The Death of Consumer Segmentation? | CMO Strategy - Advertising Age - 0 views
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the rather static definition of consumer segments is becoming less reliable in our extremely volatile society, especially in today's economic climate. A consumer's lifetime value may have decreased significantly in the past six months, a fact not reflected by any segmentation method. A person might be out of a purchase cycle for a particular product because of a significant household change
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These life-changing events are becoming more difficult to predict because consumers live their lives on a much less traditional path than they did 10 or 20 years ago.
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consumers are never just part of one segment. Rather, they feel, rightfully, that they belong to a multitude of segments.
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