This activity is for students near the end of studying Marketing 101 (or similar) as it poses a number of clarification and understanding questions relating to research, product mix, consumer needs, and segmentation = a mix of topics, rather than one set topic area. It is also a supplementary activity that leads into Using Different Bases for Market Segmentation.
Understanding Marketing Terms Review the Teaching Activity
One of the misconceptions regarding brand image analysis is that there is “one right perceptual map” to use to demonstrate a brand positioning. In this exercise, the students take on the role of marketing analysts and take a deep dive into brand image analysis and perceptual mapping.
Undertaking Brand Image Analysis Review the Teaching Activity
As we know, sales promotions and discounts are commonly used in supermarket channels. However, do they make a difference? In this activity, students examine different consumer motivations, using an excerpt from a focus group, to identify the type of consumer (segment) that are responsive to sales promotions and why – as well as identifying the long-term impact on a brand, if any.
Are Price Discounts Worthwhile? Review the Teaching Activity
This case looks at Patagonia, a company that is highly successful in terms of growth and profits, but also makes a substantial contribution to the environment, sustainability, and even to the anti-consumer movement and ideology.
Patagonia Case Study: Marketing to Anti-Consumers Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students explore the motivations for luxury consumption – that is, why some consumers are drawn to luxury brands, despite their significant price points – to help segment this valuable market even further.
Understanding the Motivations of Luxury Consumption Review the Teaching Activity
This case study examines a repositioning campaign for Vita-Weat, which is a brand of crackers in Australia. In this promotional campaign, this brand of “dull” and perceived budget crackers was successfully repositioned to be seen as a gourmet food offering and tapping into the “foodie” culture trend.
Repositioning Upwards (Video Case Study) Review the Teaching Activity
Students need to determine what a perceptual map tells them about the current positioning of a bank and what challenges they may face. It uses a more complex, but more helpful, approach to perceptual mapping – an ideal learning advancement for students.
Interpreting a More Complex Perceptual Map Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students review a managers meeting where they outline the various advantages and limitations of different segmentation bases for the purposes of selecting target markets. It is helpful exercise to help students understand the key differences between main bases and how they can impact the target market selection.
Which Segmentation Base Should We Use? Review the Teaching Activity
In this video-based case study students will examine the repositioning of an established brand. In marketing textbooks, we often see repositioning as a “last resort”, but in this case the brand was reasonably well-placed and profitable, but the brand management took a longer term view of the brand and were willing to rethink their strategy.
Successful Repositioning Video Case Study Review the Teaching Activity
Students are presented with a customer profile but they can only choose a small proportion of the information to access. Which segmentation base information will they choose and find the most effective?
Which Segmentation Base is the Most Helpful? Review the Teaching Activity