The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments by John McMillan © 2013 All rights reserved The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments Successful companies almost all have a significant market share; it is rare for more than three or four companies to be truly successful in any segment of the market. It is not unusual for one company to dominate with every other company trying to catch up. Consider some examples. There are around three
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ShiMei Everette‚ Matthew Mosch‚ Jason Reed & Devard Wharton eHarmony Case Analysis Brief Introduction & Key Issues eHarmony in essence is an online personals service whose main clients are marriageminded individuals. The online client profile is an extensive relationship questionnaire along with a matching system and a guided communication system. It’s biggest competitor at the time of the article was Match. This online personals service was designed simply for people to seek out likeminded people with the same interest
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eHarmony’s strategy is based on targeting individuals who want to get married. It offers a detailed relationship questionnaire‚ a patented matching system and a guided communication system. The rest of the industry does not have such an extensive questionnaire leading to matching like-minded people with an intention of a serious relationship. The most important part of eHarmony’s business model is based on offering a very integrated system that includes a detailed Personality Profile‚ the results
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Analyzing Market Segments & Selecting Target Markets Introduction The credit card industry in Canada has been challenged since the recession started in 2008. There has been an increase in government regulation along with a spike in consumer bankruptcies. Due to the change in market forces‚ a number of smaller credit issuers like GE Money have exited the industry. Relevant to this paper is the media release announcing that effective January 7th‚ 2011‚ financing for the HBC credit cards
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eHarmony SWOT Analysis * Strengths * Well-defined competitive space (Marriage-Minded Singles)‚ Long-term compatability * Endorsed by Christian organizations * Able to convert active members to paying members 3 times as effectively than competitors * Distinguished by Personality profile and patented matching algorithm * Extensive Relationship questionnaire * Selective pool of singles (declinesd to sell memberships to at least 1 million people) *
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Central Issue In the new world of making a name for yourself‚ one of the most important characteristics of human culture has begun to be lost. Love‚ relationships‚ marriage‚ etc. have all begun to be swallowed by the notion that in order to be successful in this world‚ your full attention‚ time‚ and money must be put into your career. Before the 20th century‚ life was simple and universal. Men “brought home the bacon” while women stayed at home washing dishes‚ cleaning the house‚ raising children
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6. Segments and Targets TREK Corp. segments the market as follows. As our service requires innovation and taste from the customer‚ we are looking for specific purchase behavior of a customer that has an innovative spirit but that is also brand loyal. Our target customers are people that believe in their innovative and creative spirit. With our service‚ they will be able to fulfill their trendsetter-lifestyle‚ as well as having high-quality and personal furniture. We are aware that our products will
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Chapter 3: Market Segments and Customer Value 1. Market and Competitive Space * Market space * J. Co’s market space is the store/branch itself. This is where the transaction of a j.co employee/ seller and a customer happens. They both discuss the requirements (buyer) and the constraints of product and service deliver (seller). For example‚ a customer makes his or her order to the j.co crew‚ then pay and then the crew will inform and explain the process in getting her order. * Competitive
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together who eventually want to be married or at least have a long-term‚ committed relationship. Their company ’s founder‚ Dr. Neil Clark Warren‚ is an older‚ distinguished gentleman‚ whose focus is to put people together‚ and keep them together. eHarmony ’s member count is at about five and a half million‚ with more than 9000 marriages that they can confirm. Their clients tend to be college-educated‚ many with some secondary education. From a psychographic standpoint these are people who are looking
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What market segment (s) seems to be served by Subway? Why do you think so? Subway seem to be serving mainly young people. It’s positioned as a fast food chain that serves fresh food to it’s target customer mainly comprises of young individuals focused towards healthy diet. Majority of their target customer lies on this age group between 16-39. The tagline “Eat Fresh” highlighting the actual positioning the business has maintained. There are different segment of young people. First are the
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