Garnet Inc

question 58

Multiple Choice

Garnet Inc. is a manufacturing firm that primarily uses surveys to understand customers' attitudes, preferences, and benefits sought in a particular product category. Finally, based on their responses, the firm groups them to form market segments. This implies that Garnet Inc. uses a(n) _____ segmentation approach.

• A) a priori
• B) post hoc
• C) unconventional
• D) empirical

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Definitions:

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