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Given the unusual circumstances of AmericanEagle’s launch of its American Beagle line, do youfeel that this April Fool’s prank was genuinely aprank turned reality or do you think that it wasactually a planned launch and American Eagle wastesting the waters in a way that created consumerengagement and buzz in the market place? Or perhapsyou have another opinion? Explain your answer

MARKETING 2018

19th Edition

ISBN:9780357033753

Author:Pride

Publisher:Pride

Chapter6: Target Markets: Segmentation And Evaluation

Section6.2: Mattel Uses Market Segmentation To Stay On Top

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