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1) ________ is the process of evaluating the attractiveness of different market segments and selecting one or more segments to enter. A) Differentiation B) Mass marketing C) Market targeting D) Market segmentation E) Positioning Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 2) Zista, a boutique that caters to the clothing needs of women, manufactures two different lines of fashion wear based on the purchasing power of its customers. One product line caters to the needs of affluent, middle-aged women, and the other line targets younger professionals and homemakers. Zista most likely segments the consumer market based on _ _______ variables. A) geographic B) psychographic C) universal D) demographic E) behavioral Answer: D Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 3) ________ consists of arranging for a market offering to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competing products in the minds of target consumers. A) Differentiation B) Positioning C) Market targeting D) Market segmentation E) Mass marketing Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 4) Which of the following is the right order of the steps that companies generally follow in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy? A) market segmentation, differentiation, positioning, and market targeting B) positioning, market segmentation, mass marketing, and market targeting
C) market segmentation, market targeting, differentiation, and positioning D) market alignment, market segmentation, differentiation, and market positioning E) market recognition, market preference, market targeting, and market insistence Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 5) Senz, an automobile manufacturer, produces low-end vehicles that are targeted toward lowerincome consumer groups. Senz most likely segments the consumer market based on ________ variables. A) demographic B) psychographic C) universal D) geographic E) behavioral Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 6) Pacific Fisheries groups its customers by regions in the U.S., such as Midwest, Northeast, and Southwest. For each region, Pacific Fisheries tailors a different set of advertisements and promotions. Based on which of the following segmentation variables does the firm divide its market? A) behavioral factors B) personality characteristics C) geographic location D) benefits sought E) demographics Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 7) Pediacertain Pet Supplies, a pet-food company, divides the pet market according to the pet owners' gender, occupation, income, and family life cycle. In this case, which of the following variables has the company used for market segmentation? A) geographic B) psychographic C) benefit D) demographic E) occasion Answer: D Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2
Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, segmentation, targeting, and positioning positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 8) Demographic variables are the most popular b ases for segmenting customer groups because they ________. A) create smaller segments B) create more easily accessible segments C) do not involve stereotypes D) are easier to measure E) involve fewer attributes to consider Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 9) Zindle, an American smartphone-manufacturing firm, targets children below the age of ten by providing free games and applications. The firm's marketing approach is reflective of a(n) ________ segmentation. A) age and life-cycle B) geographic C) occasion D) gender E) income Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 10) ________ factors are the most popular bases for segmenting customer groups. A) Geographic B) Demographic C) Behavioral D) Lifestyle E) Personality Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 11) ProFem Inc. caters its line of sports apparel ex clusively to women. What type of segmentation does the company use? A) age and life-cycle B) gender C) behavior D) psychographic E) geographic
Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 12) Which type of market segmentation is generall y used by marketers who sell products for the affluent segments of a population? A) usage rate B) occasion C) income D) benefits sought E) gender Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 13) At one time, Miller Beer was known as the "champagne of bottled beer." It was targeted at an elite class of customers. Later, to increase sales, Miller was repositioned to attract members of the working, middle-class. What is this segmentation method called? A) user status B) usage rate C) benefit D) behavioral E) psychographic Answer: E Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 14) Dividing buyers into groups based on their knowledge, attitudes, uses, or responses to a product is called ________ segmentation. A) behavioral B) psychographic C) age and life-cycle D) user status E) geographic Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 15) Firms that manufacture seasonal products target their consumers primarily through ________ segmentation. A) psychographic B) demographic
C) income D) occasion E) age and life-cycle Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 16) The marketing manager at Frizzles' Frizz les' Eateries targets customers who are working to lose weight but who still want to dine out. The restaurant chain offers a wide variety v ariety of low-fat, lowcalorie meals that appeal to dieters. Frizzles' approach is best referred to as ________ segmentation. A) age and life-cycle B) user status C) benefit D) demographic E) geographic Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 17) Markets can be segmented into groups of nonusers, ex-users, potential users, first-time users, and regular users of a product. This method of segmentation is called ________. A) user status segmentation B) usage rate segmentation C) benefit segmentation D) behavioral segmentation E) loyalty status segmentation Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 18) Shampoo marketers segment buyers as light, medium, or heavy product users. This is an example of ________ segmentation. A) user status B) usage rate C) benefits sought D) occasion E) psychographic Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking
