19t7‚1‚ No. 3. 301-335 Market Segmentation A. Caroline Tynan Lecturer‚ Department of Business Studies‚ University of Edinburgh AND Jennifer Drayton lecturer‚ Department of Marketing‚ University of Strathctyde‚ Gtasgew Market segmentation is a crucial marketing strategy. Its aim is to identify and delineate market segments or "sets of buyers" which would then become targets for the company ’s marketing plans. The advantage to marketing management is that Ais technique divides total
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MARKET SEGMENTATION Identify and profile distinct group of buyers who might require separate products and/or marketing mixes. Market segmentation can be segmented in different ways. MASS MARKETING- is when the seller engages in the mass production‚ mass distribution \and mass promotion of one product for all buyers it is also create s the largest potential market which leads to the lowest costs‚ which in turn can translate into either lower prices or higher margins. LEVELS OF SEGMENTATION
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MARKET SEGMENTATION A market is made up of people with one or more characteristics that make them to demand homogeneous product or service based on qualities of those products such as price or function. People in the same segment have similar needs and quality and therefore possess similar products and are charged similar prices‚ but they are different from other segments. Segmentation variables can be * Gender * Price * Location * Religion * Income * Interests * Size
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BUSN 402 Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a board target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs‚ And then be designed and implemented to target these specific customer segments‚ addressing needs or desires that are believed to be common in this segment‚ using media that is used by the market segment. While there many theoretically ideal market segments‚ in reality every organization like Orkut engaged in a market will develop
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ESSENTIALS OF MARKETING BUS 400 Prepared for Mr. Jimmy Kelana Lecturer of Essentials of Marketing Prepared by Devi (B30611231) 5th April 2004 Kensington Institute Indonesia Market Segmentation is the process of dividing a market into direct groups of buyers who might require separate products or marketing mixes. There are several major bases for segmenting the market; they are geographic‚ demographic‚ psychographic and behavioral variables. Geographic segmentation Geographic segmentation calls
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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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Segmentation Segmentation is essentially the identification of subsets of buyers within a market who share similar needs and who demonstrate similar buyer behavior. The world is made up from billions of buyers with their own sets of needs and behavior. Segmentation aims to match groups of purchasers with the same set of needs and buyer behavior. Such a group is known as a ’segment’. Think of you r market as an orange‚ with a series of connected but distinctive segments‚ each with their own profile
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of Contents 1.0 Situation Analysis/Current Marketing Mix…………………………...………………….3 1.1 Current Product........................................................................................................3 1.2 Current Pricing…………………………………………...………………………….4 1.3 Current Distribution…………………………………………………………………4 1.4 Current Promotion…………………………………………………………………..5 2.0 Segmentation Theory…………………………………………………...………………….6 2.1 Defining and Explaining Segmentation……...……………………..…………..........6 2.2 Explaining
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Consumer Behavior: Market Segmentation Contents Introduction 1 Concepts of Market segmentation 1 Case of a jewelry company 3 Conclusion 7 Reference 8 Introduction Market segmentation‚ as a crucial step of marketing‚ is not what you do to a product‚ but something you know about your customers. A good knowledge of your customers can enable you to yield twice the result with half the effort. Every consumer is different. Some prefer stylish products‚ while some want cheap and durable
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Sony 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Industry Sony‚ originally known as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company‚ dates back over half a century ago to post war Japan in 1946. Sony has since used product innovation and stringent marketing strategies to achieve massive growth to become the world’s leading consumer electronics manufacturer. The Sony brand is directly involved and dedicated to the design and development‚ manufacture and sale of a wide range of electronic devices‚ equipment and instruments
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