Which branch of marketing is said to find ways to alter the pattern of demand through flexible pricing, promotion and other incentives?

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The correct option is 2:
Synchro Marketing is the specific branch of marketing management designed to tackle the problem of *Irregular Demand*. Irregular demand is a common market state where the need for a product or service fluctuates due to seasonal, monthly, daily, or even hourly variations, such as is the case for airlines, resorts, or public utilities. The core task of Synchro Marketing is to find ways to alter the pattern of this demand and harmonize it with the firm’s fixed capacity. Marketers achieve this synchronization by employing various techniques, most notably flexible pricing (offering lower prices during off-peak periods), selective promotion, and other non-monetary incentives to motivate customers to shift their purchasing habits away from peak times.

The incorrect option is 1:
Green Marketing is a strategy focused on the promotion of products or services based on their environmental characteristics and sustainability benefits. Its primary goal is to differentiate the product or brand by appealing to the growing segment of environmentally conscious consumers. Green Marketing is concerned with the product's ecological footprint, such as using sustainable materials or reducing emissions, and communicating these benefits truthfully to customers. It is a form of social marketing and does not specifically address the challenge of managing temporal fluctuations in demand.

The incorrect option is 3:
Holo Marketing is not a formally recognized or standardized term in the established taxonomy of marketing tasks related to demand states. This term appears to be a distractor. The closest formal concept is *Holistic Marketing*, which is a broad philosophy emphasizing that marketing should be integrated and encompass relationship, internal, integrated, and social responsibility aspects. However, it does not specifically pinpoint the activity of altering demand patterns using flexible pricing and promotion as its sole mission.

The incorrect option is 4:
Narrow Marketing is not a recognized term in the context of managing different states of demand. It may be used loosely to refer to *Niche Marketing* or *Concentrated Marketing*. These strategies are concerned with market coverage—where a firm focuses all its efforts on catering to a very small, specialized, and well-defined market segment that larger companies often overlook. Therefore, its function is about segment selection and focus, which is a strategic choice, not the tactical process of altering the *time-based pattern* of demand.