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5. C H A P T E R. Customer Analysis. Meaning of a Customer: - Current and Potential - Immediate and Final. Major Topics. Review of Major Issues from BA390* An Approach for Customer Analysis* Long-term Value of a Customer Market Segmentation.
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5 C H A P T E R Customer Analysis Meaning of a Customer: - Current and Potential - Immediate and Final
Major Topics • Review of Major Issues from BA390* • An Approach for Customer Analysis* • Long-term Value of a Customer • Market Segmentation
Major Topics for Consumer Behavior • Consumer Decision Process • Types of Buying Decisions • Influences on the Rate of New Product Adoption (RCCDC)
What We Need to Know about Current and Potential Customers • Who buys and uses the product? • What customers buy and how they use it? • Where customers buy? • When customers buy? • How customers choose? • Why they prefer a product over others? • How they respond to marketing programs? • Will they buy it (again)?
1. Who Buys and Uses the Product • Buyer versus Influencer and User • Describing Consumers • Demographic • Socioeconomic • Personality • Psychographics and values
Who Buys and Uses the Product (Cont’d) 3. DescribingBusiness Markets • Demographic • Operating variables • Purchasing approaches • Situational factors • Personal characteristics
2. What Customers Buy and How they Use it • People buy Benefits, not Products • Product Assortment (RFM): Grocery Products • Recency • Frequency • Monetary Value • Product Use
3. Where and When Customers Buy • Where issue Desired Service Output in Shopping • When issue Seasonality
4. How Customers Choose Multiattribute Model Questions • Which attributesdo customers use to define a product? • What are the perceptions of the products on the attributes?* • What are the importance weights? • What decision rule is used to combine the information? • Compensatory • Noncompensatory
Bank Perceptual Map B• A• Courteous personnel C• E• D• Convenient ATM locations
5. Why they prefer a product/brand 1. Three elements of a customer value of a brand • Importance of the usage situation • Effectiveness of the product category in the situation • Relative effectiveness of the brand in the situation 2. Sources of Customer Value • Economic • Functional • Psychological: Brand Equity
Measuring Brand Equity • Awareness. • Associations. • Attitude. • Attachment..
[Manifestations of] Customer Value • Price. • Price sensitivity. • Level of Satisfaction. • Complaints and compliments. • Word-of-mouth.*
[Manifestations of] Customer Value (cont’d). • Margin/profit contribution. • Dollar sales. • Repeat purchase rate.
Assessing the Value of the Product Category • Determine the uses of the product • Estimate the importance of the uses • List competing products for the uses • Determine the relative effectiveness of the product category in each usage situation
Assessing the Value of the Brand/Product • Direct Ratings • Constant Sum Ratings • Graded Pair Comparison* • Conjoint Analysis
Will they buy it (again)? • Satisfaction • Intention • Behavior • Loyalty: ex) Casino Study
Methods for market segmentation • Descriptive Purpose Cluster Analysis Tabular Analysis* • Prescriptive Purpose Regression Analysis: Individual-based Latent Class Analysis: Segment-based
Raw Data: Cranberry Sauce Usage Cooking Attitude
Customer Analysis Illustration: Energy Bars • Who the Customers are: • 63.7 percent of volume is from households with greater than $40,000 income • 32.4 percent of volume is from households with greater than $60,000 income • 72.8 percent of volume is from households with no kids • 65.8 percent of volume is from households where the Head has some college education • 39.4 percent of volume is from households with the Head under 35 years old
Customer Analysis Illustration: Energy Bars (cont) • What They Buy: • Convenience • Taste • Texture • Health Benefits • Performance/Energy • Hunger Satisfaction • Price (expect to pay $1.00 to $1.50 per bar) • Packaging/Buy In Bulk • Availability
Customer Analysis Illustration: Energy Bars (cont) • What Use For: • Meal Replacements • Snacks • Athletic Energy Booster
Customer Analysis Illustration: Energy Bars(cont) • Where They Buy: • Health Food Stores • Outdoor Retailers (e.g., REI) • Grocery Stores • Drug Stores • Convenience Stores • Mass Merchandisers • Club Stores
Customer Analysis Illustration: Energy Bars • Customer Segments: • “Hard-core Athletes” • “Musclemen” • “Dieters” • “Health Purists” • “Health Conscious and On-the-Go” • “Sports Enthusiasts” • “Specialty Segments” • “Nutrition-seeking Families”