19) Gold Class Electricals, a consumer-electronics firm, targets market segments based on factors such as country, age, social class, usage rate, and benefits sought. The company co mpany divides its markets based on ________. A) demographic variables B) geographic regions C) multiple segmentation bases D) behavioral variables E) psychographic segmentation bases Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 20) Rasco Corp. segments its foreign markets based on the income levels of a country's countr y's population. In this case, the firm segments its market based based on ________. A) political factors B) legal factors C) personality factors D) economic factors E) cultural factors Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 21) Producers of popular beverages often partner p artner with global music channels to target consumers through a variety of promotional events and an d advertisements. This approach to marketing is referred to as ________ segmentation. A) intermarket B) income C) age and life-cycle D) occasions E) gender Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 22) Market segments that can be effectively reached and served are said to be ________. A) measurable B) accessible C) substantial D) actionable E) profitable Answer: B
Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 23) When the size, purchasing power, and profiles of a market segment can be determined, the market segment is said to be ________. A) measurable B) accessible C) substantial D) actionable E) observable Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, segmentation, targeting, and positioning 24) When a market segment is large or profitable enough to serve, it is termed ________. __ ______. A) measurable B) accessible C) substantial D) actionable E) differentiable Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 25) When an effective program can be designed for attracting and serving a chosen segment, the segment is best described as ________. A) accessible B) measurable C) reachable D) actionable E) differentiable Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 26) When market segments are conceptually conceptuall y distinguishable and respond distinctively to various marketing mix elements and programs, they are said to be ________. A) accessible B) measurable C) reachable D) differentiable E) observable Answer: D
Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 27) A market segment is less attractive when ________. A) there are few aggressive competitors in the segment B) it is difficult for new entrants to enter the segment C) it contains powerful suppliers who can control p rices D) substitute products are unavailable in the segment E) buyers in the market segment have weak bargaining powers Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 28) Which of the following is an approach approa ch where firms target a whole market based on common consumer needs? A) demographic segmentation B) undifferentiated marketing C) micromarketing D) concentrated marketing E) geographic segmentation Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 29) Marketing the same product to a huge customer base without any an y customization is referred to as ________. A) mass marketing B) differentiated marketing C) niche marketing D) local marketing E) individual marketing Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 30) Port Orleans Shipping markets different services to the tourism, defense, and trade segments. The firm designs separate offers for each segment based o n their needs. This approach is called c alled ________ marketing. A) concentrated B) differentiated C) individual D) mass E) local
Answer: B Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 31) By offering product and marketing variations to segments and developing a stronger position within several segments, companies hope to create more total sales through segmented marketing than ________ marketing across all segments. A) undifferentiated B) differentiated C) niche D) local E) individual Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Reflective thinking 32) BritWay Ventures, a leading producer of soft d rinks, is considering a differentiated marketing strategy. It is most likely important that the company weighs increased sales against ________ before selecting this strategy. A) decreased production B) increased demand C) increased costs D) decreased prices E) increased profits Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 33) Compared with undifferentiated marketing, differentiated marketing is more likely to lead to ________. A) reduced sales in each market segment B) weaker product position in each market segment C) higher costs of doing business D) redundancy in product design across market segments E) smaller market share in the industry Answer: C Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking
