Omnibus survey a regular survey usually operated by a market research specialist company which asks questions of respondents for several clients on the same questionnaire.
Operant conditioning the use of rewards to generate reinforcement of response.
Opportunity a situation favourable to the achievement of the organization's objectives, usually characterized by unfulfilled customer demand, the organization being in a position to meet that demand and the relative
weakness or total absence of competition.
Opportunity cost that which is foregone in the pursuit of a given strategy.
Order point the level of inventory at which re-ordering is advisable to avoid stock-outs caused by the lead-time to resupply.
Order-creators salespeople who do not receive orders directly as they talk to specifiers rather than buyers.
Order-getters salespeople who attempt to get customers to place an order directly.
Order-takers salespeople who respond to already committed customers.
Organizational salespeople salespersons whose role is to maintain close long-term relationships with organizational customers, often involved in team selling
Overt power play the use of visible, open kinds of power tactics.
Own label retailer's own brand
Own-label brands brands created and owned by distributors or retailers.