Saturday, April 28, 2012


Segmentation Targeting and Positioning


                                 
5.0 Segmentation of Mojo



Akij group has segmented according to the homogenous segmentation where the consumers represent the same type of demographical, psycho graphical, cultural and social factors. Their attitude, status and lifestyle focuses on same perspective. According to the following factors the segmentation of MOJO has been done-

5.1 Age
MOJO’s primary target was only the young generation where the age may vary from 16-27. But it is not limited within this age. It has also spread out among the children noticeably as well as the people above 27 years.

5.2 Gender 
Both young boys and girls are the target market for the MOJO. Itis not specially made for any particular gender what actually happens for any type of cola drink.

5.3 Occupation
Occupation is not clearly defined for the target market of MOJO; however where the age varies within the young generation as well as children so it can easily be understood that most of them will be whether student or doing any job or business.

5.4 Income
Actually MOJO has emphasized on the lifestyle and behavior of consumers more rather than the income. They think that it is really affordable to buy a MOJO (especially 250 ml) for their target market where their income is minimum 5000 and for the students it may be less than that.

5.5 Location
Almost all the places of urban and rural area are under the MOJO’s distribution. Especially in each and every part of the Dhaka and Chittagong city MOJO is available. The company has emphasized on Dhaka where more than half of total sales (52%) comes from only Dhaka.

5.6 Social Class
MOJO is targeted for the upper part of the lower class, middle class, upper middle class, and lower part of the upper class of the society.

5.7 Lifestyle
The targeted market of MOJO is basically young generation who like gossiping, chatting, hanging with friends, making fun, watching movies, listening music etc. MOJO has also focused on their customer’s lifestyle in product, advertising and packaging.

5.8 Personality
The customers of the MOJO are mostly action oriented people which include especially the experiences.  It also focuses the personality of the status oriented people including achievers and strivers.


6.0 Target Market of Mojo


6.1 Age
Age is the major determinants in targeting the consumers. MOJO reflects the Bangladeshi culture and it represents youth. From our survey, we have found that MOJO is most preferred in the age group between 20-25 years (85% of 100).  Moreover, the least MOJO preference comes from two age groups: 25-35 years and 35-45 years, about 1%.

6.2 Sex 
Beverage is used for thirst-quenching purpose and this product is gender neutral, meaning there is no such kind of obligation to consume the product for male or female. However, from our survey outcome, we’ve found that 71% of the consumers are male and 29% are female from 100. All the respondents are from urban location.

6.3 Occupation & Income
Consumers’ purchasing pattern, lifestyle and status largely depend on their occupation and average monthly income of the family. The social class of the target respondents was determined by their income or taking from family. MOJO is a low involvement product and itis good enough to consume by upper and middle class. From the survey respondents, students are the most who purchase MOJO and their income level is less than 5000 taka. Business people, private service personnel and other earning people consume less amount of MOJO although their income is comparatively high than the students




7.0 Brand’s Position of Mojo


In this stage we have selected “MOJO” for segmenting, targeting and positioning and we have kept this name” Mojo” out of the selection criteria.  The motive was to see whether people recommend MOJO or not. The survey questionnaire reveals that out of 100, Zam-zam cola comes instantly in the mind of 9% prospect and so for others 9%. Pepsi cola gains 28% attention and the highest responses captured by coca cola 54%.
                          7.1 Winning value proposition of Mojo
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         A Value Proposition is the sum of the net benefits that your customer receives upon purchasing your product or service at a given price. Your customer is constantly measuring it against your competitors’ offerings. This stage we have selected Mojo for describing winning value proposition. From our perspective Mojo gives two winnig value propositions-                                   
 7.1.1 The same for less: Offering “the same for less” can be a powerful value proposition. At this stage mojo gives the same benefit to its competitor brands. A 250ml pet bottle of mojo is 15 taka but it’s one of the first competitor PEPSI’s 250ml pet bottle is 18 taka also a 500ml pet bottle of mojo is 25 taka and PEPSI 500ml pet bottle is 30 taka. So mojo gives same benefit at fewer prices.

7.1.2 The less for much less: Few people can afford the very best product for their needs. So Accept this people “the less for much less” is important. We have already discussed that mojo gives the lowest price compare to other brands and it’s benefit and quality as not as good like coca-cola and PEPSI. Therefore mojo gives the less for much less.

                           The positioning statement for Mojo-             “Mojo Antore Antore”




8.0 Segmentation of Frutika

'Frutika'. The three varieties of juice are-- mango, red grape and red orange. Frutika juices have zero preservatives and no artificial coloring, which helps maintain the pure taste of fruit in these products;
They do not contain conservators, neither colorant. The quality of juice concentrated of Frutika is excellent and very recognized. It is very appreciated by his organic character.
8.1 Demographic Segmentation
The segmentation on frutika is made on the basis of variety of objects-
8.1.1 Age:
 Frutika is focusing mostly under the age category under demographic segmentation. It is mainly concentrating on the needs and wants of the young generation. They prefer juices specially from school to university students.
8.1.2 Occupation:
Secondly, occupation is another factor. A house wife sitting at home will not consume frutika but the husband working outside may consume something very fresh and pure that will make him feel good after such long tiring work.
8.1.3 Income: If we go in more depth, income may also be a considerable factor. Affluent people or with high income groups may prefer juice anytime they want to have or may feel very convenient to have. Others will not even think of buying a juice considering it as an extra expense. Sometimes in special cases they may consume when they fall short of water.

