Scenario 6-4 Jay and Carrie Garrett Operate a Small Retail Store in Store

question 47

Multiple Choice

Scenario 6-4
Jay and Carrie Garrett operate a small retail store in a college town that sells only house plants and accessories, which they named The Plantatarium. Their initial feeling when they went into business was that virtually everyone was a potential customer for house plants. Subsequent market research conducted for them painted a different picture. This research identified three particularly strong market segments. The first was college students ages 18-24. The next segment was retired seniors ages 65-80. The third segment was professional offices for doctors, accountants, and lawyers. The college students liked houseplants because they dressed up their living spaces. The seniors liked them because they became the focus of a hobby. The professionals did not buy them for any reason other than décor.
-(Scenario 6-4) The Plantatarium sends out direct mail offers to consumers in a nearby zip code who have household incomes of greater than $60,000 a year.This is an illustration of a ________ strategy.

• A) geographic segmentation 
• B) demographic segmentation 
• C) psychographic segmentation 
• D) geodemographic segmentation

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Definitions:

Obsessive Thoughts

Intrusive and unwanted thoughts that repeatedly enter the mind, leading to anxiety or distress and often compelling the individual to perform certain actions.

Contamination

The presence of an unwanted substance or material that makes something impure, unsafe, or infected.

Orderliness

A personality trait characterized by a desire for neatness, predictability, and organization in one's environment and activities.

Violence

The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.