6 Market Segmentation and Positioning Positioning is not what you do to a product; it is what you do to the mind of a prospect. Ries and Trout (1972) Learning outcomes After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: ✔ Describe the principles of market segmentation and the STP process. ✔ Explain the characteristics and differences between market segmentation and product differentiation. ✔ Explain how market segmentation can be undertaken in both consumer and business-to-business
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Sunil Bharati Mittal is the Chairman & MD of Bharti Group‚ India‚ The largest Telecommunication player of India having its presence in more than 17 Circles of India. Today‚ Airtel has a national network with a presence in nearly every major sector. The Company is one of the India’s Largest Telecomm sector Company having a Market Capitalization of more than Rs.60‚000 Crores. Sunil Mittal & his brothers own 32% of the Company and are therefore worth something like above Rs.20‚000. - Sunil
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Assignment 1: Word Limit 1000 words Table of Contents Page Number Executive Summary Introduction Background Information Industry Microenvironment Macroenvironment Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ Positioning and Differentiation Segmentation Targeting Positioning Differentiation Target Segment Conclusion Reference List Ensure you actually place the correct page numbers within your table of contents. Executive Summary Within
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the buyers who have greater interest in the values they create best (the “rifle” approach). four major steps in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy. In the first two steps‚ the company selects the customers that it will serve. Market segmentation involves dividing a market into smaller segments of buyers with distinct needs‚ characteristics‚ or behaviors that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. The company identifies different ways to segment the market and develops profiles
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To develop a successful marketing strategy‚ it is important to identify the appropriate consumer segments. There are four steps you should perform to conduct the market segmentation process effectively. Step 1: Identify segmented markets The first step of the market segmentation process is to identify the segmented markets. It is important to select the segmenting strategy that most accurately categorizes consumers according to your product or service. For example‚ suppose that your company
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India. Here we will come to know about his leadership styles with his real life examples. He is known as one of the most ambitious telecom entrepreneur of India. Now today he heads a successful enterprise which employs over 30000 employees. Bharti Airtel is a part of Bharti Enterprises; it is one of the leading global telecom service providers in Asia and Africa. A Bharti enterprise has done various joint ventures with several global leaders like SingTel‚ Wal-Mart‚ AXA and Del Monte. “Lead and inspire
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INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS OF MARKS AND SPENCER Executive Summary Marks and spencer is a group of companies with various ventures that include financial services‚ clothings‚ housewares and food. Like several other retailing outfits‚ M&S needs to provide great competition in this red ocean to claim considerable market share. M&S decided to deepen the innovative inclusions into their products line by focussing strategies after observing a huge decrease in turnover and profit from 1999 with
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market segmentation can be considered by using these few methods that elaborated below. 1. MARKET SEGMENTATION Market segmentation provides businesses with the possibility of customizing a unique set of elements known as the 4P’s (product‚ price‚ place‚ and promotion) for specific target markets. Therefore‚ it allows them to satisfy their customers’ needs in a more effective way‚ through a value proposition that is potentially superior to that of any other competitor. Market segmentation refers
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of mass marketing‚ as opposed to segmented marketing? What advantages does a company gain from market segmentation‚ as opposed to treating the market as single entity? MASS MARKETING:- Mass marketing is a market strategy in which firm or industry treat market with single offer or one strategy. In this marketing term wide range of customers and audience are concentrated. As there is no segmentation and focusing concern so large amount of customers are possibly exposed to the product. For example
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Market segmentation is the process of grouping buyers into different categories on the basis of their common needs‚ desires and requirements. It is the strategy of subdividing the target market into sub-groups of consumers with definable‚ distinct and homogeneous characteristics so that a different marketing programme can be set up for each group. This will result in an enhancement in the satisfaction to the consumers and profit to the marketer. According to Professor Philip Kotler‚ “Market Segmentation
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