How to dominate the online auction market Jeffrey Phillips • Brian Somok • Xiaoke Zheng Executive Summary Background eBay Inc history: September 1995: funded as a sole proprietorship. May 1996: incorporated in California. April 1998: reincorporated in Delaware. September 1998: completion of initial public offering October 2002: acquired PayPal Product Online Auction: Every day‚ 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year‚ millions of people from all over the world go shopping at
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When looking at eBay’s target market‚ the segmentation of users appears to be majority males‚ ranging from 25-34 years old. Over half of the users don’t have kids and also lack college experience. The majority of the people are Caucasian and have a household income of $100‚000. After looking at this information there are some good opportunities that eBay could capitalize on. First‚ a good target market would be the “Baby Boomer” generation. This generation’s age demographic falls into the 45-64
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Analyzing Market Segments & Selecting Target Markets Introduction The credit card industry in Canada has been challenged since the recession started in 2008. There has been an increase in government regulation along with a spike in consumer bankruptcies. Due to the change in market forces‚ a number of smaller credit issuers like GE Money have exited the industry. Relevant to this paper is the media release announcing that effective January 7th‚ 2011‚ financing for the HBC credit cards
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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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The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments by John McMillan © 2007 All rights reserved The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments Successful companies almost all have a significant market share; it is rare for more than three or four companies to be truly successful in any segment of the mar ket. It is not unusual for one company to dominate with every other company trying to catch up. Consider some examples. There are around
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The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments by John McMillan © 2013 All rights reserved The Importance of Market Segments The Importance of Market Segments Successful companies almost all have a significant market share; it is rare for more than three or four companies to be truly successful in any segment of the market. It is not unusual for one company to dominate with every other company trying to catch up. Consider some examples. There are around three
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Chapter 3: Market Segments and Customer Value 1. Market and Competitive Space * Market space * J. Co’s market space is the store/branch itself. This is where the transaction of a j.co employee/ seller and a customer happens. They both discuss the requirements (buyer) and the constraints of product and service deliver (seller). For example‚ a customer makes his or her order to the j.co crew‚ then pay and then the crew will inform and explain the process in getting her order. * Competitive
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Target Market Segment Southwest has recently expanded the target market segments to Minneapolis/St. Paul‚ New York La Guardia‚ Boston Logan‚ and Milwaukee‚ which brings the total to approximately 70 cities. Southwest’s rental car and shuttle service will be made available to all current cities where the company flies‚ but will only be offered at airports within that city. Southwest will enter the global car rental market because the organization only fly’s domestically. Marketing and advertising
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What market segment (s) seems to be served by Subway? Why do you think so? Subway seem to be serving mainly young people. It’s positioned as a fast food chain that serves fresh food to it’s target customer mainly comprises of young individuals focused towards healthy diet. Majority of their target customer lies on this age group between 16-39. The tagline “Eat Fresh” highlighting the actual positioning the business has maintained. There are different segment of young people. First are the
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Describe The Market Segment Describe the market segment: Mercedes sells a product for which consumers are willing to pay a premium price. This high price means that Mercedes sells almost exclusively to a small group of very high-income consumers. Describe the product positioning for this specific brand: Mercedes Benz holds a strong position and brand due to perceptions of superior engineering‚ safety‚ and customer satisfaction. Mercedes Benz has always been known for its quality
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