NATURE OF MARKETING :- Most of us are confused about nature and scope of market. They are of the opinion that the terms nature of marketing and scope of marketing are synonymous and as such there is no difference between them and thus they must be studied, under one and the same heading. But actualy there is wide difference between the term concept and scope. The term nature indicate the nature of the subject-matter and whereas the term scope indicate the activities included in it. Here we shall confine our study to nature of marketing only. The nature of marketing or modern marketing may be studied under the following heads: 1. Human Activity: Originally, the term marketing is an human activity under which human needs are satisfied by human activities. It is a human action for human satisfactions. Under the nature of marketing, a business or market exists to satisfy human needs. 2. Consumer-oriented : Since a business exists to satisfy human needs, hence business m...