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‚
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up with this new product they make a lot promotion which is very important for marketing activities of Nivea. Segmented and Target Market A market segment consists of a group of customers who share a similar set of wants. The marketer does not create the segments; the marketer’s task is to identify the segments and decide which one to target. Segment marketing offers several benefits over mass marketing. The company can create a more fine-tuned product or service offering and price
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PART A- INTRODUCTION Sheraton is Starwood’s ’flagship’ brand‚ providing luxury hotel and resort accommodation. The origins of Sheraton date back to 1937 when the company’s founders‚ Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore‚ acquired their first hotel in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Sheraton is Part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide‚ Inc. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide‚ Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1‚169 properties in nearly 100 countries and 171
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The Gap in Market Segmentation What is the point of market segmentation? Really‚ what is the point? As my Uncle Jim used to say‚ "If you throw enough dirt on the wall some of it is going to stick‚ ain’t it?" So why don’t companies just throw a bunch of good products at the people and just see who buys what‚ if anything at all? That might have worked along time ago‚ but now‚ the answer in short‚ is competition. Today‚ there are to types of companies‚ those that are profitable and those
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* Berjaya Makati hotel * 7835 Makati Avenue Corner Eduque StreetMakati City‚ Philippines 1209 * Tel : + (632) 750 7500Fax : + (632) 750 6783 * To discover most of Manila with ease‚ guests can use Berjaya Makati Hotel as their home base. The hotel has 167 guestrooms‚ each equipped with industry-standard amenities for guests’ comfort. Guestroom appointments consist of room safe‚ data port‚ mini bar‚ daily newspaper‚ non-smoking rooms and voicemail system. This Manila hotel has everything you
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The whole idea of market segmentation is to dividing the markets into distinct groups of buyers who have distinct needs‚ characteristic or behavior or who have might require separate products or marketing mix. In KFC‚ they have considered four variables for market: 1. Geographic segmentation 2. Demographic segmentation 3. Psychographic segmentation and 4. Behavioral segmentation. 1. Geographic Segmentation Dividing the market into different geographical units such as nations‚ states‚ regions
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Ch11-H8566.qxd 8/8/07 2:04 PM Page 222 CHAPTER 11 Market segmentation YORAM (JERRY) WIND and DAVID R. BELL All markets are heterogeneous. This is evident from observation and from the proliferation of popular books describing the heterogeneity of local and global markets. Consider‚ for example‚ The Nine Nations of North America (Garreau‚ 1982)‚ Latitudes and Attitudes: An Atlas of American Tastes‚ Trends‚ Politics and Passions (Weiss‚ 1994) and Mastering Global Markets: Strategies for Today’s
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Executive Summary The case‚ Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged)‚ concentrates on making decisions based on capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. Dan Cohrs‚ the Vice President of Finance of Marriott Corporation‚ had to deal with making recommendations for the hurdle rates at Marriott Corporation and its three divisions which are lodging‚ restaurant and contract services. In calculating
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Harvard Business School 9-298-101 Rev. March 18‚ 1998 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital In April 1988‚ Dan Cohrs‚ vice president of project finance at the Marriott Corporation‚ was preparing his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates at each of the firm ’s three divisions. Investment projects at Marriott were selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. In 1987‚ Marriott ’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity stood at 22%
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Harvard Business School 9-282-042 Rev. September 15‚ 1986 Marriott Corporation The idea of repurchasing shares was no stranger to Bill Marriott by January 1980. Almost five million shares of common stock had been repurchased on the open market by Marriott Corporation during 1979 at a total cost of $74 million and an average price of $15.16 in the belief that they were undervalued—a belief that still was not fully reflected in the market price. At $19 5/8‚ the stock was selling at only six
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