MARKET SEGMENTATION Bases for Segmentation in Consumer Markets Consumer markets can be segmented on the following customer characteristics. * Geographic * Demographic * Psychographic * Behavioralistic 1. Geographic Segmentation The following are some examples of geographic variables often used in segmentation. Region: by continent‚ country‚ state‚ or even neighborhood Size of metropolitan area: segmented according to size of population Population density: often classified as urban‚
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to perform strategy and decisions‚ such as SWOT analysis‚ PESTEL analysis and marketing mix analysis. In terms of the marketing mix‚ as an important concept in the subject of business studies‚ it refers to “a balance between the four main elements of marketing [is] needed to carry out the marketing strategy. It consists of the ‘4ps’: product‚ price‚ promotion and place” (Marcousé and Surridge et al.‚ 2011:141). Firms can build an effective marketing strategy by using the marketing mix as a tool
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Marketing Mix Mkt 421 December 17‚ 2012 Scott Raasch Marketing Mix One of the traditionally used marketing tools by the firms to achieve its marketing objectives is the “Marketing Mix.” For growth and survival of an organization the marketing mix plays a vital role. A proper and carefully evaluated mix of these elements enables the marketer in achieving a consensus between the expectations of the target customers and the organizational objectives. Elements
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have to offer more customization‚ Braaap have to make it easier to purchase‚ Braaap have to do more‚ be more. This report shall examine Braaap’s product‚ identify the key characteristics of their products and services and their significance to the market and to review pricing policy and analyse pricing variables to determine their effect on demand. This report shall also study about Braaap’sthe promotional methods‚ the channels of distribution‚ the level of customer service provided. The following
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Topic: Marketing-(Nike‚ Inc.) Introduction Nike was the Goddess of victory in Greek mythology. In 1978 an athlete runner Philip Knight and his coach‚ Bill Bowerman renamed their small sportswear company as Nike. Since then‚ the business has increased dramatically. At present Nike‚ Inc. has already become a major public traded sportswear and equipment supplier in the United States. It is the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sport equipment
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Marketing mix can be describes as "the use and specification of the 4 Ps describing the strategic position of a product in the marketplace… A prominent person to take centre stage was E. Jerome McCarthy in 1960; he proposed a four-P classification which was popularized. (wikipedia.com)" The marketing mix approach to marketing is a model of creating and implementing market strategies. The marketing mix stresses the mixing of different factors in a way that both organizational and consumer or target
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Segmentation and Target Market: Elio Motors Tina M Miller MKT 571 August 18‚ 2014 Jason Leonard Segmentation and Target Market: Elio Motors Introduction Paul Elio is the engineer and company CEO of an American startup automaker founded in 2008: Elio Motors. Production is slated to begin in early 2015 in Shreveport‚ Louisiana. The design of the vehicle has three wheels with all the standard convinces of a four wheeled vehicle. The selling points of this vehicle is that 90% of the parts used to produce
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2:04 PM Page 222 CHAPTER 11 Market segmentation YORAM (JERRY) WIND and DAVID R. BELL All markets are heterogeneous. This is evident from observation and from the proliferation of popular books describing the heterogeneity of local and global markets. Consider‚ for example‚ The Nine Nations of North America (Garreau‚ 1982)‚ Latitudes and Attitudes: An Atlas of American Tastes‚ Trends‚ Politics and Passions (Weiss‚ 1994) and Mastering Global Markets: Strategies for Today’s Trade Globalist (Czinkota
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The marketing mix is a business tool used in marketing and by marketing professionals. The marketing mix is often crucial when determining a product or brand’s offering‚ and is often synonymous with the four Ps: price‚ product‚ promotion‚ and place; in service marketing‚ however‚ the four Ps have been expanded to the seven Ps or eight Ps to address the different nature of services. In recent times‚ the concept of four Cs has been introduced as a more customer-driven replacement of four Ps.[1] And
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Marketing Mix A marketing mix refers to the actions or strategies adopted by a company in a bid to present itself favorably to potential customers existing in its market. The choice of the marketing mix to be adopted by a company is usually aimed at ensuring that a company maintains and increases its level of sales. The four main components that make up a marketing mix include a company’s products‚ price‚ promotion and place of sales. Each of the marketing mix components mentioned above affect
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