The Fashion Channel Case Analysis

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Abstract This paper analyses The Fashion Channel (TFC) case study and assesses the market segmentation and position strategies proposed by Dana Wheeler. Data was collected regarding the anticipated revenues of each market segmentation, followed by a discussion and analysis of the pros and cons of each market cluster. Finally a recommendation was made for which of the three market segmentation and position strategies suggested by Dana to present to the leadership team at the senior management meeting. The management team for The Fashion Channel (TFC) must decide which customer segment or segments they should target in their new marketing strategy and how they should position TFC to ultimately increase company revenue. When deciding their marketing strategy, TFC must consider how they can increase their share of the market versus the increasingly competitive fashion programming on CNN and Lifetime. According to Dana Wheeler, senior vice president of marketing for TFC, the two key levers to drive revenue growth would be increased ratings, and increased advertising pricing. Therefore, the scenario that The Fashion Channel will implement must increase TV ratings and advertising revenue. After reviewing data from consumer research reports relevant to the Fashion Channel, Dana Wheeler gathered four different market segments that the channel appealed to. These were fashionistas, planners plus shoppers, situationalists, and basics. Due to increasing competition from the CNN and Lifetime networks, it was decided a new marketing strategy must be implemented in order to remain the leader in fashion programming both by ratings and advertising revenue (Stahl, 2007). According to Stahl (2007), Wheeler designed three scenarios using three different market segmentations approaches. The first strategy would be a multi-segment

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