34) A successful niche marketing strategy relies on a firm's ________. A) availability of services B) product positioning C) superior products D) knowledge of customer needs E) affordable pricing Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 35) Unlike other car rental agencies that are based in airports to serve travelers, Wheelz -On-Rent has a network of neighborhood offices. The firm strives to serve people who n eed car rentals for reasons other than vacation, such as when their own cars are being repaired. Wheelz-On-Rent caters to a small share of the large car rental market. From this description, it can be con cluded that Wheelz-On-Rent most likely practices ________. A) undifferentiated marketing B) multi-segmented marketing C) individual marketing D) local marketing E) concentrated marketing Answer: E Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 36) The practice of tailoring products and marketing programs to suit the tastes of specific individuals and locations is referred to as ________. A) niche marketing B) micromarketing C) segmented marketing D) global marketing E) undifferentiated marketing Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 37) ________ marketing tailors brands and promotions to the needs and wants wa nts of specific cities, neighborhoods, and even stores. A) Differentiated B) Mass C) Niche D) Local E) Individual Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, targeting, and positioning 38) Which of the following is true about local marketing? A) It does not cater to individual stores. B) It does not support evolving technologies. C) It increases manufacturing costs. D) It increases economies of scale. E) It reduces logistical issues. Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 39) Marketers tailoring brands and promotions to the needs and wants wants of specific customer groups practice ________. A) niche marketing B) multi-segmented marketing C) local marketing D) mass marketing E) individual marketing Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 40) When a company interacts int eracts one-on-one with large numbers of customers to c reate customerunique value by designing products and services tailor-made to individual needs, it is engaging in ________. A) concentrated marketing B) mass marketing C) mass customization D) differentiated marketing E) local marketing Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 41) Which of the following is true of product positioning? A) A product's position is defined by the nu mber of competitors in a market. B) Product positioning has little influence on the design of marketing mixes. C) Consumers generally reevaluate products every time they make a buying decision. D) To simplify the buying process, consumers are likel y to position products in their minds. E) Consumers cannot position products without the help of marketers. Answer: D
Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 42) Through ________, brands can be differentiated on features, performance, or style and design. A) people differentiation B) channel differentiation C) price differentiation D) services differentiation E) product differentiation Answer: E Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 43) Companies are likely to gain ________ through speedy, convenient, or careful delivery of products. A) price differentiation B) product differentiation C) channel differentiation D) services differentiation E) people differentiation Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 44) Which of the following types of differentiation is used to gain competitive advantage through the way a firm designs its distribution coverage, expertise, and performance? A) services differentiation B) channel differentiation C) people differentiation D) product differentiation E) price differentiation Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 45) Argonaut Food Stores, a retail giant, hires better-skilled employees than its competitors by employing strategic recruitment practices. It also conducts highly specialized training programs for its employees. In this case, Argonaut has focused on gaining a strong competitive advantage adv antage through ________ differentiation. A) image B) people C) services
D) product E) channel Answer: B Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 46) Customers recognize the products of Breads & Butters, a coffee shop, by b y identifying the "twisted bread" logo that helped the firm revolutionize its products. In this case, the firm has differentiated itself through its ________. A) image B) people C) services D) channels E) positioning Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 47) When firms use symbols, colors, or characters to conve y their personalities, they are using ________ differentiation. A) image B) people C) usage-rate D) user-status E) channel Answer: A Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 48) Which of the following is true of perceptual positioning maps? A) They are used by marketers m arketers to divide a market into smaller groups with distinct characteristics. B) They are used by b y marketers to identify supplier and retailer perceptions of a product. C) They are used to analyze consumer perceptions of a brand versus competing products. D) They are used to divide buyers into groups based on their perceived income and age. E) They are used to plot the geographic segments that a company needs to target. Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking
49) Estel, a kitchen-cabinet manufacturer, positions its cabinets as furniture with superior craftsmanship and durability. This is an example of ___ _____ differentiation. A) product B) services C) image D) people E) channels Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 50) A brand difference is said to be preemptive if ________. A) competitors cannot easily copy the difference B) buyers can afford to pay for the difference C) the difference can be introduced profitably D) the difference is communicable E) the difference is beneficial to customers Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 51) Rad, a manufacturer of luxury lux ury watches, charges a higher price for its products than its competitors. Despite the high prices, the brand is p opular among customers for its quality and service in comparison to cheaper alternatives available in the market. In this case, Rad offers a(n) ________ value proposition. A) more-for-more B) more-for-the-same C) more-for-less D) all-or-nothing E) same-for-less Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 52) Using a(n) ________ positioning strategy, comp anies can attack the more-for-more strategy of another firm by offering a brand of comparable quality at a lower price. A) more-for-the-same B) more-for-less C) the-same-for-less D) less-for-much-less E) less-for-more
Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 53) Which positioning strategy offers value for consumers by providing the same brands as competitors at a lower price? A) more for the same B) more for less C) the same for less D) less for much less E) more for more Answer: C Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 54) The less-for-much-less positioning involves meeting consumers' requirements for ________. A) moderate quality at a higher price B) lower quality for a lower price C) lower quality at a higher price D) higher quality at a discounted rate E) higher quality at the lowest possible price Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 55) Stores offering low-quality alternatives to luxury products at low prices most likely follow a ________ positioning strategy. A) more-for-the-same B) more-for-less C) same-for-less D) less-for-much-less E) more-for-more Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 56) Which of the following strategies is most likely to be followed by firms that position themselves as caterers of the best products at econ omical prices? A) more for the same B) more for less C) same for less D) more for more
E) less for much less Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 57) Household Storez, a local retail store, claims to offer better products at lower prices than other retail stores. In this case, the firm's positioning reflects a ________ valu e proposition. A) more-for-the same B) more-for-less C) same-for-less D) more-for-more E) same-for-more Answer: B Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 58) Which of the following includes the target segmen t of a product, the category categor y to which the product belongs, and the product's point of difference from other members in the category? A) mission statement B) vision statement C) profit statement D) positioning statement E) inventory statement Answer: D Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 59) Zeal is a popular automobile automob ile brand, and its positioning statement reads as follows: "For upscale American families who require large vehicles, Zeal is the automobile of choice." Which of the following mandatory elements is missing from the positioning statement? A) point of difference B) target audience C) brand name D) product category E) need Answer: A Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 60) Company and brand positioning should be summed up in a ________. A) mission statement B) vision statement
C) profit statement D) positioning statement E) corporate statement Answer: D Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 61) Companies today are moving away from target marketing and toward mass marketing. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 62) While designing a customer-driven marketing strategy, marketers are likely to divide the market into smaller segments. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 63) Josie's, a gift store with a presence in multiple nations, divides its markets into units of nations, regions, and cities. This is an example of geographic segmentation. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 64) Marketers must be careful to guard against stereotypes when using age and life-cycle life-c ycle segmentation. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 65) Demographic factors are the most popular b ases for segmenting customer groups. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 66) Demographic variables are generally more difficult to mea sure than most other types of variables. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2
Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, segmentation, targeting, and positioning positioning 67) Companies that use income segmentation alwa ys target the affluent. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 68) LaGrange, a floral boutique, segments its customers into three groups: those who frequently use their services, those who have never nev er used their services, and potential users. This is an example of usage-rate segmentation. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 69) Marketers typically limit their market segmentation analysis to a single variable in order to simplify the process. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 70) Clusters of marketable groups of customers with similar likes, dislikes, lifestyles, and purchase behaviors can be identified by multivariable segmentation systems that merge and analyze geographic, demographic, lifestyle, and behavioral data. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 71) Business and consumer marketers use many of the same variables to segment their markets. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 72) Light users are often a small percentage of a company's market but account acc ount for a high percentage of total consumption. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 73) New communications technologies are likely to eliminate the need for markets to be geographically segmented as clusters of countries. Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 74) For market segments to be beneficial for comp anies, they must be measurable. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 75) The largest, fastest-growing market segments are generally the most attractive ones for smaller companies. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 76) A segment is more attractive if it already contains many strong and aggressive competitors. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 77) A market segment with powerful suppliers controlling the prices is more attractive than a segment with less powerful suppliers. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, segmentation, targeting, and positioning 78) Even if a segment has ha s the right size and growth and is structurally attractive, a company must consider its own objectives and resources before targeting that segment. