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MARKET SEGMENTATION
LIST OF CONTENTS SL NO | TITLE | PAGENO | I. | INTRODUCTION | 5-8 | II. | LITERATURE REVIEW | 9-15 | III. | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 16-19 | IV. | ANALYSIS | 20-31 | V. | FINDINGS | 32-33 | VI. | SUGGESTIONS | 34 | VII. | CONCLUSION | 35-36 | VIII. | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 37 | IX. | APPENDIX | 38-43 |
CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
Market segmentation is the identification of portions of the market that are different from one another. Segmentation allows the firm to better satisfy the needs of its potential customers.
The marketing concept calls for understanding customers and satisfying their needs better than the competition. But different customers have different needs, and it rarely is possible to satisfy all customers by treating them alike.
Mass marketing refers to treatment of the market as a homogenous group and offering the same marketing mix to all customers. Mass marketing allows economies of scale to be realized through mass production, mass distribution, and mass communication. The drawback of mass marketing is that customer needs and preferences differ and the same offering is unlikely to be viewed as optimal by all customers. If firms ignored the differing customer needs, another firm likely would enter the market with a product that serves a specific group, and the incumbent firms would lose those customers.
Target marketing on the other hand recognizes the diversity of customers and does not try to please all of them with the same offering. The first step in target marketing is to identify different market segments and their needs.
COMPANY PROFILE
Amul was formally registered on December 14, 1946. The brand name Amul, sourced from the sanskrit word Amoolya, means priceless. It was suggested by a quality control expert in Anand. Some cite the origin as an acronym to (Anand Milk Union Limited).
The Amul revolution was started as awareness among
Bibliography: Millennium Edition(1998) Prentice Hall Publication, INDF, Second Edition, Twenty First Re-print, 1998