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11-2. Objectives. Identify role-related product constellations.Describe psychographics and lifestyle research.Understand the use of lifestyles data to profile lifestyle segments, identify related lifestyle interests, and locate lifestyle segments geographically.Recognize lifestyle typologies such as VALS, LOV, Japan VALS, and Global Scan.Identify the value and limitations of lifestyle research..
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3. 11-3 Lifestyle Patterns in which people live and spend time and money
Implies a set of behaviors and products that reflect it
Implies a set of behaviors and products that reflect it
Product constellations
clusters of complementary products, specific brands, and/or consumption activities
can be matched with demographic and media preferences to improve targeting
4. 11-4 Product Constellations Product constellations are clusters of complementary products, specific brands, and/or consumption activities.
5. 11-5 Wrigleys Approach to Making a Brand Part of Consumers Everyday Lives
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7. 11-7 Winterfresh Positioning
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9. 11-9 Brand Tribes and Subcultures of Consumption Sometimes a lifestyle can revolve around a particular brand (brand tribes) or a particular product class (subculture of consumption)
Brand Tribe (Barbie, Coca-Cola)
Subculture of Consumption (video games, antiques)
10. 11-10 Lifestyle Psychographics
Operational technique used to measure lifestyles
Links individual psychological factors to characteristic patterns of consumer behavior to determine who is in the market
divide the total market into segments based on activities, interests, values, opinions, personality characteristics, and attitudes
AIO measures most common
Focuses on WHY people buy (vs. who buys as in demographics)
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12. 11-12 Psychographic Continuum for AIO Statements
13. 11-13 Psychographic Segmentation Schemes VALS 1 (Values and Lifestyles Systems)
VALS 2
Japan VALS
LOVs (List of Values)
Cohort Analysis
14. 11-14 VALS2 Captures consumers attitudes and values by measuring how strongly they agree or disagree with various phrases
All people fit into 8 categories
Classifications of self-orientations
Principle oriented
Status oriented
Action oriented
Classifications also based on resources
See http://www.sric-bi.com/
15. 11-15 Exhibit 11.2VALS 2 Segment Profiles
16. 11-16 In Groups
. Using the VALS 2 categories of lifestyle, choose a product and two different segments and describe how the positioning and communication strategies would differ for the two segments. Also define the relevant demographics.
17. 11-17 Exhibit 11.4Japan VALS Segments
18. 11-18 Regional Lifestyles Consumer cultures vary geographically as a result of change in climate, topography, ethnic history, distribution of jobs and industries, etc.
Regional differences affect consumption
Prizm
A lifestyle segmentation system which identifies 62 distinct clusters composed of people with similar lifestyles
See www.Claritas.com
Microvision, also a Claritas product
Lifestyle Market Analyst reference book
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20. 11-20 Nine Nations of North America
21. 11-21 Personifying a lifestyle Some lifestyles are personified by a brand
Examples
Some lifestyles can be personified by a single person
Examples
22. 11-22 Shifting Lifestyles Lifestyle trends are triggered by major major demographic (women entering workforce) and attitudinal (growing organic food consumption) shifts
Lifestyle trends affect industries as well as products and services
23. 11-23 Recent lifestyle segmentation:
Chinese females lifestyles:
Conventional women - family is a priority
Contemporary females - combine work and family as main priority
Searching singles - career and image-oriented, postpone marriage
Followers - low involvement in social, cultural, and other physical activities International Lifestyle Segments
24. 11-24 Criticism of Lifestyle Research Central concepts (i.e., lifestyles, psychographics, etc.) tend to be ill defined and it is not always clear why particular segments express particular consumer preferences
Current lifestyle measures are not very good at capturing the fluidity of lifestyle segment membership (in other words, an individual does not always stay in the same lifestyle group)
Fairly low level of correlation between lifestyle segments and particular behaviors such as brand choice
25. 11-25 Earths Best Baby Food Case Take a look at the website. Then, see if you can profile the Earths Best Baby Food buyer.
www.earthsbest.com
Assume the vice president of marketing is interested in doing a psychographic study and has asked you to prepare a questionnaire. Describe the specific content you would put in and give some sample questions.
Describe the lifestyle segments that Earths Best appeals to.
Discuss the strengths of Earth's Best system for research and strategy.
Describe some alternative strategic/promotional directions for Earth's Best.
26. 11-26 Profile of the Buyer
27. 11-27 Key Points from the Case