Week 3 & 4 Flashcards
First launched in Hiroshima in 1984 as Unique Clothing Warehouse
Uniqlo
Unlike competitors that aim for a particular demographic, they don’t have a specific target customer
Uniqlo
Well designed basics. Most sizing will be for a North American fit, but there will also be some smaller sizing to reflect Toronto’s multicultural population
Uniqlo
“We believe clothing doesnt have to have individuality. Instead, the consumers selecting the clothes should have the individuality. The mix and match concept is the new way to enjoy clothing”
- Tadashi Yanai, chief executive of Fast Retailing, Uniqlo’s parent company
Uniqlo
Combines the benefits of standardization (lower costs, better quality) with the benefit of adaptation (close to needs of consumers)
International Market Segmentation
International marketers have conventionally approached segmentation at the country level
International Market Segmentation
Each country is treated as a seperate market
International Market Segmentation
The application of market segmentation to be as relevant internationally as in domestic markets
International Market Segmentation
Each country represents a separate segment
International Market Segmentation:
Multi domestic strategy
A strategy integrated across national borders
International Market Segmentation:
Global or pan-regional strategy
Segmentation is a tool that groups people by their distinct needs to determine what types of consumers will be most receptive to a particular product or marketing message
Segmentation
Using segmentation strategies that try to constrain or anchor consumers to a single, consistent, stable way of behaving is likely to lead to marketing failure
Segmentation
Country should be considered as one single market
Homogenous Market
People may be more alike around the world than different
Homogenous Market
A) Observational bases (geographic and demographic): geographic locations, economic indicators, political characteristics, and demographics
B) Unobservable bases (psychographic): consumer values and lifestyle
Segmentation Bases:
General Bases
Product type and behavioural, brand/product penetration rates, attitudes, benefit
Segmentation Bases:
Domain-specific bases
Region, city or metro side density, climate, province, country
Segmentation variables:
Geographic
Age, cohort generation, gender, family size, life stage, education, income, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, tribal identity, family identity, religion, political party membership, nationality, social class
Segmentation variables:
Demographic
Lifestyle, passions, interests, hobbies, personality, sociability, social class, values
Segmentation variables:
Psychographic
Product usage rate, brand loyalty, product benefits sought, usage occasion characteristics, user status, buyer’s readiness to purchase, buy attitudes
Segmentation variables:
Behavioural
Efficiency
McDonaldization (George Ritzer)
Calculability
McDonaldization (George Ritzer)
Predicability
McDonaldization (George Ritzer)
Non Human Technology/ Control
McDonaldization (George Ritzer)