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Psychographic segmentation has been used in marketing research as a form of market segmentation which divides consumers into sub-groups based on shared psychological characteristics, including subconscious or conscious beliefs, motivations, and priorities to explain, and predict consumer behavior. [1]
Market segmentation is the process of dividing mass markets into groups with similar needs and wants. [2] The rationale for market segmentation is that in order to achieve competitive advantage and superior performance, firms should: "(1) identify segments of industry demand, (2) target specific segments of demand, and (3) develop specific 'marketing mixes' for each targeted market segment ...
Market segmentation is a process, in which groups of buyers within a market are divided and profiled according to a range of variables, which determine the market characteristics and tendencies. [2] The S-T-P framework implements market segmentation in three steps: Segmenting means identifying and classifying consumers into categories called ...
Psychographics is defined as "market research or statistics classifying population groups according to psychological variables" [1] The term psychographics is derived from the words "psychological" and "demographics" [2] Two common approaches to psychographics include analysis of consumers' activities, interests, and opinions (AIO variables), and values and lifestyles (VALS).
Firmographics play crucial role in one of the most significant developments in business segmentation theory came in 1984 with the work of Bonoma and Shapiro who were the first to propose a truly multistep basis for segmenting business markets. They proposed the use of five general segmentation criteria which they arranged in a nested hierarchy.
VALS (Values and Lifestyle Survey) [1] is a proprietary research methodology used for psychographic market segmentation. Market segmentation is designed to guide companies in tailoring their products and services in order to appeal to the people most likely to purchase them.
Approaches to segmentation will vary depending on whether the total available market (TAM) is a consumer market or a business market. Market segmentation is the process of dividing a total available market, using one of a number of key bases for segmenting such as demographic, geographic, psychographic, behavioural or needs-based segments.
Traditional market segmentation divides the market into four categories of geographic segmentation, demographic segmentation, psychographic segmentation and behavioral segmentation. [5] This approach works well as it groups various customers into segments that have common needs. It would lead to targeting the segment and positioning the product.