market segmentation Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs (and/or common desires) as well as common applications for the relevant goods and services. Depending on the specific characteristics of the product‚ these subsets may be divided by criteria such as age and gender‚ or other distinctions‚ such as location or income. Marketing campaigns can then be designed and implemented to target these specific
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Introduction On August 03‚ 2005‚ Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas)‚ Germany’s largest sporting goods maker announced acquisition of the US-based Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $3.8 billion. The share prices of both the companies recorded an increase on the day of the announcement of the deal. The share price of Adidas increased by 7.4% from €147.52 on August 02‚ 2005 to €158.45 on August 03‚ 2005 on the Frankfurt stock exchange‚ while Reebok’s share price at the New York Stock Exchange rose
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Market segmentation allows businesses to satisfy the diversity in a resource-effective manner and is held up as the panacea of modern marketing (Dibb‚ 2001). Marketing segmentation is more and more vital for business in the modern time. This essay‚ therefore‚ tend to introduce the concept of market segmentation first‚ then and the merits and difficulties will be illustrated. Finally‚ different approaches are going to be demonstrated. Market segmentation is the process by which a diverse market
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Explain how and why groups of customers are targeted for selected products What is segmentation? Market segmentation is the division of a market into sub groups with similar characteristics. A business can then target these groups and develop products and services for each of them. There are several ways in which consumers can be split up into. These is geographically which includes location‚ demographically which includes gender‚ social class‚ age‚ income‚ ethnicity or religion‚ psycho graphically
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company or business to effectively respond to different customers needs and wants in order to increase sales‚ they make use of market segmentation. Market segmentation as defined by Kerin‚ author of Marketing‚ 10e; involves grouping potential customers who have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action. In further elaboration to define segmentation‚ if there is a demographic group of customers who are all on diets and are watching their weight (common needs/desires) and a business
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Marketing Segmentation Theory based on selling Oxygen bars 1) Demographic Consumer age‚ gender‚ income‚ occupation are considered to be the main factors for demographic segmentation. Other factors like race‚ religion‚ nationality is not emphasized here because product usage will be less affected by those factors. Currently‚ similar-functioned products available in the market have a wide consumer age base‚ ranging from 20+ to 50+. I believe that this age difference does reflect the difference in
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MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING MARKET SEGMENTATION INTRODUCTION: - The market for any product is normally made up of several segments. A ‘market’ after all is the aggregate of consumers of a given product. And‚ consumer (the end user)‚ who makes a market‚ are of varying characteristics user and buying behavior. There are different factors contributing for varying mind set of consumers. It is thus natural that many differing segments occur within a market. In order to capture this
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* Reebok went to pursue three multiproduct umbrella campaigns a. Television advertising during the 1988 Summer Olympics b. Television and print advertising with the tagline “Reeboks Let U.B.U.” c. Print advertising to introduce Reebok’s new performance feature‚ the Energy Return System * Didn’t know how involved it should be with Human Rights Now! World concert tour with Amnesty International * A lot of growth from 1982 and 1987‚ which resulted from… a. Broadening of existing
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foundation. Nike should promote more campaigns to stop hunger and poverty. 4. Threats - Strong competition from Adidas‚ Reebok and Puma. - Accusations of poor work conditions. - The increase of counterfeit products in overseas markets. Reebok Swot Analysis. 1. Strengths -Low manufacturing cost since the manufacturing chain comes from Asia were labor costs are low. -Since Reebok does not own the physical factories‚ production can be switch to another location if needed. - High return on equity
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Product Introduction: Chik Shampoo: Chik shampoo is a product of a Chennai based FMCG company Cavin Care. According to www.business-standard.com Article Chik mate by Gouri Shukla / Mumbai June 3‚ 2003 “Chik has become the second-largest shampoo brand — after fast-moving consumer goods giant Hindustan Lever Limited’s (HLL) Clinic Plus — in volume terms.” As per www.moneycontrol.com‚ “The shampoo sachet‚ which unlocked instant consumer recognition and cult-brand status for the company‚ today
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