Market Segmentation ________________________________________ Targeting a segment of the market can be a powerful strategy. It’s the concentration of marketing effort to dominate a market niche. Market segmentation is the process of identifying and targeting groups of individuals who are similar to one another. Markets can be segmented in many different ways: by product or service needs‚ by sensitivity to price‚ by geographic area‚ by demographic segment‚ or by psychographics and lifestyles. Successful
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Marketing Segmentation Targeting‚ and Positioning Segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning together comprise a three stage process. (1) Determine which kinds of customers exist. (2) Select which ones we are best off trying to serve and‚ finally. (3) Implement our segmentation by optimizing our products/services for that segment and communicating that we have made the choice to distinguish ourselves that way. Segmentation involves finding out what kinds of consumers with different needs exist
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be done through market segmentation in order for the company to achieve their target. Market segmentation refers to a marketing concept which divides complete market into smaller segments. One market segment is totally distint from the other segment‚ therefore each company has to design a business tool or known as marketing mix that precisely matches the expectations of consumers in the targeted segments. All together‚ there are four basic market segmentation-strategies which are behavioral‚ demographic
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Product Positioning "Product positioning" is a marketing technique intended to present products in the best possible light to different target audiences. The method is related to "market segmentation" in that an early step in major marketing campaigns is to discover the core market most likely to buy a product—or the bulk of the product. Once segmentation has defined this group ("active seniors‚" "affluent professional working women‚" "teens") the positioning of the product consists of creating
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Positioning and repositioning Before positioning companies has to do segmentation and targeting. Segmentation is dividing the market into segments upon some set of criteria and evaluating the profitability of each segment Targeting is selecting one or more segments and going after them Positioning is how do you want your brand to be considered by consumers when compared to other competing brands. Positioning is based on product features such as color‚ price‚ fluffiness‚ quality of service
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Place Sony has an online presence in several formats‚ for example http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/home.do provides information on products and their prices. The site also has information on corporate applications for its offerings. Sony Product distributors that sell selling to VARs + System Integrators include: ASI Corp‚ Avnet Inc. and Bell Microproducts‚ Microland Electronics Corp. Wholesale distributors of Sony Products include but are not limited to : Best wholesale co. Ltd‚ Dongsheng
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Event Positioning Bachelor Paper I Submitted by: Juraj Melicher Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. THE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 HISTORY ORIGINS THE BIRTH OF THE INDUSTRY TRENDS WHAT IS THE EVENT? TYPES OF EVENTS 2.5.1 Size 2.5.2 Form or content 2 2 2 3 4 5 7 9 3. THE CONCEPT OF POSITIONING 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 STRATEGIC PLANNING THE AGE OF SAMENESS EVENT VS. PRODUCT POSITIONING‚ THE KEY TO BE FOCUSED AND DIFFERENTIATED THE MOST COMMON STRATEGIC APPROACHES TOWARD POSITIONING
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(Wikipedia‚ 2010). Markets Segments can be separated into: • geographic segmentations (i.e. their location)‚ • demographic/socio-economic segmentation (gender‚ age‚ income occupation‚ education‚ sexual orientation‚ household size‚ and stage in the family life cycle)‚ • psychographic segmentation (i.e. similar attitudes‚ values‚ and lifestyles)‚ • behavioral segmentation (i.e. occasions‚ degree of loyalty)‚ • product-related segmentation (relationship to a product) Which is the market segment of a company’s
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Strengths Substantial Brand Identity Sony is a corporate brand whose identity is deeply rooted and very well established in the minds of potential customers. The brand remains healthy despite dropping from 25th to 29 in name recognition according to InterBrands 2009 ranking. Interbrand valued Sony brand at $11 million Global Diversification Sony products and services are available throughout the world in approximately 200 countries and territories. The United States market accounted for 17.9%
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Nintendo’s Strategy in 2009: the Ongoing Battle with Microsoft and Sony Assignment Questions 1 What are the defining business and economic characteristics of the video game console industry? What is the industry like? What forces are driving changes in the video game console industry? 2 What is competition like in the video game console industry? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. Which of the five competitive forces is strongest? Which is the weakest? Would you characterise
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