What are Segmentation Variables? To understand what segmentation variables in marketing are‚ it helps to first know what market segmentation is. Market segmentation is the analysis of population demographics so they can be categorized in specific ways. These specific ways of categorization in market segmentation are why segmentation variables are needed and used. Four (4) groups of Segmentation Variables – 1. Geographic segmentation is based on variables such as: • Region: this kind of
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2011 Annual Report TARGET 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Financial Highlights Total Revenues $69.87B $67‚390 $69‚865 $64‚948 $65‚357 $63‚367 EBIT $5.32B $5‚272 $4‚402 ( Earnings before Interest Expense and Income Taxes ) Net Earnings $2.93B $2‚849 $2‚920 $2‚929 $2‚214 $2‚488 Diluted EPS $4.28 $3.33 $3.30 $4.00 ’10 $5‚252 $5‚322 $4‚673 IN MILLIONS IN MILLIONS ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 IN MILLIONS
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Market is the place where buyers meet respective sellers. While a collection of sellers constitute the industry for a good or service‚ a collection of buyers constitute the market for that good or service. Neither markets nor buyers are homogeneous in nature (Alderson‚ 1983; Assael and Roscoe‚ 1976; Claycamp and Massy‚ 1968; Smith‚ 1956; cited in Kara and Kaynak‚ 1997). Therefore‚ it is important for marketers to segregate customers with similar needs and wants as well as similar characteristics
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Task 1a Occasion and benefit segmentation There are many behavioural characteristics of buyers and consumers and one way to segment these groups is to associate their purchasing habits with Occasional and benefit segmentation. Occasion Segmentation In its simplest form Occasion segmentation is the process of dividing a consumer group or groups into groups according to an occasion or occasions when consumers purchase or use a product or service. For example some major religious/cultural occasions
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ENTERPRISE BUSINESS PLAN SONY CORPORATION Enter your name October 18‚ 2008 SECTION 1: CONTACT INFORMATION Name: Sony Corporation Designation: Howard Stringer‚ CEO Organisation: Sony Corporation Email Address: http://www.sony.com.my Contact No: 03 2295 0200 (Office) 03 2295 0408 (Fax) Mailing Address: 1-7-1‚Minota-ku Tokyo 108-0075‚ Japan. The Sony Corporation is mainly focused on the Electronics
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purpose of this memorandum is to analyze and explain the current brand positioning and target market of South African company‚ Vodacom‚ from previous commercial advertisements. After having analyzed the current target market and brand position we would recommend a new target market and position for Vodacom of South African’s age range‚ 15-55 (58.7 % of total population) and include the following segments within the market: white and black South Africans‚ business adults and corporations‚ while still including
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Marketing Segmentation Targeting‚ and Positioning Segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning together comprise a three stage process. (1) Determine which kinds of customers exist. (2) Select which ones we are best off trying to serve and‚ finally. (3) Implement our segmentation by optimizing our products/services for that segment and communicating that we have made the choice to distinguish ourselves that way. Segmentation involves finding out what kinds of consumers with different needs exist
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Ann Simon Target: From “Expect More” to “Pay Less” The macroenvironmental factors that affected Target’s performance during the period were connected to the demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political‚ and cultural. The change in demographic is related to the economy because when there is an unemployment it will create households income to drop while the households expenses increases. Since Wal-Mart is all about low price and Target is all about style and brand‚ Target thought customers
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THEIR HELPING HAND IN THIS VENTURE. CONTENTS TOPICS | PAGE NO. | INTRODUCTION OF SONY VAIO | 3 | HISTORY | 3 | MISSION‚ VISION‚ GOAL | 4 | MARKET SHARE | 6 | SONY VAIO AND ITS COMPETITORS IN THE LIGHT OF 4Ps-COMPARATIVE STUDY | 7 | COMPETIIVE ADVANTAGE | 8 | PROBLEMS FACED BY SONY VAIO | 8 | RECOMMENDED MARKETING STRATEGIES | 9 | FUTURE PLANS | 14 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 14 | INTRODUCION Sony is known as one of the most comprehensive entertainment and technology companies in the
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The multi-billion dollar enterprise known today as Target Corporation has grown into what it is because of the combined efforts of hundreds of thousands of dedicated employees‚ and over one hundred years of expansion. George Draper Dayton was a man of humble beginnings who had an ambitious dream‚ and made his dream a reality due to a determined work ethic. Dayton was born in New York in 1857 and relocated to Minnesota in 1883‚ which is where his success originated. Dayton was not fortunate enough
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