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 79) Using a differentiated marketing strategy, a company is likel y to design a product and a marketing program that will appeal to the largest number of buyers. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 80) Companies with limited financial and personnel resources should most likely avoid concentrated or niche marketing until their earnings improve. Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 81) Niche marketing offers smaller companies an oppo rtunity to compete by focusing their limited resources on serving niches that may be unimportant to or overlooked by larger companies. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 82) When a company compan y chooses a target marketing strategy for a product, its ch oices are most likely influenced by the product's life-cycle stage. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 83) A company or brand image should convey a product's distinctive benefits and positioning. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 84) A more-for-more market offering not only offers higher quality but also gives prestige to a buyer. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: Easy Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 85) Cian, an automobile manufacturer, manu facturer, offers a new car model with features comparable to that of another popular brand. However, the Cian model is priced lower than its compe titor and includes a longer warranty. Cian is most likely following a more-for-the-same strategy. Answer: FALSE Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 86) Explain the four major steps in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy. Answer: The four major steps in designing a customer-driven marketing strategy are market segmentation, market targeting, differentiation, and market positioning. Market segmentation: Dividing a market into smaller groups of bu yers with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviors, that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. The
company identifies different ways to segment the market and develops profiles of the resulting market segments. Market targeting: Evaluating each market segment's attractiveness and selecting one or more of the market segments to enter. Differentiation: Actually differentiating the firm's market offering to create a superior customer value. Market positioning: Arranging for a market offering to occup y a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competing products in the minds of consumers. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 1 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 87) Explain the four major segmentation variables for consumer markets. Answer: For consumer marketing, the major segmentation variables variables are geographic, demographic, psychographic, and behavioral. Geographic segmentation divides the market into different geographic units, such as nations, regions, states, countries, cities, or neighborhoods. Many companies are localizing their products, advertising, promotion, and sales efforts to fit the needs of individual regions, cities, and neighborhoods. Demographic segmentation divides the market into groups based on variables such as age, life-cycle stage, gender, income, occupation, education, religion, ethnicity, and generation. These are the most popular factors because the y are easy to measure, and consumer needs, wants, and usage rates often vary closely with demographic variables. Psychographic segmentation, on the other hand, divides buyers into different groups based on social class, lifestyle, or personality characteristics. People in the same demographic group can have very different psychographic characteristics. Behavioral segmentation divides buyers into groups based on their knowledge, attitudes, uses, or responses to a product. Many marketers believe that behavior variables are the best starting point for building market segments. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 88) Describe age and life-cycle segmentation with examples. What are the precautions that marketers should take when using age and life-cycle segmentation? Answer: Consumer needs and wants change with age. Some companies use age and life-cycle segmentation, offering different products or using different marketing approaches for different age and life-cycle groups. For example, ex ample, Kraft promotes JELL-O to children as a fun snack. For adults, it is a tasty, guilt-free indulgence. Other companies focus on the specific age of life-stage groups. Marketers must be careful to guard against stereotypes when using age and life-cycle life-c ycle segmentation. For example, although consumers in all age segments love Disney cruises, most Disney Cruise Lines destinations and shipboard activities are designed with parents and their children in mind. Marketers must be careful to guard against stereotypes when using age and life-cycle segmentation. Although some 80-year-olds fit the dod dering stereotypes, others ski and play tennis. Similarly, whereas some 40-year-old 40- year-old couples are sending their children off to college, others are just beginning new families. Thus, age is often a poor predictor of a person's
