An Analysis on the Conditions and Methods of Market Segmentation
- Shili Sun
Abstract
With the development of world economy, there are so many enterprises occur around the globe. Simultaneously, the business competition among them is becoming more and more fierce and consumers are also diverse in needs and wants. Thus, the exact market segmentation is absolutely vital for business success and market gains. This paper discusses mainly on the conditions and methods of market segmentation through relevant theories reviews and some real cases analyses. There are lots of bases or variables to segment markets which include consumer markets and industrial markets, such as geographic segmentation, demographic segmentation, psychographic segmentation and behavioral segmentation and so forth. On the basis of these variables, business can segment the market which it can serve best and benefit most from which.- Full Text:
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- DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v4n2p63
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