1st Edition

Market Segmentation Success Making It Happen!

By Sally Dibb, Lyndon Simkin Copyright 2008
204 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

Market segmentation is a main aspect of an effective business strategy, but implementation is often difficult and ultimately unsuccessful. Market Segmentation Success: Making It Happen! offers a solid review of the concepts of market segmentation and target market selection, as well as clearly explaining how to create market segments, how to select which customers to target, what problems will... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1. An Overview of Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning. Chapter 2. Understanding and Overcoming Market Segmentation Barriers. Chapter 3. Understanding Consumers or Business Customers. Chapter 4. Contrasting Approaches to Conducting Market Segmentation. Chapter 5. Determining Segment Targets. Chapter 6. Identifying, Diagnosing, and Treating Segmentation Blockers. Chapter 7. Essential Lessons and the Thirty Rules for Segmentation Success. References. Index.

Biography

Sally Dibb, PhD, is Professor of Marketing at the innovative Open University Business School in the United Kingdom.Lyndon Simkin, PhD, is a Reader in Strategic Marketing at the University of Warwick, one of the United Kingdom's leading business schools. Their research focuses on market segmentation, targeting strategies, marketing planning, business planning, strategy implementation, and marketing modeling. They have published widely in the academic journals in the United Kingdom and the United States. They are co-authors of Marketing: Concepts and Strategies , and authors of The Market Segmentation Workbook and The Marketing Planning Workbook. Dr. Dibb and Dr. Simkin are married and live in Kenilworth, Warwickshire in the United Kingdom, and have six children.