life cycle, health, work or family status, needs, and buying power. Companies marketing to mature consumers usually employ positive images and appeals. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 89) Explain with examples how marketers segment markets based on occasions, benefits sought, and user status. Answer: Occasions: Buyers can be grouped according to occasions when they get the idea to buy, actually make their purchase, or use the purchased item. Occasion segmentation can help firms build up product usage. For example, most consumers drink orange juice in the morning, but orange growers have promoted drinking orange juice as a cool, healthful refresher at other times of the day. Benefits sought: A powerful form of segmentation is grouping bu yers according to the different benefits that they seek from a product. Benefit segmentation requires finding the major benefits people look for in a product class, the kinds of people who look for each benefit, and the major brands that deliver each benefit. For example, people buying bikes are looking for any of numerous benefits, from competitive racing and sports performance to recreation, fitness, touring, transportation, and just plain fun. To meet varying benefit preferences, Trek makes bikes in three major benefit groups: road bikes, mountain bikes, and town bikes. User status: Markets can be segmented into nonusers, ex -users, potential users, first-time users, and regular users of a product. Marketers want to reinforce and retain regular users, attract targeted nonusers, and reinvigorate relationships with ex -users. Included in the potential user group are consumers facing life-stage changes – such such as new parents and newlyweds – who who can be turned into heavy users. For example, to get new parents off to the right start, P&G makes certain its Pampers Swaddlers are the diaper provided for newborns at most U.S. hospitals. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 90) Describe how marketers use multiple-segmenting bases to their advantage. Answer: Marketers rarely limit their segmentation segmentation analysis to only one or a few variables. Instead, they use multiple segmentation bases in an effort to identify smaller, better-defined target groups of consumers. Such segmentation provides a powerful tool for marketers of all kinds. It can help companies identify and better understand key customer segments, reach them more efficiently, and tailor market offerings and messages to their specific needs. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 91) How do businesses segment their markets? Answer: Consumer and business marketers use many of the same variables to segment their markets. Like consumer groups, business buyers can be segmented using geographic, demographic, benefits sought, user status, usage rate, and loyalty status segmentation. Business
buyers are also segmented by the variables of operating characteristics, purchasing approaches, situational factors, and personal characteristics. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 92) Why do international markets need to be segmented? Answer: Few companies have either the resources or the will to operate in all, or even most, of the countries that dot the globe. Different countries, even those that are close together, can vary greatly in their economic, cultural, technological, and political makeup. International firms need to group their world markets into segments with distinctive buying needs and behaviors. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 93) Briefly describe the characteristics of effective market segments. Answer: To be useful, market segments must be: Measurable: The size, purchasing power, and profiles of the segments can be measured. Accessible: The market segments can be effectively reached and served. Substantial: The market segments are large or profitable enough to serve. It should be the largest possible homogeneous group worth pursuing with a tailored marketing program. Differentiable: The segments are conceptually distinguishable and respond d ifferently to different marketing mix elements and programs. Actionable: Effective programs can be designed for attracting and serving consumers who make up the segment. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 2 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 94) Describe the process by which companies compa nies identify attractive market segments and choose a target marketing strategy. Answer: To target the best market segments, a company first evaluates each segment's size and growth characteristics, structural attractiveness, and compatibility with company objectives and resources. It then chooses one of four marketing ma rketing strategies – ranging ranging from very broad to very narrow targeting. The seller can ignore segment differences and target broadly using undifferentiated marketing. This involves mass producing, mass distributing, and mass promoting about the same product in about the same way to all consumers. The seller can also adopt differentiated marketing – developing developing different market offers for several segments. Concentrated marketing involves focusing on only one or a few market segments. Finally, micromarketing is the practice of tailoring products and marketing programs to suit the tastes of specific individuals and locations. Micromarketing includes local marketing and individual marketing. Which targeting strategy is best depends on compa ny resources, product variability, product life-cycle stage, market variability, and competitive marketing strategies. strategies. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking
95) Compare and contrast the four major strategies that are generally used to target market segments. Answer: Market targeting can be carried out at several different levels. Companies can target very broadly (undifferentiated marketing), very narrowly (micromarketing), or somewhere in between (differentiated or concentrated marketing). An undifferentiated marketing strategy strategy ignores market segment differences and targets the whole market with one offer. This massmarketing strategy focuses on what is common in the needs of consumers rather than on what is different. In contrast, a differentiated strategy targets several market segments and designs separate offers for each. Companies hope for higher sales and a stronger position within each market segment. Concentrated or niche marketing goes after a large share of one or o r a few segments or niches instead of going after a large share of a large market. These niches may be overlooked or unimportant. Niching offers smaller companies an oppo rtunity to compete by focusing their limited resources more effectively. Finally, using micromarketing, a compan y can tailor products and marketing programs to suit the tastes of specific individuals a nd locations. It includes local and individual marketing. