Market Research

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AS - Level Business Studies (Theme 1) Mind Map on Market Research, created by Charlotte Summerly on 14/03/2016.
Charlotte Summerly
Mind Map by Charlotte Summerly, updated more than 1 year ago
Charlotte Summerly
Created by Charlotte Summerly about 8 years ago
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Market Research
  1. Market Orientated
    1. Organises its activities, products and services around the wants and the needs of its customers
      1. Benefits; strong understanding of customer needs, newer products have a greater chance of success
        1. Limitations; high research costs to understand customer needs
        2. Product Orientated
          1. Own primary focus on its product that is new and exciting
            1. Benefits; encourages technical advantages, focus on quality and product
              1. Limitations; doesn't recognise fashion and trends, may be no gap in market for the product
          2. Primary Research
            1. Research which is collected first hand
              1. Benefits; reliable, not biased, up to date
                1. Limitations; can be expensive, time consuming
            2. Secondary Research
              1. Using info that has previously been collected
                1. Benefits; time saving, cheap, can choose from wide range of sources
                  1. Limitations; out of date, unreliable, invalid
              2. Quantitative Data
                1. Information based on numbers
                  1. Benefits; useful for large amounts of people, easy to analysis
                    1. Limitations; knowledge gained can be very general, not specific
                2. Qualitative Data
                  1. Based on opinions and info is in more detail
                    1. Benefits; can study things in more depth, more detailed information
                      1. Limitations; very time consuming, it is difficult
                  2. Market Segmentation
                    1. A market segment is a group of customers who have similar wants and needs
                      1. Segment the market through age, gender, income and social class
                      2. Benefits; more successful, develop products that are more closely meet customer needs, aim promotions more at specific customers
                        1. Limitations; can be hard to reach customers segments, difficult in measuring and predicting consumer behaviour
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