MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING MARKET SEGMENTATION When it comes to marketing strategies‚ most people spontaneously think about the 4P (Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ Promotion) – maybe extended by three more Ps for marketing services (People‚ Processes‚ Physical Evidence). Market segmentation and the identification of target markets‚ however‚ are an important element of each marketing strategy. They are the basis for
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7.1 Target Market The target market for Fitness Network is the youth‚ students‚ and working populations. They are the majority groups that are health conscious and will frequent gyms in Singapore. This is said because research has been done and studies have shown that since they are youth‚ they have a lot of time on their hand and they are willing to pay the extra money to fill their time by doing something useful. Also parents would gladly agree to give money for them to join the gym because it
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INTRODUCTION After a rapid development over the past 10 years‚ the music market is currently undergoing significant changes. These changes are caused not only by marketing competition but also by the challenges from external marketing environment. The entertainment industry kept growing for years and as the business grew‚ the competition also increased. There has also been an increase in the sales of music online. Selling online made it cheaper for customers and as a result many preferred to buy
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome‚ 1997 This publication has previously been issued as ISBN 92-851-1005-3 by the FAO Regional Office for Africa. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country‚ territory‚ city or area or of its authorities‚ or concerning the delimitation
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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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Market Structures Objectives: To define market and market structures To describe the differences of the different market structures Market We usually think of a market as a place where some sort of exchange occurs; however‚ a market is not really a place at all. A market is the process of exchanging goods and services between buyers and sellers. Ruffin & Gregory (1997) defines a market as an established management that brings buyers and sellers together to exchange particular goods and
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a. Contestability of a market Contestability of a market means the degree of contestability for a market. The more contestable a market is‚ the closer it to the perfectly contestable market. Contestable market means that in the market‚ the existing companies will behave competitively and a competitive price could be existed even in a monopoly or oligopoly. A perfectly contestable market has no barriers to entry and exit the market‚ potential entrants could entry market without sunk costs. “Hit
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Market Efficiency Extended Essay In this extended essay I will address a number of key issues in relation to market efficiency. I will define market efficiency and describe the three different forms of market efficiency which consist of; weak-form efficiency‚ semi-strong form and strong-form efficiency. I will also outline the characteristics of market efficiency. I will then define what a mutual fund is and compare and contrast an open-ended
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According to wikipedia‚ a market may be of a variety of different systems‚ institutions‚ procedures‚ social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade and goods and services are exchanged‚ forming part of the economy. The basic concept of market is any structure that allows the exchange of goods‚ services and information. In market there are the buyers and the sellers. Markets vary. There are financial markets‚ prediction markets‚ and so on. Market can be seen in two ways: as a study of
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First of all‚ we need to analysis the macro environment of castle. In this section‚ I will use PEST and Porter’s five forces to discuss. External environment comprises factors which are common to all firms in the industry (Blythe‚ 2009). PEST analysis stands for "Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological analysis" and describes a framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Political UK government’s policy support it. The
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