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 96) Compare and contrast local and an d individual marketing. Answer: Local marketing involves tailoring tailoring brands and promotions to the needs needs and wants of local customer groups – cities, cities, neighborhoods, and even specific stores. Advances in communications technology have given rise to new n ew high-tech versions of location-based marketing. Local marketing has some drawbacks, however. It can drive up manufacturing and marketing costs by reducing the economies of o f scale. It can also create logistics problems as companies try to meet the varied requirements of different regional and local markets. Still, local marketing helps a company to market more effectively in the face of pronounced regional and local differences in demographics and lifestyles. In contrast, individual marketing involves tailoring products and marketing programs to the needs and preferences of individual customers. Individual marketing has also been labeled one-to-one marketing, mass customization, and markets-of-one marketing. Today, new technologies are permitting many companies to return to customized marketing. More detailed databases, robotic production and flexible manufacturing, and interactive communication media such as cell phones and the Internet have combined to foster mass customization. Mass customization is the process by which firms interact one-to-one with masses of customers to design products and services tailor-made to in dividual needs. Difficulty: Difficult Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking 97) Describe a few ways in which a marketer can engage in socially sociall y responsible target marketing. Answer: In order to engage in socially socially responsible target marketing, marketing, marketers must avoid purposefully targeting vulnerable or disadvantaged consumers with controversial or potentially harmful products. In addition, marketers should reconsider the marketing of adult p roducts that
may spill over into the child segment either intentionally or unintentionally; primary examples include beer, cigarettes, and fast food. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 3 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning 98) Explain the concept of positioning for competitive advantage. Answer: A product's position is the the way the product is defined defined by consumers on important attributes – the the place the product occupies in consumers' minds relative to competing products. Positioning involves implanting the brand's unique benefits and differentiation in customers' minds. To carry out effective positioning, a compa ny must identify a set of possible competitive advantages upon which to build a position, choose the right competitive advantages, and select an overall positioning strategy. The compan y must then effectively communicate and deliver the chosen position to the market. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 99) Brand differences are worth promoting if they satisfy certain criteria. What are these criteria? Answer: A brand difference is worth establishing to the extent that it satisfies satisfies the following criteria: (a) Important: The difference delivers a highly valued benefit to target buyers. (b) Distinctive: Competitors do not offer the difference, or the compan y can offer it in a more distinctive way. (c) Superior: The difference is superior to other ways that customers might o btain the same benefit. (d) Communicable: The difference is communicable and visible to buyers. (e) Preemptive: Competitors cannot easily copy the difference. (f) Affordable: Buyers can afford to pay for the difference. (g) Profitable: The company can introduce the difference profitably. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning 100) Describe the different types of value propositions on which a company might position its products. Answer: Companies can generally choose one of five types types of value propositions for their customers: (a) More for more: More-for-more positioning involves providing the most upscale product o r service and charging a higher price to cover the higher costs. A more -for-more market offering not only offers higher quality, it also gives prestige to the buyer. It symbolizes status and a loftier lifestyle. (b) More for the same: Companies can attack a competitor's more-for-more positioning by introducing a brand offering comparable quality at a lower price. (c) The same for less: Offering the same for less can be a powerful value proposition. Many companies that offer this proposition don't claim to offer different or better products. Instead,
they offer many of the same brands as their competitors but at deep discounts b ased on superior purchasing power and lower-cost operations. Other companies develop imitative but lower priced brands in an effort to lure customers away from the market leader. (d) Less for much less: A market almost always exists for products that offer less and therefore cost less. Few people need, want, or can afford "the very best" in everything they buy. In many cases, consumers will gladly settle for less than optimal performance or give u p some of the bells and whistles in exchange for a lower price. Less-for-much-less positioning involves meeting consumers' lower performance or quality requirements at a much lower price. (e) More for less: The winning value proposition would be to offer more for less. Many companies claim to do this. And, in the short run, some companies can actually achieve such lofty positions. Difficulty: Moderate Chapter LO: 4 Course LO: Describe the process of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning AACSB: Analytic thinking
