6 Market Segmentation and Positioning Positioning is not what you do to a product; it is what you do to the mind of a prospect. Ries and Trout (1972) Learning outcomes After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: ✔ Describe the principles of market segmentation and the STP process. ✔ Explain the characteristics and differences between market segmentation and product differentiation. ✔ Explain how market segmentation can be undertaken in both consumer and business-to-business
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strange word‚ “positioning.” Its origins are shrouded in the fog of history. The popular marketing writers‚ Jack Trout and Al Ries‚ started talking about position or positioning in 1972 or thereabouts‚ and took credit later for having invented positioning. However‚ I believe that positioning was an emerging concept and a term‚ in at least limited use‚ within the marketing and advertising community at the time that Trout and Ries first wrote about it. Certainly‚ the basic concepts of positioning were not
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Hoosier Burger Case: Part 2 The project development team for Hoosier Burger has had several meetings with the owners‚ Bob and Thelma Mellankamp. Mr. Mellankamp has stressed the important improvements and shared that the businesses food demand has increase drastically. There have been numerous problems that have arisen from this type of demand and could affect business if a system is not created to meet those needs. The purpose of this essay is to discuss how the Hoosier Burger project was identified
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Segmenting‚ Targeting and Positioning: Segmenting Reebok has been a market leader for many years in the sports shoes . It has been able to achieve it through its efficient and effective marketing strategies. Reebok used innovative strategies as per the consumer needs . Reebok segmented the market on the following parameters: Geography: Reebok chose to operate on Pan country basis. where it segmented locations as per the consumers needs. The attribute requirement of the product in one region
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MOS burger is a Japanese style fast-food restaurant chain which was founded in Tokyo in July 1972. In 1991‚ the first MOS burger store was opened on Xin Sheng South Road in Taipei and till now there are 174 stores distributed all over in Taiwan. Since 2004‚ Taiwan and Japan’s MOS burger have been selecting natural beef from New Zealand synchronously. The brand name‚ MOS burger‚ clearly states the goals of founder. “M” stands for mountain which is dignified and noble‚ “O” is to have a wide and vast
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MARKET SEGMENTATION BY- SUNIT KUMAR MISHRA • CONCEPT AND DEFINITION The concept of market segment is based on the fact that the market of commodities are not homogeneous but they are heterogeneous. Market represent a group of customer having common characteristics but two customer are never common in their nature‚ habits‚ hobbies income and purchasing techniques. • According to Philip kotler ‚ “ Market segmentation is sub-dividing a market into distinct and homogeneous subgroups of customers
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Successful Brand Positioning Estee Lauder has had huge success within their industry for many years because of their positioning within the market. This empire would not have been as successful as it is currently‚ and has been‚ if it failed to segment‚ target and position itself in the appropriate market. When Estee Lauder first formed‚ higher end cosmetics and skin care was a glamorous process at the top notch department stores. Overtime‚ high-end brands have become more common throughout the
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Wrinkle * Segmentation. * Cosmetics and Skin Care * Anti Ageing Cream * Geographically * People with Wrinkles * Travellers. * Demographically * Age- 35 and above * Gender-F * Income level-25k-30k * Psycho graphically * Life Style Product‚ Value‚ Benefit. * Behavioural * Price -800/- 10g * Brand- AntiAgent * Benefit-Softer Skin. * Target * Working Professionals * Oral health Issues * Positioning * Younger
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Bibliography: Silverman‚ D. (2006). Interpreting Qualitative Data. 3rd edition. Sage. McDonald‚ M. Dunbar‚ I. (2004). Market Segmentation: How to do it‚ How to profit from it. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. Pumphrey‚ A. (2005). Business Superbrands. Superbrands Ltd. Tedlow‚ R.S. (1990). New and Improved. Heinemann Professional Publishing. Gilligan‚ C. Wilson‚ R.M.S. (2003). Strategic
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SEGMENTATION: An organization cannot satisfy all the needs and wants of all the consumers. Therefore‚ Market is divided into different segments so an organization can focus on the needs and wants of the specific consumers who share similar needs and demonstrate similar buyer behavior. In the world‚ there are different types of buyers with their own needs and behavior. Segmentation is the process to match groups of the purchasers with same needs and wants. Market segmentation: The division of a
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