Segmentation & Targeting • Market Segmentation is to divide a market into smaller groups with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviours that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. • Market Targeting is the process of evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter/serve Kotler and Armstrong (2009) Inclusion Segment with the need Target of marketing Program Frustrated or somewhat satisfied consumers Frustrated, distracted or irritated consumers Highly satisfied consumers Audience reached by marketing program Star (1989), “Marketing and its Discontents,” Harvard Business Review, 67(6), pp. 148-154 Exclusion Prices in disadvantaged areas for both durables and nondurables are higher than in nondisadvantaged areas. Andreasen (1976), “The Differing Nature of Consumerism in the Ghetto ,” Journal of Consumer Affairs, 10(2), pp. 179-190; Andreason (1975), The Disadvantaged Consumer, New York: Free Press Brand A brand is a “name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of them, intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition. --American Marketing Associations (1992) www.marketingpower.com Cultural Icon “Some brands succeed because they forge a deep connection with the culture……….. The strategic focus is on what the brand stands for, not how the brand performs.” --Douglas B. Holt Holt (2003), “what Becomes An Icon Most,” Harvard Business Review 83(3), pp. 43-49 Consumer Culture “Brand reinvented itself as a culture sponge, soaking up and morphing to its surroundings….The products that will flourish in the future will be the ones presented not as “commodities” but as concepts: The brand as experience, as lifestyle.” --Naomi Klein Klein (1999), “No Logo,” HarperCollins Consumer Culture “Collectively, firms’ branding efforts shape consumer desires and actions…The concept “consumer culture” refers to the dominant mode of consumption that is structured by the collective actions of firms in their marketing activities.” --Douglas B. Holt Holt (2002), “Why do Brand Cause Trouble? A Dialectical Theory of Consumer Culture and Branding,” Journal of Consumer Research, 29(1), pp. 70-90 Consumer Culture “Brands build on the immaterial labour of consumers: their ability to create an ethical surplus (a social bond, a shared experience, a common identity) through productive communications. This labour is generally free in the sense that it is both unpaid and more or less autonomous.” --Adam Arvidsson Arvidsson (2005), “Brands: A Critical Perspective,” Journal of Consumer Culture 5(2), pp. 235-258 Consumer Culture “…with a rigorous understanding of the potential audience, placing the activity within a relevant cultural context, and by carefully nurturing each area, it is possible for brands to ascend to a religious level in the lives of their consumers.” --Graeme Douglas Douglas (2007), “I believe in a brand new religion,” Campaign (UK), 11/23/2007, pp.18-23 Savvy Consumers “No doubt about it, today’s consumers are marketing literate….Consumers are like roaches, we (marketers) spray them with marketing and for a time it works. Then inevitably they develop an immunity, a resistance.” --Stephen Brown Brown (2004), “O customer, where art thou?, Business Horizons, 47(4), pp. 61-70 Ethical Issues in Advertising Deception – the message Manipulation – the approach Exaggeration – the effect Deception • Against – Advertising is dishonest when message is not directly to/about the products Brenkert (2008) e.g. Calfee and Ringold (1994), “The 70% Majority: Enduring Consumer Beliefs about Advertising,” Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 13(2), pp. 228-238