Marketing 100 Assignment 1 Title: Target Market Report : Beyonce Name: William Heng Wui Seng Student ID: HWWSD101 Lecturer: Mr. Chris Bright Class time: Wednesday‚ 1.30pm – 5.30pm Market Segmentation. 1.0 Segmentation Theory. Market segmentation is a concept in economics and marketing. It is a strategy that involves dividing a larger market into subsets of consumers who have common needs and applications for the goods and services offered in the market. `What’ is market segmentation’
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are identified by some common characteristics. These characteristics are relevant in explaining and in predicting the response of consumers‚ in a given segment‚ to marketing stimuli. The market can be subdivided by geographic‚ demographic‚ psychological‚ psychographic or behavioural variables. The advantages and disadvarUages of each of these types of segmentation variables are discussed in detail in this paper. Kotler {1984) has identified four requirements that a marketer can use in evaluating
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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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broad consumer market. When undertaking market segmentation‚ BMW does research on the geographic‚ demographic‚ behavioral‚ socioeconomic‚ as well as beneficial attributes of the society so as to help the company target the market in more effective manner. The demographics of consumers with potential to purchase a BMW product are often men and women aged between 30-50 years. Behaviorally‚ these demographics of people usually would have formed a successful image in the mind prior to purchasing a car. Geographically
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target market. “Approaches to subdivision of a market or population into segments with defined similar characteristics. Five major segmentation strategies are (1) behavior segmentation‚ (2) benefit segmentation‚ (3) demographic segmentation‚ (4) geographic segmentation‚ and (5) psychographic segmentation” ("segmentation strategies‚" 2014). Market segmentation within the industry Through its long-term marketing approach‚ Continental has become well-known as one of the leading sponsors in specialized football
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by: S M Abdullah Al Mamun (HBD2079) Table of content 1. Introduction: 4 2. Market Segmentation 5 3. The Concept of Market Segmentation 5 4. The Process of Market Segmentation 5 5. Demographic Segmentation 5 6. Geographic Segmentation 5 7. Psychographic segmentation 6 8. Behavioural Segmentation 6 9. Market targeting 7 10. Market Segmentation Limitations 8 11. The Positioning Concept 9 12. Positioning Strategies 10 13. References 11 Abstract This paper
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Market Segments and Targets Many organizations are utilizing target marketing to compete more effectively. Companies focus on the customers which they can most likely satisfy‚ instead of scattering their marketing effort. Effective target marketing requires identifying distinct groups who have different needs and preferences which is called market segmentation and select one or more market segments to enter which is called market targeting. In addition‚ for each target segment‚ marketers must establish
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identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics‚ lifestyles‚ or others)‚ sizeable (i.e.‚ large enough to be profitable)‚ stable or growing‚ accessible (i.e.‚ can be reached economically)‚ and congruent with the marketer’s objectives and resources. Consumer-rooted behaviors and cognitions as well as consumption-specific facts and attitudes can be used to segment consumers. The most common categories used in segmentation are demographics and psychographics (or lifestyles). However‚ in most cases
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segmenting the market; they are geographic‚ demographic‚ psychographic and behavioral variables. Geographic segmentation Geographic segmentation calls for dividing the market into different geographical units such as nations‚ regions‚ states‚ countries‚ cities or neighborhoods. In this way of segmenting market‚ a company should produce and sell the right products in the right geographic areas at the right times. Demographic segmentation Demographic segmentation is the process of segmenting market
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choosing the correct audience for your product 3. What sources do marketers use to find data for their research? They study data generated by government research 4. From pages 44 – 48‚ list and write notes on the 4 ways markets are segmented. Demographics- refers to statistics that describe a population in terms of personal characteristics disposable income- is the money left
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