Strength
A Final customer buying from an intermediary of the product The Final customer is the one who makes the final decision on what product to buy and from which supplier to buy it. Most consumer products, and many industrial products, reach Final customers through Intermediaries.
Use Steps: Use steps include all the Final customer's activities to find the appropriate product category at the Intermediary, to choose among the alternatives to the product and to take delivery of the product.
1. Physical:
A. Physical state of the individual customer: Segments of the general customer population may have different characteristics of sizes and of their ability or disability.
2. Ability/Disability: Segment customers according to the customer's ability or difficulty in physically using the product
a. Strength
NO. |
INDUSTRY SIC |
YEAR |
EXAMPLE |
1 | 2086 | 1996 | Pepsi conducted a study that found that total amount of soda purchased was limited not by taste preferences but by consumers' ability to bring the product home. Pepsi focused on packaging, replaced glass with plastic, had new multipacks. |
2 | 5942 | 1989 | Toys R Us stores are mostly freestanding buildings as management figures that people will buy more if they're heading back to their cars and not to another shop. |