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Worksheet - Market Segmentation

This document discusses the concept of market segmentation. It provides questions and spaces for responses about understanding market segmentation, benefits and drawbacks for different businesses, and ways to segment a market based on demographics, geography, and usage. Market segmentation involves dividing a market into subgroups with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviors to allow for targeted marketing. It can benefit a nightclub owner by appealing to different customer segments, but may drawbacks for a biscuit manufacturer by limiting their potential customer base. Demographic segmentation divides the market based on variables like age, gender, income level. Geographic segmentation for a food company could involve factors like climate or population density. Usage segmentation examines how intensively or frequently customers use a product.

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Worksheet - Market Segmentation

This document discusses the concept of market segmentation. It provides questions and spaces for responses about understanding market segmentation, benefits and drawbacks for different businesses, and ways to segment a market based on demographics, geography, and usage. Market segmentation involves dividing a market into subgroups with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviors to allow for targeted marketing. It can benefit a nightclub owner by appealing to different customer segments, but may drawbacks for a biscuit manufacturer by limiting their potential customer base. Demographic segmentation divides the market based on variables like age, gender, income level. Geographic segmentation for a food company could involve factors like climate or population density. Usage segmentation examines how intensively or frequently customers use a product.

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  • Market Segmentation Worksheet: This section contains a worksheet that tasks the reader with defining market segmentation and analyzing its benefits and drawbacks in business contexts.

Management of Business Unit 2

Topic: Market Segmentation

Complete the worksheet in the spaces provided


1. What do you understand by the term “market segmentation”? 3 mks
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2. Outline THREE benefits to a nightclub owner of market segmentation. 6


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3. Outline TWO possible drawbacks to market segmentation for a biscuit
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4. Explain “demographic segmentation”. 2 marks

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5. Explain TWO ways in which a FOOD manufacturing company could use


geographic factors to segment the market. (6 mks)

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6. Outline, with the aid of examples, how “usage” could be used to segment a
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END OF ACTIVITY

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