Printed in Great Britain 0160-7383/$30.00 doi:10.1016/j.annals.2004.05.001 MARKET SEGMENTATION A Neural Network Application Jonathan Z. Bloom University of Stellenbosch‚ South Africa Abstract: The objective of the research is to consider a self-organizing neural network for segmenting the international tourist market to Cape Town‚ South Africa. A backpropagation neural network is used to complement the segmentation by generating additional knowledge based on input–output relationship and sensitivity
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the influence of target market for the services which the subway offers to its market. Here many variables influence the market segmentation for “sub of the day”. Coming to the segmentation strategy it is essential to know what the customer is considering from the services provided by the subway. The segmentation strategies can be described more effectively in many different variables which results in the marketing segmentation‚ there are different forms of segmentations available like the democratic
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Unless a target market is selected and well researched and understood; whatever a company will produce will not be desired by the consumers as it is not perceived satisfactory or meeting the needs of that specific market. Market segmentation will allow the company to: 1. Be able to match each product with the customer need that it satisfies; different products to meet the different needs. 2. Will better enhance profits‚ as with market segmentation‚ company will be able to price / increase price
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Market segmentation in the European airport sector Category of segmentation Loyalty of segmentation Creating a loyal consumer depends upon having an understanding of the factors that influence purchasing behaviour. Ballini (1993) maintains that the loyalty exhibited by consumers towards an airport can be divided into four distinct categories‚ i) loyalists‚ ii) defectors‚ iii) mercenaries‚ iv) hostages. According to Ballini (1993) denied that loyalists is represent the most important group of consumers
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Vitamins Market segmentation is an integral part of a company’s marketing strategy. It is the process of breaking down a larger market into smaller and more homogeneous groups of customers to define their needs and wants more precisely. Characteristics of individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations are the variables used to divide total market into segments. Consumer markets can be segmented based on the following customer characteristics: geographic‚ demographic‚ psychographic‚ and behavioral. Vitamins
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Business communications In this assignment I will be talking about the types of information used in Tesco. A I will start by defining information. Information is defined as the knowledge of specific events or situations that have been gathered or received by communication‚ intelligence or news. The first type of information I will talk about is verbal. Verbal communication is part of the day to day activities of Tesco. VERBAL: verbal communication entails the face to face expression of views
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fields. Architectural paint in the Jones-Blair service region was estimated at a dollar volume of 80 million dollars in 1995 with the professionals market accounting for 22 percent and the do-it-yourself market accounting for 78 percent in sales. At one point the Jones-Blair region accounted for just about 60 percent of the market. In the mature market Jones-Blair competes in sales have steadily increased at the rate of inflation‚ which is a good however the problem is maintaining their growth and
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Segmentation and TESCO Case: Segmentation is essentially the identification of subsets of buyers within a market who share similar needs and who demonstrate similar buyer behavior Using segmentation analysis helped Tesco PLC‚ Britain’s largest retailer stores to decide on their future marketing strategy and to appraise their competitive strengths Tesco realized the requirements for effective segmentation and that it must be Measurable‚ accessible‚ Differentiable‚ Substantial and Actionable
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Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Applesauce: Using a Choice Experiment to Assess the Value of Organic‚ Local‚ and Nutrition Attributes Jennifer S. James‚ Bradley J. Rickard‚ William J. Rossman Recently‚ there has been much interest among horticultural producers concerning the marketing of organic and locally produced food. A consumer survey was administered that asked respondents to choose an applesauce product from a list of products differentiated by price‚ and by labels that
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Market is the place where buyers meet respective sellers. While a collection of sellers constitute the industry for a good or service‚ a collection of buyers constitute the market for that good or service. Neither markets nor buyers are homogeneous in nature (Alderson‚ 1983; Assael and Roscoe‚ 1976; Claycamp and Massy‚ 1968; Smith‚ 1956; cited in Kara and Kaynak‚ 1997). Therefore‚ it is important for marketers to segregate customers with similar needs and wants as well as similar characteristics
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