such as the gasoline-powered automobile. Product development is the incubation stage of the product life cycle. There are no sales and the firm prepares to introduce the product. As the product progresses through its life cycle, changes in the marketing mix usually are required in order to adjust to the evolving challenges and opportunities.