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Types of Market Segmentation
Types of Market Segmentation
Although External variables that influence consumer behavior are social and cultural in
رغم ان nature.
Heavily Socials man is a social being. Our need to be accepted as a member of a group is
بقوة/بشدة very strong, although often unconscious. Our values, opinions, and behavior are
Belong heavily influenced by groups to which we belong. Because we refer to these
/انتماء groups for guidance, they are called reference groups. We are also influenced by
يغص groups to which we would like to belong.
Custom Cultures the set of attitudes, customs, values, ways of perceiving, and behavior
عرف handed down from one generation to another.
Set
Cultural traits include how people dress; how men and women, and children and
مجموعة
adults,
Perceive
فهم
Demographic data are measurable facts. They are generally available from
census reports. Useful demographic data include information about number of
total population, rate of population growth, population density, per capita
income, marital status, spans, patterns, employment, ethnic origin, age, and
education.
Psychographics become more important. They deal with both the quantity and
quality of prospects. Psychographic, they are likely to be very different in their
values, attitudes, and purchasing patterns. The potential market is segmented
according to such factors as way of life and personality traits. Some people like
to stay at home and watch television, others prefer more active outside
entertainment. Some are careful shoppers who look for bargains: others buy on
impulse.
Psychographics are concerned with why they do it, Thus psychographics more
clearly show the relation between consumer and product.