QUESTION AND ANSWER ON MARKET SEGMENTATION Salim Brommer is the Marketing Director of Ashkol Furniture Supplies‚ a medium-sized company which specializes in manufacturing office furniture. The company makes its products in India‚ so benefiting from relatively low labour costs. However‚ it has recently experienced intense competition from suppliers who have even lower cost bases. Salim has decided that his company will benefit if he focuses on those customers who can provide higher profit margins
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4. Market segmentation strategies 4.1 Market segments of passenger motor vehicles Passenger Motor Vehicles can be segmented in various ways according to five major segmentation variables including geographical‚ demographical‚ psychological‚ benefit and behaviourial. The traditional way of segment the car industry is shown below: Mini (e.g. Nissan Micra‚ Seat Marbella) Small (e.g. Fiat Uno‚ Opel Corsa‚ VW Polo‚ Rover Metro) Medium (e.g. Fiat Tipo‚ VW Golf‚ Rover 200) Large (e.g. BMW 3 series
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Management Decision Emerald Article: Differential pricing and segmentation on the Internet: the case of hotels Rama Yelkur‚ Maria Manuela Nêveda DaCosta Article information: To cite this document: Rama Yelkur‚ Maria Manuela Nêveda DaCosta‚ (2001)‚"Differential pricing and segmentation on the Internet: the case of hotels"‚ Management Decision‚ Vol. 39 Iss: 4 pp. 252 - 262 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251740110391411 Downloaded on: 15-11-2012 References: This document
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toothpaste brands which are Colgate Fresh confidence‚ Aquafresh White and Shine and Colgate sensitive. Market segmentation Market segmentation is the process of dividing a market into 2 or more segments with each having specifics needs and characteristics and who will need specific products or marketing mix. For a market to be broken up into these different segments different segmentation variables must either be used individually or in combination‚ these variables are: (tutor2u n.d.) (Kotler et
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Need for segmentation:- The importance of market segmentation results from the fact that the buyers of a product or a service are no homogenous group. Actually‚ every buyer has individual needs‚ preferences‚ resources and behaviors. Since it is virtually impossible to cater for every customer’s individual characteristics‚ marketers group customers to market segments by variables they have in common. These common characteristics allow developing a standardized marketing mix for all customers in this
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Market segmentation: We divided the market segmentation criteria into 3 main groups: Segmentation criteria profile psychographic bahavioural Socio-economic: -disponible Income: -more than average disponible income -less than average disponible income lifestyle: -luxury orientated -value orientated benefits soughts: - price conscious - quality conscious - image conscious - ethical conscious geographic: -location: -urban area -non urban area Buyer habits: -Super/Hypermarkets
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Contents Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………………………...4 Introduction………………………………………….……………………………………………...4 Segmentation of newspaper market in the UK………………………………...…….…5 1. Profile Segmentation Criteria………………………………………………………………………….….5 2. Behavioral Criteria………………………………………………………………………………………….….5 3. Psychographic Segmentation Criteria…………………………………………………………….…..6 The Times……………………………………………………………………………………….…….6 Recommendation…………………………………………………………………….…………...7 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………
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specifically with reference to purpose‚ application and limitations and with regard to how these service management ideas‚ theories and techniques might contribute to the development of a business. Customer segmentation Study the market‚ its structure‚ identify attitudes and behaviours of consumers‚ this is the first step of marketing. Among the range of behaviours and characteristics of potential buyers‚ it is necessary to identify homogeneous groups or segments
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Singapore 2006)Breakfast Cereal Market Segmentation and its variablesMarket segmentation can be broken down into several variables; Geographical which consists of regional‚ city size‚ density and climate breakdown. The demographical variables include age and life-cycle stage‚ gender and income. Psychographic segmentation will divide consumers into different groups based on socioeconomic status‚ lifestyle or personality characteristics. Lastly behavioral segmentation‚ which groups consumers on their basis
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KYAW SOE LINN (3084945) Steps in Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning By applying market segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning (STP) model into Red Bull Company‚ we can differentiate what Red Bull need to do to recover from dropping in sales (Kotler‚ 2009‚ p.217). First of we need to find out what is the problem‚ second how to tackle that problem‚ and take action. STP is a way to solve the problem facing Red Bull. We would like to produce two new products which are (1) drink of the
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