8 Flashcards
Identifying the target consumer
Not all products will appeal equality to all consumers
- need to identify the type of consumer that the product is aimed at so that the marketing strategy can be tailored to their wants/ needs
- a product that does not provide something different will have limited successes
Analyzing the current market
- consider both internal and external market forces
- objective analysis of the health of the business
- consider current and potential customer trends
Most common is SWOT strenght, weakness, opportunities, threats
SWOT analysis – Strengths
-Competitively priced
-High quality
-Unique wine
- Strong customer base
- Broad market
- Highly skilled/knowledgeable
SWOT analysis – Weaknesses
- High production cost
- Limited marketing activity
- The wine not widely know outside its region of production
SWOT analysis – Opportunities
- new & growing markets
- gap in market for new products of different price points
-market trends
-week local currency, making
SWOT analysis – Threats
-competitors
- possible changes in legislation
- changing tastes
Consumers over social health & impact of alcohol
Market segmentation
Groups of consumers who will be attracted to their product and tailor the product and the marketing of that product to them
Aim is to choose a group who have sufficient similar preference and needs to create a meaningful market and can be targeted by co.
Segmentation is often based on variable which include:
B a D G a P
Behavior
Demographic
Geographic
Psychographic
Segmentation based on geographic variables
Relate simply to where the consumer live
Country, region, city
And whether they live in an urban or rural area
-usually these are too broad and cover too wide a range of people to be meaningful
Segmentation based on Demographic variables
Age Gender
Ethnicity Family status- single, children
Income Level of ed- college? Masters?
Occupation Socioeconomic
Status- individual or family’s position in society relative to others based on their income, level ed and occupation
Segmentation based on psychographic variables
lifestyle- people who go out to eat & drink, health conscious
- personality-people who show off wealth or knowledge
- value and beliefs- vegetarians, prefer products that are organic, environmentally friendly, Fairtrade
-Interests – interested in wine from a particular country or region?
Segmentation based on behavior variables
-what BENEFIT (e.g. quality, value for money, prestige)?
-WHEN buy (e.g. regularly, only on special occasions)?
- WHERE buy (e.g. supermarkets, specialist wine retailers)?
- HOW often, WHAT volume, brand LOYALTY?
- level of INTREST (e.g. enthusiast, moderate interest, indifferent)?
- early adopters (i.e. people who are keen to buy new products when they come on to the market) or late adopters?
Define High-involvement consumers?
- have a deep interest in the wine they drink
- Are keen to try new products
- tend to spend more on wine
Define Low-involvement consumers
- have little interest in the detail of what they drink
- stick to a few products that they know
- unlikely to spend on wine
Consumer segregation created by Hall
Segregation based on wine tourism
1 Wine Lover - those w/ great interest in, knowledge of, high income and high education
2 Wine Interested- those w/ great interest in wine, moderate wine knowledge, college ed w/ moderate income
3 Wine Curious - those w/ a moderate interest in wine but limited knowledge, moderate income, and med level of ed, they see wine as an opportunity to maintain social relations