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Rediscovering Market Segmentation
Fifty-nine percent of recently surveyed companies executed a major market-segmentation initiative in the previous two years. Yet only 14% derived real value from the exercise. What's wrong with market segmentation? Segmentation typically focuses on consumer...
Tags: Marketing Research, Branding, Customer, Segment, Brand, Market-segmentation, Segmentation, Consumer, Marketing, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Daniel Yankelovich, David Meer, Strategy, Market Segmentation
Articles 2008-05-06
The Middle Market: An Unglamorous Opportunity
The middle market is that great area where customers on the low end of the income scale aspire to shop, and where high-end spenders fear to fall. Think Sears, T.J. Maxx, and Applebee's as prototype mid-market players. Harvard Business School marketing professor John Quelch thinks the middle...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Marketing, Finance, Management, Sales, Marketing Research, Team Management, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp., Market, Segment
Blog posts 2008-03-26
Advertising M&A Market Slowed Considerably in Q4 2008
The advertising deal market reflected the slowing economy in Q4 2008, according to a new report by Petsky Prunier, an investment bank specializing in ad agencies and marketing services. Direct Mag gives this summary: The 140 transactions it tracked from the fourth quarter totaled $4.7 billion, reflecting a 42%...
Tags: Advertisement, Segment, Dollar Volume, 3Q08, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-01-16
Target Market Selection
This article is about the marketing segmentation. Target marketing tailors a marketing mix for one or more segments identified by market segmentation. Target marketing contrasts with mass marketing, which offers a single product to the entire market. Two important factors to consider when selecting a target market segment are the...
Tags: Segment, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Segment Reporting
Many entities provide groups of products or services or operate in diverse geographical areas. Segment information highlights the entity's risks and returns, showing the financial position and performance by segment. This document provides conceptual knowledge about segment reporting - its format, types of segments, reportable segments etc.
Tags: Segment, Strategy, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
What is a Positioning Statement?
A positioning statement for each targeted segment is required. Positioning simply means how you want your target segment to perceive you. Note that this is not necessarily how they see you now, but how you want them to see you. In essence, then, it is a promise to the target...
Tags: Segment, Positioning, Benefit, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2000-01-01
Choosing Customer Segments
The decision of which segments to choose is perhaps one of the most difficult challenges for a firm. It is often easy to identify a greater number of attractive segments. It is tempting to enter all segments see the tutorial on segment coverage, especially those that are growing and represent...
Tags: Segment, MarketingProfs
White papers 2000-01-01
Market Segmentation
Market segmentation describes the division of a market into homogeneous groups which will respond differently to promotions, communications, advertising and other marketing mix variables. Each group, or "segment," can be targeted by a different marketing mix because the segments are created to minimize inherent differences between respondents within each segment...
Tags: Market-segmentation, Segment, Market Segmentation, DSS Research, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers 2003-01-01
How To Segment Your Internet Market
Even a single small business can have several very different kinds of customers. It pays big rewards to be aware of these differences and adjust your marketing strategies accordingly. One of the most profitable exercises one can conduct is to segment your site visitors into specific categories. This takes market...
Tags: Segment, Marketing Strategy, Ralph F. Wilson, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing
White papers 2000-04-11
Tellabs, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from George Notter with Jefferies. George Notter - Jefferies Hi. I wanted to ask about the Q1 guidance. It's little bit below where we are and where the street expects. I'm trying to get a better handle on where you are...
Tags: Segment, Guidance, Call Transcript, Earnings, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Seeking Alpha, Tellabs
Earnings calls 2009-01-27
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operators instructions And we’ll go first to Sandy Harrison with Signal Hill Research. Sandy Harrison – Signal Hill Research Thanks for taking my questions and best of luck to you, Kambiz. Kambiz Hooshmand Thank you. Sandy Harrison – Signal Hill Research Just to kind of hit on...
Tags: Segment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Applied Micro Circuits Corp., Wireless, Enterprise Printing, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-01-29
IDEX Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much. Operator Instructions. Our first question today will come from Jim Lucas with Janney Montgomery Scott. Ryan MacLean - Janney Montgomery Scott Hi, this is Ryan MacLean on behalf of Jim. I just wanted to go through the Fluid & Metering segment real quick....
Tags: Segment, Petroleum, Call Transcript, Earnings, Supply Chain, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha, IDEX Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-02-05
IntegraMed America Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator All right. Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Greg Williams, Sidoti. Gregory Williams - Sidoti & Company Hi, nice quarter. I just had a couple of questions. One, John, on the script you mentioned the dispute over a payer. Can you just tell...
Tags: Segment, Call Transcript, Surgery, Earnings, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Seeking Alpha, IntegraMed America Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-02-17
Aligning Sales with Marketing
Chip Terry, VP & General Manager of Sales Intelligence at Zoom Info, explains that by understanding who your customers are and what segment you're going after, marketing and sales can focus their efforts to be more useful to each other. Too often, he says, each department feels ignored by the...
Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, sales, marketing, salespeople, leads, calls, closing, segment, customers
Videos 2009-03-18
Western Digital Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 03/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Sherri Scribner - Deutsche Bank Sherri Scribner - Deutsche Bank Clearly this quarter you guys lost a little bit of share in 3.5 and 2.5 inch. What would be your plans going forward for share gains? Do you see a...
Tags: Segment, Deutsche Bank AG, Call Transcript, Western Digital Corp., Earnings, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Management, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-23
SunPower Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Sanjay Shrestha from Lazard Capital. Your line is open. Sanjay Shrestha - Lazard Capital Great. Thank you. Good afternoon guys and appreciate the guidance and the commentary on the ramp up. Just a quick question. Tom,...
Tags: Segment, Call Transcript, Market Share, Earnings, Balance Sheets, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-24
SPX Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And we will go first to John Baliotti with FTN Equity Capital Markets. John Baliotti – FTN Equity Capital Markets Hi Chris. Chris Kearney Hi John how are you doing? John Baliotti – FTN Equity Capital Markets I'm well, how or you? I'm just curious,...
Tags: Segment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Seeking Alpha, SPX Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-04-29
Sigma Designs, Inc., F1Q10 (Qtr End 05/02/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. The first question comes from the line of John Vinh - Collins Stewart. John Vinh - Collins Stewart My first question is on the digital media adapters or the connected media segment. Can you just give us a little bit more color...
Tags: Segment, Call Transcript, Earnings, Digital Media Adapter, Storage, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Seeking Alpha, Sigma Designs
Earnings calls 2009-05-27
Divestitures And The Liquidity Of The Market For Corporate Assets
This article deduces that the liquidity of the market for corporate assets plays an important role in explaining whether a firm divests a business segment, which business segment the firm divests, and whether the firm divests a core segment or an unrelated segment. Firms are more likely to divest segments...
Tags: Asset, Segment, Liquidity, Divestiture, Firms, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
White papers 2001-07-01
Understanding Segmentation
Even with the amount of data and technology available today, there continues to be a lack of understanding about segmentation. A variety of approaches exists — some more credible than others that allow a marketer to make sense of the different groups that together comprise a customer base. Segmentation is...
Tags: Segmentation, Segment, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2002-03-01