8.2 Psychographic segmentation
8.2.1 Life style:
The lifestyles of people may also affect the consumption pattern of a juice. A busy working person may not even think of buying it when he feels thirsty. He would rather prefer to bring water from home for emergency. In contrast, young generation studying at universities may get a habit of a juice at the end of their classes that makes them fresh and makes them energetic to continue for the rest of the day.
8.2.2 Social Class:
It may also refer to social class which includes upper class, lower class or middle class. Frutika is generally demanded by upper-middle class groups who like to have a juice on an exhausting day after working so hard in their particular job or education field whereas upper class may prefer other drinks instead of a juice and consider having juice as a prestige issue that is available at reasonable prices.

8.3 Behavioral Segmentation
8.3.1 Occasion:
It may also follow behavioral segmentation where frutika may be preferred on occasions. For example when a picnic is held from an institution it may serve food to the students along with a bottle of frutika juice. This is done to energise the students and make them feel fresh after such a long and tiring journey. This is also a good promotional way of reaching to the customers.
8.3.2 User Status:
Also, sometimes there are such groups of customers who like to try new things. After continuously purchasing a juice of other brand, a variety one of a good brand will be very good as well. On this thought they may chose to try the new product. These customers may or may not last for a long time and if they last, they will become the loyal customers of the company.

                                    9.0 Target market of Frutika

Target Marketing involves breaking a market into segments and then concentrating the marketing efforts on one or a few key segments.Target marketing can be the key to a small business’s success.The beauty of target marketing is that it makes the promotion, pricing and distribution of company’s products and/or services easier and more cost-effective.

The target market of Frutika is basically a wide range of customers of similar group. This is because through various promotional offers the juice’s variety can be made and quality can be improved but not new customers are hard to attract. More often, they keep on offering different flavors of juices to make it more tasty and unusual unlike its competitors. From the lunching of the product Frutika Juice has come up with novelty promotional campaign in order to grab the market share. It also tried to make available the product in the market through their effective distribution channel. However, the price charged by it is relatively higher compared to the competitors. In the research, it is actually important to find out the consumer’s perception about the taste, price, promotion, packaging, availability of Frutika Juice. It cannot be neglected- the importance of promotion, packaging, availability of any product. In this competitive market, to stay ahead of competitors; it is very important how a marketer actually position his/her product in the target customer’s mind. Therefore, AFBL must give more emphasis on their marketing. The normal complain obtained from all now-a-days is the excessive heat we are facing this season and a cold drink specially a mango, orange or grape juice can make a difference to satisfy consumers’ thirst. In this regard, we have taken our attention to the drinks segment and have chosen Frutika for the research as it’s having increasing share in the market now. Juice has huge market in Bangladesh, but the promotion and packaging of Frutika Juice is quite different from all other companies. Frutika is the brand name of juice of Akij group, which is the parent company of it. By promotion we mean that it is a communication process with the public in an attempt to influence them toward buying marketer’s products or services. Promotion involves disseminating information about a product, product line, brand, or company.

10.0 Positioning of Frutica

With the various types of flavors and tastes and very attractive packaging with different colors according to the flavours along with the special attributes of Frutika, it tries to attract customers or create a position in customer’s mind. They concentrate on the marketing mix. Also the design and the logo of frutika make it look more attractive than the other brands.

11.0   Differentiation of Frutica
11.1 Channel Differentiation:
 
The delivery service is very convenient and almost available in every store. They have vast distribution coverage throughout our city and the brand is itself so well known that automatically stays in the minds of customers. The product mainly aims at providing the best purest juice at an affordable price in its nearest destinations that has proved to be successfully true.
11.2 Image differentiation:
The extensive advertisement of Frutika creates more awareness for the consumers and in this way grabs a wide range of customers around the country. Each advertisement uses different appeal that creates a brand image and hence loyal customers are created. It has been a successful product that has a high demand in the market and acquires huge market share.

11.3 Winning value proposition for Frutica
More for Less:
Frutika also has a winning value proposition where it is serving the best quality and benefits at lower prices unlike its other competitors. It’s successful in providing the most reliable, pure and fresh juice at a reasonable price at convenient locations.

                     The positioning statement for frutika- “Ektu beshi pure”
16.0   Requirement for effective Segmentation
To be maximally useful, market segments of MOJO must exhibit four characteristics:
16.1 Measurability
 The degree to which the size and purchasing power of the segments can be measured. When akij groups market planners segmenting and targeting their market, they had total control over their product. So measurability is already proved by Akij group’s proposed marketing strategy.
16.2 Substantiality
- The degree to which the segments are large and/or profitable enough. A segment should be the largest possible homogeneous group worth going after with tailored marketing programme. In our segmentation part we have said that akij group segment their market on basis variable on which they have selected only the youth group for serving the Mojo cola. Like Mojo cola Akij have selected almost the largest possible section.
16.3 Accessibility
 A degree to which the segment can be effectively reached and served. All of  the customers of Akij group are live in the country they are not the people who lives in outside country or socialize a lot so market segment product are accessible.
16.4 Actionability
The degree to which effective programs can be formulated for attracting and serving the segments. All the time Akij group broadcast some attractive and enthusiastic advertising and their marketing strategy is also well popular that is why they will be the largest company in Bangladesh.