In: Accounting
Explain how companies identify attractive market segments and choose a market-targeting strategy.
A firm must look at three factors when evaluating market segments:
• Segment size and growth
• Segment structural attractiveness (ex. Supermarkets offering takeaway meals; Airline requiring 50 hotel rooms per night)
• Company objectives and resources (ex. Joe’s Crab Shack)
When selecting market segments, a company can adopt one of three market-coverage strategies:
• Undifferentiated marketing (ex. Public cafeterias)
• Differentiated marketing (ex. Accor, Starwood and Ritz-Carlton)
• Concentrated marketing (ex. Chuck E. Cheese)