2:04 PM Page 222 CHAPTER 11 Market segmentation YORAM (JERRY) WIND and DAVID R. BELL All markets are heterogeneous. This is evident from observation and from the proliferation of popular books describing the heterogeneity of local and global markets. Consider‚ for example‚ The Nine Nations of North America (Garreau‚ 1982)‚ Latitudes and Attitudes: An Atlas of American Tastes‚ Trends‚ Politics and Passions (Weiss‚ 1994) and Mastering Global Markets: Strategies for Today’s Trade Globalist (Czinkota
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COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT Subject : Service Sector Management Topic : Market Segmentation (Partial fulfillment for T.Y.B.M.S Course (Semester V) for the year 2010-2011.) Prof In charge : Prof . Rishikesh Kangale () Sign: _________ MARKET SEGMENTATION Market Segmentation is defined as the process of splitting customers‚ or potential customers‚ in a market into different groups‚ or segments‚ within which the customers share a similar level
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Creativity‚ Technology and Innovation 4BUS1013 2011/12 Semester B Module Leader: Hajni Handler 1. Contact details for the module leaders (and teaching team) |Name |Room |Phone extension|E mail address |Office hours | |Hajni Handler |M235 |5762 |h.handler@herts.ac.uk |Monday 10-11am | |Leonor Silva de Mattos |M218 | |l
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Target Market Profile Consumer Review The Blackberry Torch 9800; the second touch screen smart phone produced by Blackberry but it also is the very first slider touch screen smart phone from Blackberry as well. The Blackberry Torch comes with the traditional as well as the latest smart phone features. Having the Torch to be the first Blackberry to run on the new and improved Blackberry OS 6 and powered by a 624 MHz processor along with the new style design outlook of the hardware‚ it attracted
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The basis of market segmentation: a critical review of literature. 1) Introduction Marketing has become vital ingredient for every business success. It has almost become difficult for every competitor to survive in market for a prolonged period because competition is cut to throat. That is why development of right marketing strategy over time is required. Right marketing strategy is something that helps companies to achieve marketing objectives. The strategy of dividing the market in homogenous
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Consumer Behavior MODULE 3 MARKET SEGMENTATION AND POSITIONING MODULE 3: MARKET SEGMENTATION AND POSITIONING ( 2 hours) 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Aggregate Marketing and Market Segmentation Target Marketing Market Segmentation Alternatives available for Segmentation Basis for Segmentation Targeting Positioning Introduction: The traditional way of doing business was Mass Marketing which meant offering a standardized product to all the consumers or the entire market. However‚ it was increasingly
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demographic segmentation bases are the most popular and practical segmentation bases. Kotler(1984‚ p. 255) states that “demographic variables are the most popular bases for distinguishing customer groups”‚ possibly because the ease with which this kind of data can be collected. Demographic segmentation divided the market into groups of basis variables which consists of age‚ sex‚ income‚ and social class. Age Consumer needs and want usually change with the time changed.Segmenting market by age often
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Burberry Target Market Wealthy business owners‚ CEOs and COOs and their spouses Worldly citizens Label and fashion conscious shoppers Celebrities Consumers seeking quality merchandise Younger professional 18-30 SHANGHAI TANG Current Market Segment Upper middle class Professional‚ Managers‚ Executives‚ Businessmen (PMEBs) Age:25-39 especially high-income chinese women between 30-35 Now attract Westerners who are interested in Chinese tradition PMEBs Lifestyle Spendthrifts‚ willing to spend up to
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Guinness and we researched there company website www.Guinness.com Q1) Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market up into different groups in order to create different products to meet specific needs. Guinness represents several layers of segmentation‚ youth‚ gender wealth and lifestyle. We feel that Demographic Segmentation is the most relevant to our chosen product Guinness. Demographic Segmentation divides the market into groups based on demographic variables such as age‚ gender‚ family
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MARKET SEGMENTATION Bases for Segmentation in Consumer Markets Consumer markets can be segmented on the following customer characteristics. * Geographic * Demographic * Psychographic * Behavioralistic 1. Geographic Segmentation The following are some examples of geographic variables often used in segmentation. Region: by continent‚ country‚ state‚ or even neighborhood Size of metropolitan area: segmented according to size of population Population density: often classified as urban‚
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