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Market segmentation and positioning
Angelika Brix Bartosz Konior Stephan Richter
November 2006
Overview:
Market segmentation Consumer Markets Organizational Markets Evaluation of segments Target Market Positioning and Repositioning
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What is Market segmentation?
„...the identification of individuals or organizations with similar characteristics that have significant implications for the determination of marketing strategies.“¹
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¹ soucre: Jobber, p.210
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What is Market segmentation?
„Market segmentation is the process in marketing of dividing a market into distinct subsets (segments) that behave in the same way or have similar needs. ...to respond with appropriate marketing strategies that satisfy the different preferences of each chosen segment.“²
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² source: Wikipedia
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Benefits from market segmentation
Target market selection
Differentiation
Market segmentation
Tailored marketing mix
Opportunities and threats
Source: Jobber, D. "Principles and practice of marketing"
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Benefits from market segmentation
Target market selection
Chosen segment of market Similar characteristics of customer Single marketing mix strategy
Tailored marketing mix
Grouping of customers Tailoring marketing mix package Implementation of the marketing concept
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Benefits from market segmentation
Differentiation Opportunities and threats
Rarely static markets => new segments emerge Chance of being the first Threat of faster competitors
Dividing into sub-segments Target more than one segment Differentiate its offering
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The process of market segmentation and target marketing
The disaggregated market The segmented market The target market
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The characteristics of individual customers are understood...