1. (a) List and discuss the major bases for segmenting consumer markets. Answer: Bases for Consumer Market Segmentation: There are number of variables involved in consumer market segmentation‚ alone and in combination. These variables are: Geographic variables Demographic variables Psychographic variables Behavioral variables By using any of these segmentation bases‚ either individually or in combination‚ an organization can construct market segments for evaluation to help them
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Market Segmentation and Consumer Profile Segmentation is sometimes referred to as differentiated marketing. Instead of trying to sell just one product to the whole market as in mass marketing‚ different products are targeted at different segments. This is a form of niche marketing. To be effective‚ firms must research and analyses the total market carefully to identify the specific consumer groups or segments that exist within it. Below are some examples of market segmentation: Computer manufacturers
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u NAME OF STUDENT NGUYEN THI TRA MY REGISTRATION NO. 1013105256 UNIT TITLE Unit 7: Business Strategy ASSIGNMENT TITLE Strategy Formation and Planning ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ha Son Tung SUBMISSION DEADLINE 16:00‚ 22 November 2010 I‚ __________________________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from which information is obtained by me for this assignment. ________________________________
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Segmentation strategies An effective market segmentation takes into account many different subsets in a market‚ in this case students. They are the customers that we are looking to attract and create a future for. Nipissing takes into account many different segments of the market that they can look towards when trying to focus on their marketing strategies. These strategies include things such as geography demographic‚ social‚ thoughts and feelings‚ behaviour and combined approaches i.e. psychographics
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Contents Market Segmentation‚ Positioning‚ Targeting: A case of Tata Nano in India EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Targeting and positioning strategy of Tata Nano and recommendations for the company are given. INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND: According to Howard and Sheth (1969‚ p. 70)‚ “market segmentation depends on the idea that the company should segment or divide the market in such a way as to achieve sets of buyers” Historically sellers were engaged in mass marketing
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CASE TEACHING NOTES Brown Bag John Cullen 1. Introduction This case study charts the development of an Irish animation company from small‚ unambitious beginnings to becoming an award-winning‚ globally recognized company with a growing list of international clients nearly ten years later. It describes how the enterprise emerged at a time of demographic and cultural change in Ireland‚ and how the withdrawal of significant investment in the animation sector created entrepreneurial opportunities
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The segmentation will be based on the company objective to obtain profitable sales by providing a specialized product – the “Active1” – in the sneaker industry. Also‚ the company objective considers the SWOT analysis that determines our firm’s current situation in the market. The strength of the company lies in our expertise knowledge from creating an unprecedented sneaker. For that reason‚ it can match the opportunity of reaching a new segment of the sneaker market that has no direct competition
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Customer Profile Using tapestry segmentation‚ we found a large market of people that involve health and fitness in their day-to-day lives. The two biggest segments involved with health and fitness are the Urbanization group and the Suburban splendor group. The Urbanization group is identified as being the most affluent out of all the segments. This relates to our business‚ because in order to afford a luxurious membership for a combined spa and gym‚ you need to have a successful and consistent
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BMW: The 7 Series 1. What are the causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products? What should be done to improve “launch quality”? The causes and consequences of BMW’s quality problems with newly launched products were plentiful and apparent all throughout the case study. For instance‚ BMW does not use pre-production tools during prototyping. This significantly lowers their opportunity to discover and fix quality problems earlier in the production process. Secondly
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BMW Z3 Launch HBS Case Study Date: 18th August 2009 Question 1 Define what you see as the 2 main risks and 2 main benefits of non traditional marketing. Use the BMW case to support your assertions. A paragraph explaining each point will be sufficient. Answer 1 The Z3 case shows how communications strategy and tactics have evolved beyond traditional TV and print advertising. *Two key* Risks of Non-Traditional Marketing are highlighted below: *Systems not in place to measure
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