Market Segments and Customer Analysis

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Extreme segmentation Market segmentation refers to identification of like minded clusters of consumers who can be expected to behave in a similar way, making similar decisions in the market place in similar situations. When it comes to fitness of the products, segments can be based on gender, age, physical ability of the consumer and the income level. Segmenting market should be done according to the segment target position process and thereafter develop a suitable market plan to deliver expected benefits. Segmenting the market involves a complicated and risky process a it can determine the success and failure of an organization because poor segmentation always leads to poor sales of products. When an organization is attempting to diversify it products to the selected market segments, market segmentation to some extent happens to be taken to an extreme condition. The reasons for exerted market segmentation have been attributed to the increase in competitions levels, as well as the increase in the demand for goods and services. Majority firms and mostly the industrial manufactures of goods and services have started segmenting their marketing through developing divergent marketing programs for their production and this is done by use of different segments. In recent times, extreme segmentation has become very popular in that there is an assertion that it might have been in some instances taken too far. The reasons for taking marketing segmentation are associated with a need for responding to various wants and needs of the consumers. The main reason for extreme segmentation mostly has been taken as consolidation of the several segments such as launching a brand integrating numerous prevailing brands so as to cover the various segments (Aaker & McLoughlin, 2010). The positive impact of extreme market segmentation is that, it enhances the economies of scale for the
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