Segment the Market Segmenting and profiling a market is done in order to create a product that best suits the needs of the desired consumer. Market segmentation is useful as it separates the total market into different segments allowing a company to create a product specific to the consumer’s needs. Profiling the market then allows the marketer to define the certain characteristics of the target market helping the product to cater better specifically to their needs. Sources of information that could be used to segment and profile the market include industry sources, using qualitative and quantitative research, priori research, by making assumptions and using research to support them as well as existing research data. The school aged snack …show more content…
Segmenting the market using other criteria such as demographics (age) would not be as beneficial to the market as usually food products cross over and would not be catering specifically to different segments. An example of foods segmented by age include products such as packaged cookies in the shapes of numbers and letters for younger children (ages 5-9) compared to a packet of rice crackers for the slightly older children (10-12). There for, in the case of school foods, product related benefits would make most sense; products could be separated into categories catering to different needs such as sweet, savoury, health and convenient …show more content…
The price of a product is a large factor in determining the success and the value of it in the eyes of the consumer. Due to the fact the company who is developing the food product is relatively new, it is important not to make the price too high, as consumers will not be interested in purchasing a new product by a relativity new company where prices are higher than their competitors. The price must cover costs of production but also be suitable in the eyes of the consumer. Consumers would expect the price to be set similar to competitors or slightly cheaper. However, consideration should be taken in terms of setting the price too low, as consumers may then perceive the product to be inferior or of lower quality in comparison to other food products on the market. Although, due to the fact the product does not have many competitors, as there are minimal products that are similar, the company could slightly raise the price without affecting the target markets opinion, as it is a product they have not seen
As discussed in Chapter 3, there are several bases for market segmentation. Because the needs and wants of consumers in various markets differ, there are general indicators that are used to segment markets—geographic demographic, and arguably most importantly, psychographic segmentation. From this, variables like lifestyle, family size and region are used to identify key segments for Virginia Beach. (Spiller, 2012, 88)
However, because of its demographic it was losing a high customer base because of its prices. The text book Chapter 10 emphasized the importance of pricing and creating profit. The investor Marcus Lemonis showed the owners how to evaluate demand and the price sensitivity of their products. He introduce product that could be brought in with lower price points that would compete with their competitor and still crate the high-end prestige the company wish to create. Taking advantage of the income statues of the company’s customer with in their demographic. One major problem the company had was the price point of a bag of dog food was around $100 per bag that was a high price for the consumers within the area. By bring in a brand that had high quality and prestige at a price point of $20 allowed for a greater customer
Segmentation variables can be classified into four major classes; geographic, demographic, psychographic and behavioural. The use of these categories either individually or in combination assists companies to identify and establish market segments which is relevant to the product or service they are offering. This in turn helps these organisations to evaluate the relevant segments to choose the pertinent target market.
Food industry can be chartered by low margin industry, while along with the shift of power from the manufacturer to the purchaser, the price and demand became flexible, and the product variety increased.
We are implementing our project to make supply and demand in an equilibrium price. As we are providing healthy, nutritious and tasty food, we expect a huge demand in our product that will increase the supply in return and would generate success.
Target markets their products to a variety of market segments when speaking about their clothing lines. The top three segments are Age-Related Segments and Gender-Related Segments. Targets approach to development, marketing and advertisement is based on seasons, genders, age in the terms of wants and needs and styles while also staying true to their brand imagine. Target has positioned itself as one of the biggest retailers with a brand imagine that can connect to the consumers, and the ability to develop and deliver high end products that come at an affordable price.
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Segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves separating a wide target market into small groups of customers who share the common need of using or purchasing the product that needs to be marketed. Market segmentation strategies are utilized to identify these groups of consumers and strategies are designed and implemented to make the product or service appeal to them. Support and also the product will be strategically placed in order to successfully achieve the ultimate marketing goal. Businesses and organizations may come up with different type of strategies involving different products and catchy phrases depending on the product or the target segment.
Caroline and Jennifer said that ‘Market segmentation is a crucial marketing strategy. Its aim is to identify and delineate market segments or set of buyers which would then become targets for the company’s marketing plans.’ (Tynan and Drayton, 1987) There are many ways to segment the market, such as age, region, environment, psychology and wages (Hall, Jones and Raffo, 2010).
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To begin with, it is crucial to appreciate the meaning of segmentation and targeting because these two terms lay the foundation for this report. Consequently, segmentation is dividing a market, into groups of consumers with homogenous traits in order to provide each group with the desired product. What is the meaning of targeting? It is where an enterprise evaluates every segment with an objective of identifying segments with promising business opportunities. Considering the nature of the product in question, it sufficed to mention that liquor- filled chocolates are to be sold to adults.
...keted in more than 30 countries in the world. Therefore, we can conclude that Kellogg’s Corn Flakes is a product with price inelastic demand although Nestlé, the world famous food and beverage companycould be the major rival for Kellogg’s in the market. However, by comparing the selling price of corn flakes produced by the two companies, we find out that the difference of price range between the two products (by comparing corn flakes with equal supplement) is not more than one Ringgit.
Once the product is accepted the organisation would experience a high growth rate. For example, PAX Yogurt Company which originates on Mount St. Benedict, is a local company which developed seven different flavours of yogurt into the market, they are: almond, guava, passion fruit, pineapple, soursop, strawberry, natural (plain) and vanilla. The primary objective was to meet the customers’ needs with a good quality product at an affordable price in order to return high sales and profitability for the company. It is imperative at this stage, that particular attention should be placed on creating strategies for pricing, place or distribution and promotion so as to establish a market presence and create a suitable demand for the product. Pricing strategies include price skimming and price penetration. It is advisable at this stage to employ the price skimming strategy for example, pricing the product at the highest point possible. Prices can then be lowered when demand starts to
According to Kotler et al 2013 market segmentation is defined as dividing a market into smaller segments of buyers with distinct needs, characteristics or behaviours that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. As per the industry data which we were operating we used different theories to segment the market one of them is STP process. In this method whole market is sub divided into different segments based on three activities these are segmentation, targeting and positioning. From the market information in case study we identified similar groups of consumer under market segmentation activity. For example market E had consumers travelling between mini hub to medium city that had a new and growing market. While targeting the market we identified which group of consumers to aim for instance market D had major university and service sectors. Lastly in the product and brand positioning we created a concept so as to appeal the target market by running as discount airline. One of the approaches for market segmentation according to Kotler et...
One business function that would address Tiger’s innovation needs is Marketing, specifically marketing segmentation. The formal definition of marketing segmentation is the process of grouping customers in markets with some heterogeneity into smaller, more similar or homogenous segments. (Dibb et al., 2016, p.204) Essentially this means dividing a market of potential customers based on different characteristics, interests and needs which correlates to how similarly they will respond to different marketing strategies. Target markets can be grouped in various ways, for example they could be separated based on demographic variables (Age, Gender, Ethnicity), geographic variables (Country, Region, City), psychographic variables (Personality, Lifestyle,