Segments Visiting Office Supply Stores

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.

2. Emotional:

B. Needs to avoid sources of anxiety
2. Limitations set by time: Segment customers according to the causes of the limitations set by time.
b. Delays related to location: Identify characteristics related to the location of purchase or use that separate one group of customers from others
2. Distance from the company, from the product, from competition or from some other preferred location.
a. Distance from company or product
2. Customers in retail establishments
c. Segments visiting office supply stores

NO.	INDUSTRY SIC	YEAR	EXAMPLE
1	5943	2001	Staples.com isn't the only one cashing in on the online trend. OfficeDepot.com, Staples' rival, is also offering a partner-based business service on the Web. Customers not only tap partners for online printing and copying jobs, but they also use them for payroll processing, taxes, and finding credit. Staples.com offers partner business services in three areas: office operations, technology and communications, and sales and marketing.
2	4513	2004	After UPS bought Mail Boxes Etc. in 2001, FedEx decided that it needed a greater retail presence to attract customers. With 1,231 retail locations and $2 billion in sales, Kinko's was acquired by FedEx for $2.4 billion.