Marketing homework

This discussion focuses on situations of targeting gone bad (by some person's standards). Begin by reading the attached article and then answer one of the following questions.

• Identify and provide examples of different bases used to segment markets (demographics, psychographics, geographics, geodemographics, benefits, occasion, usage rates)
• Define criteria for evaluating potential success of alternative market segments
• Demonstrate how criteria can be used to assist managers in target market selection
• Define the different approaches to  target segmentation strategies and be able to distinguish examples of each
• Describe what marketers can learn about market positioning from a perceptual map
• Use an example of a perceptual map to demonstrate how a perceptual map can be used in decision making related to marketing positioning
• Identify an example of a business that faced conflict with stakeholder group(s) because of a strategic choice made about targeting a particular market segment; decide your support/lack of support for the company’s choice and explain the values you base your decision on and how those values affect your decision about the ethics of the company’s decision