289 CASE EXAMPLE The Virgin Group Aidan McQuade Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. The group included‚ in 2006‚ 63 businesses as diverse as airlines‚ health clubs‚ music stores and trains. The group included Virgin Galactic‚ which promised to take paying passengers into sub-orbital space. The personal image and personality of the founder‚ Richard Branson‚ were highly bound up with those of the company. Branson’s taste for publicity has led him to
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Positioning and repositioning Before positioning companies has to do segmentation and targeting. Segmentation is dividing the market into segments upon some set of criteria and evaluating the profitability of each segment Targeting is selecting one or more segments and going after them Positioning is how do you want your brand to be considered by consumers when compared to other competing brands. Positioning is based on product features such as color‚ price‚ fluffiness‚ quality of service
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Segmentation‚ targeting and positioning are interrelated activities‚ which are important to achieving a successful marketing mix. Discuss these concepts in theory and give practical example of how they can be applied to one industry of your choice. Market segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs‚ and then be designed and implemented to target these specific customer segments‚ addressing needs or desires that
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of the Virgin Group‚ is a leading company and pioneer in Suborbital Travel Industry. By offering the lowest price in the market and making the dreams of space travelling come closer‚ VG attracts the attention from the general public. With the successful launch of Spaceship One‚ VG once again determines that space travelling is possible. With Spaceship Two being tested‚ it promises that our dreams of seeing the Earth from space are not that far from the future. In this report‚ as a marketing advisor
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Segmentation Why segmentation? External factors - globalization - clutter - knowledgable customers - competition - technology Internal factors - allocation of resources - effective marketing programmes - opportunies For NPD or/and market development Breaking down the market Potential market (everyone out there) Available market ( those who could buy the product) Target market (those we address) Penetrated market (those who actually buy the products) From
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Introduction Virgin Group LTD is one of the most well-known‚ respected brand and outstanding international investment group. Invented in 1970 by Richard Branson. Virgin Group became a widespread company and began to grow up in businesses such as: mobile telephony‚ travel‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ TV‚ music‚ holiday and health & wellness. It involved in the fields of airlines‚ rail services‚ and transportation services‚ motorbike and cruise packages. They also operate gym facilities‚ racing
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[pic] HI 5004 Marketing Management Assignment 1 Submitted to: Jas Paul Chawla Submitted by: S M Abdullah Al Mamun (HBD2079) Table of content 1. Introduction: 4 2. Market Segmentation 5 3. The Concept of Market Segmentation 5 4. The Process of Market Segmentation 5 5. Demographic Segmentation 5 6. Geographic Segmentation 5 7. Psychographic segmentation 6 8. Behavioural Segmentation 6 9. Market targeting 7 10. Market Segmentation Limitations 8 11.
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market segmentation can be considered by using these few methods that elaborated below. 1. MARKET SEGMENTATION Market segmentation provides businesses with the possibility of customizing a unique set of elements known as the 4P’s (product‚ price‚ place‚ and promotion) for specific target markets. Therefore‚ it allows them to satisfy their customers’ needs in a more effective way‚ through a value proposition that is potentially superior to that of any other competitor. Market segmentation refers
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THE VIRGIN GROUP IN 2012 LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC CHANGE WALTER FEDERICO MINETTI Universidad de Ciencias Sociales y Empresariales
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(Wikipedia‚ 2010). Markets Segments can be separated into: • geographic segmentations (i.e. their location)‚ • demographic/socio-economic segmentation (gender‚ age‚ income occupation‚ education‚ sexual orientation‚ household size‚ and stage in the family life cycle)‚ • psychographic segmentation (i.e. similar attitudes‚ values‚ and lifestyles)‚ • behavioral segmentation (i.e. occasions‚ degree of loyalty)‚ • product-related segmentation (relationship to a product) Which is the market segment of a company’s
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