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Marketing Report Market Segmentation And Positioning Of Offering

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3. How did you segment the larger market? Why did you choose to target the customers that you chose? How will you position (X-axis, Y-axis) your market offering to differentiate yourself from competitors and create demand?

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Market segmentation variables include geographic, demographic, psychographic and behavioral segmentation. Geographically, there is no need to segment Singapore’s market, unlike its other geographic locations like the UK, due to our small size. Therefore, this point is moot as one or two sufficiently large and separate stores (so not to cannibalize sales) should be large enough to capture the market geographically.

Primark’s main segmentation of Singapore will be demographic segmentation. Its …show more content…

This particular segment (15-35 of age) makes up 28.10% of Singapore’s population (as of 2014, statistics from census data at SingStat.sg).

Furthermore, those with a monthly income of $4,999 or less- according to the latest data obtained from SingStat.sg - makes up 100% of the 15-19 age bracket, 99.6% of the 20-24 age bracket, 94.2% of the 25-29 age bracket and 83.6% of the 30-34 age bracket. As middle-income earners earn $3,500 to $5,500 a month, it is clear that the lower to middle class makes up a majority of Singapore’s population, and it makes sense for Primark to target them as a market. To add on, the economic climate of Singapore is not as stable as it used to be, causing possibly even upper-middle and upper class potential consumers to be increasingly price-sensitive. It is likely then that Primark’s market offering may appeal even to outside of its target market.

Assessing the target market for its structural attractiveness means assessing its profitability with regard to competition, substitute products, the power of buyers and the power of suppliers.

Primark has admittedly many competitors, especially in the already-saturated retail market of Singapore. With such high competitive rivalry, Primark has to stay one step ahead in order to remain relevant. However, we feel like Primark will be able to rise over its competitors given its highly competitive prices – it has already

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