THE APPROPRIATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE BY ’LAY PEOPLE ’: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LAY SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION? Anne Mesny Trinity College Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge for the degree of Ph.D. December 1998 THE APPROPRIATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE BY ’LAY PEOPLE ’: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LAY SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION? Anne Mesny Summary of the thesis This thesis is a critical discussion of the significance
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Introduction The Gap Inc. is a global specialty retailer that operates stores selling casual apparel and accessories for men‚ women‚ and children (Yahoo Market Guide‚ 2001). Under the Gap‚ are the Old Navy and Banana Republic brands (Yahoo Market Guide‚ 2001). Demographic/Psychographic/Geographic Segmentation Gap The Gap’s target age segment is males and females ranging from seventeen to twenty-five years old (Cosmopolitan‚ 2000‚ p. 2). The typical family life cycle for a Gap customer
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weaknesses of mass marketing‚ as opposed to segmented marketing? What advantages does a company gain from market segmentation‚ as opposed to treating the market as single entity? MASS MARKETING:- Mass marketing is a market strategy in which firm or industry treat market with single offer or one strategy. In this marketing term wide range of customers and audience are concentrated. As there is no segmentation and focusing concern so large amount of customers are possibly exposed to the product. For example
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SegmentationElaboration Geographic Segmentation Geographic segmentation involves a business dividing its market on the basis of geography. Market can be divided by geographical areas‚ such as by city‚ county‚ state‚ region (such as West Coast)‚ country‚ or international region (such as Asia). It can also be divided into rural‚ suburban‚ and urban market segments. Besides that‚ climate or total population in each area can also be the segmentation. According to The Body Shop‚ they set up the stores
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Home Assignment in Marketing Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ Positioning Prepared by: Eszter Oláh Course: BABS 2. Seminar Leader: József Kapitány Seminar: Every alternate Monday 8.00 9.30 Satisfying people ’s needs and making profit along the way is the purpose of marketing. However‚ people ’s needs differ and therefore satisfying them may require different approaches. Identifying needs and recognising differences between groups of customers
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people. This is the cause of the existence of market segmentation. Segmentation is a marketing management technique which can help firms to find ways of establishing a competitive advantage. Marketers design a marketing mix program‚ and also its policy‚ aims to specific needs of a segment that company has chosen to launch its product. Apparently‚ it can be easy but it is not. Companies have serious problems when they want to itself in international market‚ due to wide divergence in cross-border consumer
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President of marketing and strategy. 3. Course of Action The worldwide economy is currently recovering from the global economic crisis. A crisis that “layoff” employees of the different company. Mostly affected is the United States of America. Lay-Off means - When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees’ performance. This is usually because the company is facing financial difficulties. (1)This case study starts off with Morris Meyers who is the CFO and Lisa Warren who
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2.1 Segmentation What is market segmentation? It means‚ dividing the market into distinct groups of buyers in order to set a product in it and define the marketing mixes. This means‚ that everyone has got different needs and wants‚ so it is necessary to segment the market. There are different variables‚ which can be used to segment a market. 2.1.1 Geographical segmentation Geographical segmentation includes the region‚ where the customers come from. We target on the whole of the Netherlands
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Market Segmentation Market segmentation is a strategy which divides a target market into subset according to consumer needs and desires and applicable for the good relevant and services. It depends only on the specific characteristics of the products and this subset is divided according to the criteria of age and gender. Campaign can designed a target which specific consumer segments can desire. A successful market segmentation and differentiation can give a firm a commercial advantage. Market
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Demographic segmentation divides the market into groups based on demographic variables including age‚gender‚ family size and life cycle. The following four variables are examples of demographic factors used in market segmentation: 1. Age : Consumer needs and wants change with age. The marketing mix may therefore need to be adapted depending on which age segment or segments are being targeted. Case Study : The lure of generation Y With a plethora of anti-ageing products flooding the market‚ catering
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