in Great Britain 0160-7383/$30.00 doi:10.1016/j.annals.2004.05.001 MARKET SEGMENTATION A Neural Network Application Jonathan Z. Bloom University of Stellenbosch‚ South Africa Abstract: The objective of the research is to consider a self-organizing neural network for segmenting the international tourist market to Cape Town‚ South Africa. A backpropagation neural network is used to complement the segmentation by generating additional knowledge based on input–output relationship and sensitivity
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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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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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known as Target Corporation. He became a partner in Goodfellow ’s Dry Goods Company‚ the fourth largest department store in Minneapolis‚ Minn. The following year‚ showing greater involvement‚ Dayton took sole ownership of the store and became the first President of the newly named Dayton Dry Goods Company. In 1911 because of the rapid growth‚ The Dayton Company reflected its wide assortment of goods and services. It was started to be known as Dayton ’s department store. On May 1‚ 1962‚ Target ’s first
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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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Demographic on AIDS/HIV Rhonda Speakman HCS 490 January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographic on AIDS/HIV A number of people that affect our healthcare in the United States are pediatric patients‚ recurring sickness and individuals needing continuous medical care. However‚ none of the above health concerns indicated in the list includes patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/ Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS/HIV). AIDS/HIV has affected millions in the United States.
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Research Proposal University of Phoenix STR/561 Research Proposal for Target The mission‚ vision‚ and value statements of Target Corporation are integrated together to achieve common goals. They highlight the importance of providing customers with a pleasant shopping environment‚ and with continuous improvement in operations by making Target the most preferred place to shop. The mission‚ vision‚ and value statements of the company are not merely a matter of theory‚ in fact‚ management have taken
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SEGMENTATION‚ TARGET MARKET SELECTION AND POSITIONING (STP) PRACTICE in AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY | Marketing Management | | CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2 OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY 2 PROCESS OF SEGMENTATION 6 Demographic Features 7 Age Factor 7 Gender Factor 7 Income Factor 8 CHOICE OF TARGET MARKET 9 Five Patterns of Target Market Selection 9 Single-Segment Concentration 9 Selective Specialization 9 Product Specialization 9 Market Specialization 10 Full Market
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Summary: Population Demographics The world is having a demographic shift that will restructure societies‚ economies and markets in the future. According to United Nations forecasts‚ the world population will either stabilize or peak around 2050 (Rob Norton‚ 2010). For the past centuries‚ the population was at an ever-accelerating rate. However the population will stop increasing because of decreasing birth rates as nations advance economically. The world’s population‚ especially in developed countries
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Lei Shi Company Research Paper (The Target Corporation) FINA 3301 November 21‚ 2013 Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is one of the top ten largest retailers in the U.S. by sales. In its most recent year in 2012‚ Target who has proclaimed itself as “cheap chic” produced over $70 billion in revenue through the sales of apparel‚ house wares‚ electronics and other products (Exhibit 5). At Target‚ corporate governance practices have been in place for more than 50 years‚ and continue to evolve to balance
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