Q1. “Lifestyle and psychographic segmentations are very complex to understand and implement. Companies make heavy investments in consumer research to identify such segments, their behavior, their potential etc. Despite all the hard work there is always a chance that such segmentation strategies might fail. On the other hand, demographic segmentation id much simpler, cost effective and easy to implement, still marketers prefer the former one..." What are your views on the above statement? Discuss in detail.

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Q1. “Lifestyle and psychographic segmentations are very complex to understand and
implement. Companies make heavy investments in consumer research to identify such
segments, their behavior, their potential etc. Despite all the hard work there is always a
chance that such segmentation strategies might fail. On the other hand, demographic
segmentation id much simpler, cost effective and easy to implement, still marketers prefer the
former one..."
What are your views on the above statement? Discuss in detail.
Transcribed Image Text:Q1. “Lifestyle and psychographic segmentations are very complex to understand and implement. Companies make heavy investments in consumer research to identify such segments, their behavior, their potential etc. Despite all the hard work there is always a chance that such segmentation strategies might fail. On the other hand, demographic segmentation id much simpler, cost effective and easy to implement, still marketers prefer the former one..." What are your views on the above statement? Discuss in detail.
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