Market Segmentation ________________________________________ Targeting a segment of the market can be a powerful strategy. It’s the concentration of marketing effort to dominate a market niche. Market segmentation is the process of identifying and targeting groups of individuals who are similar to one another. Markets can be segmented in many different ways: by product or service needs‚ by sensitivity to price‚ by geographic area‚ by demographic segment‚ or by psychographics and lifestyles. Successful
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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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Introduction: Thompson ‚ Strickland and Gamble (2005) have differentiated between two strategies based on the type of competition ; Multicountry Strategy ‚ and Global Strategy They disused the suitability of each strategy as stated below: "A multicountry strategy is appropriate for industries where multicountry competition dominates and local responsiveness is essential. A global strategy works best in markets that are globally competitive or beginning to globalize." So‚ for any successful business
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efficiently: * Check the market forecast to see which customer groups will grow the fast. For us‚ it was the Singles and the Others. * Check the perception maps to see which 2 product attributes they care about the most. * Check the evolution of their perceptions to see how their desired product attributes shift over time. * Research the perfect product to have the ESTIMATED product values that your consumers will want 3 PERIODS from now. * Put the product on the market and price it EXACTLY
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Luxury Car Market – An Insight The recent growth in the luxury car market in India is much more than mere market dynamics in a particular car segment. It is a reflection of the changing lifestyle of the affluent class in the country. In India‚ the luxury car segment (Average Price 25-30 Lakh) has been growing at an average rate of 20% or above during recent years; it seems to be least affected by the global financial crisis. During worst recession period when world was facing low market demand trends
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a. Contestability of a market Contestability of a market means the degree of contestability for a market. The more contestable a market is‚ the closer it to the perfectly contestable market. Contestable market means that in the market‚ the existing companies will behave competitively and a competitive price could be existed even in a monopoly or oligopoly. A perfectly contestable market has no barriers to entry and exit the market‚ potential entrants could entry market without sunk costs. “Hit
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Chapter 2 Market segmentation Schiffman‚ Bednall‚ O’Cass‚ Paladino‚ Ward & Kanuk: Consumer Behaviour 4e © 2007 Pearson Education Australia Chapter Objectives To define market segmentation To review the uses of segmentation To outline the nine main bases of segmentation To understand the main segmentation approaches To outline the criteria for effective market segments To distinguish between concentrated and differentiated marketing Schiffman‚ Bednall‚ O’Cass‚ Paladino‚ Ward &
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MARKET AUDIT AND COMPETITIVE MARKET ANALYSIS Geographical region Estonia is the smallest of the three Baltic states‚ the main geographical landscape of plains‚ agricultural land‚ forests and swamps. All position low and flat‚ with an average elevation of less than 50 meters. Mild climate‚ influenced by the North Atlantic Drift‚ warm in winter and cool in summer. Average annual rainfall of 480-580 mm. Form of transportation and communication available in that region Estonia is an open economy
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role of sampling in market research? Market research involves the collection of data to obtain insight and knowledge into the needs and wants of customers and the structure and dynamics of a market. In nearly all cases‚ it would be very costly and time-consuming to collect data from the entire population of a market. Accordingly‚ in market research‚ extensive use is made of sampling from which‚ through careful design and analysis‚ marketers can draw information about the market. Designing the sample:
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has had to learn lessons the hard way. In the process‚ says the company‚ executives had to recalibrate the old kinks in its supply chain and bust a few myths about winning over Indian consumers‚ especially in the country’s highly promising rural markets. AFP/Getty Images File Photo of a villager drinking Coke in Navallur village‚ some 85 kms south of Madras‚ April 23‚ 2004. Now‚ the beverages of the $31 billion multinational are back on the shopping lists of Indian consumers‚ and Coca-Cola India
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