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CHAPTER

THREE
Market Segmentation
and Strategic
Targeting

Copyright 2007 by Prentice


Hall
Market Segmentation
The process of dividing a
potential market into
distinct subsets of
consumers and selecting
one or more segments as a
target market to be reached
with a distinct marketing
mix.

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Three Phases of Marketing
Strategy
Phase 3
Product/Brand Positioning

Phase 2
Target Market and Marketing Mix Selection

Phase 1
Market Segmentation

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Hall
Segmentation Studies
• Discover the needs and wants of groups of
consumers to develop specialized products to
satisfy group needs
• Used to identify the most appropriate media
for advertising

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Hall
Bases for Segmentation
• Geographic • Use-Related
• Demographic • Usage-Situation
• Psychological • Benefit Sought
• Psychographic • Hybrid
• Sociocultural

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Segment Strategies by Customer Usage
Table 3-8

Current Share
High Low

High HiHighs LowHighs


(stroke) (chase)
Consumption

HiLows LoLows
Low (tickle) (starve)

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Use-Situation Segmentation
• Segmenting on the basis of special occasions or
situations
• For example:
– “Whenever our daughter Jamie gets a raise, we take her out
to dinner”
– “When I’m away on business, I try to stay at a suites hotel”
– “I always buy my wife flowers on Valentine’s Day”
• Benefit Segmentation: Segmenting on the basis of the
most important and meaningful benefit

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Hall
VALS Framework
Figure 3-7

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Criteria for Effective Targeting of Market
Segments
• Identification
• Sufficiency
• Stability
• Accessibility

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Implementing Segmentation
Strategies
• Concentrated Marketing
– One segment
• Differentiated
– Several segments with individual marketing
strategies

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Hall

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