MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING and POSITIONING Objectives: At the end of the lesson‚ students will be able to: • Define market segmentation‚ market targeting‚ and market positioning. • Discuss the major bases for segmenting consumer and industrial markets • Explain how companies identify attractive market segments. • Explain how companies position their products in the marketplace. TARGET MARKETING Different Marketing Practices Organizations recognize
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Market segmentation‚ targeting and positioning Introduction You must have ever wondered why marketers only target certain markets and how these markets are identified. Think about universities: how do they identify which students to touch with about degrees schemes? What criteria or base (variables) do they use? Do they base it on where you live‚ your age‚ or your previous schooling scores? Do they market to postgraduate and undergraduate groups differently‚ what about international and domestic
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MARKET SEGMENTATION Write a white paper on a company of your choice and discuss the market segmentation within that industry along with the target market for the company and the selection process for that target market. Required Elements: No more than 2100 words Include demographic‚ psychographic‚ geographic‚ and behavioral characteristics for the selected company. A positioning statement for the company with careful consideration of their brand and strategy Paper is consistent with APA guidelines
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3.1 Market Segmentation Market segmentation refers to the process of dividing a market into a smaller group of buyers with distinct needs‚ characteristics‚ or behaviors that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. The marketers of Haagen-Dazs in Malaysia have tried different market segmentation variables to find out the best method to market structure. The characteristics that used are geographic and demographic. 3.1.1 Geographic Segmentation Geographic segmentation divides the
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1.0 Introduction This paper seeks to analyze the role of market segmentation at the Starbucks‚ which has a number of coffee hangout joints and brands that operate under it. 1.1 Brief History Starbucks Cooperation is an international retail establishment that specializes in coffee products with the head-quarter in Seattle‚ US. Starbucks buys high quality coffee beans‚ processes them and sells them to the licensed coffee houses and stores. Every day‚ we go to work hoping to do two
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Market Segmentation‚ Targeting and Positioning Market Segmentation Concept : Market segmentation is a concept in economics and marketing. A market segment is a sub-set of a market made up of people or organizations with one or more characteristics that cause them to demand similar product and/or services based on qualities of those products such as price or function. A true market segment meets all of the following criteria: it is distinct from other segments (different segments have different
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and tourism Task 3 (AO3) [pic] Overview: Market segmentation can be done in various ways. Most companies choose to use not just one but a combination of methods: 1.Demographic segmentation Demographics is the study of the make-up of the population. Demographic trends illustrate how the population is changing. Factors that affect the make-up of the population include the birth rate and life expectancy. When demographic segmentation is used‚ consumers are grouped according to:
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Topics Market Introduction of market segmentation (NOT FROM THE NOTES) Basis of market segmentation – Consumer characteristic approach - Demographic‚ Geographic‚ Psychographic‚ and Behavioral Segments. (There are many subdivisions under each base.) Consumer response approach – benefit‚ loyalty‚ usage and occasion Marketing Strategies – undifferentiated‚ differentiated and concentrated marketing strategies. Why segmentation the market Facilitates the right choice of target market Facilitates
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Sony China Market Segmentation Memorandum Date: To: From: Subject: October 27‚ 2014 Richard Lopez Hernan Alvarez Sony Targets Laptop Consumers In China Sony VAIO is the best computer that serves the needs of every customer and is not comparable at all. From the conducted 760 surveys‚ 18 percent are grouped in the segment of entertainment lovers. Then 88 percent of all the entertainment lovers plan to by a laptop within the next 12 months‚ according to Exhibit 8. Therefore‚ there are approximately
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MARKETING RESEARCH AND MARKET SEGMENTATION 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Objectives: Market research‚ product research‚ price research‚ sales promotion research and distribution research A wide variety of procedures used in marketing research The requirements for and benefits of market segmentation Geographic‚ demographic and psychographics segmentation The value of marketing information system 1 MARKETING RESEARCH AND MARKET SEGMENTATION • Marketing research is defined as the investigation of factors related
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