Target Market
To identify the target consumers, companies must divide the market into groups with distinct needs and preferences before identifying which segment to target (Kotler & Keller, 2017). The target market for PepsiCo products is the population aged between 13 and 45 years. Since this population mostly comprises of young people, Pepsi sells its products in restaurants, schools, colleges, fast food stores, and other places that this target market frequents.
The segmentation of PepsiCo is as follows:
1. Geographic – According to Kotler and Keller (2012), geographical segmentation involves dividing the market into smaller geographical units like regions, states, nations or neighborhoods. For PepsiCo, its market is not highly geographically segmented as people from any geographical unit can purchase its products. The company markets and sells its products both domestically and internationally through its six recognized segments or regions including: Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America, North America Beverages, Latin America, Europe and Sib-Saharan Africa, and Asia, Middle East and North Africa regions. While the company targets both urban and rural areas, it makes more sales in big cities that are densely populated.
2. Demographic – This divides the market on the basis of age, income, gender, income, occupation, religion and other demographic factors. In terms of age, Pepsi’s target market are the youth and middle aged people within the age bracket of
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