2002 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Market Segmentation and Positioning
Authors : Philippe Malaval, Christophe Bénaroya
Published in: Aerospace Marketing Management
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The two fundamental marketing tools are segmentation and positioning. Basically, segmentation is splitting up the market into homogeneous sub assemblies in order to be able to choose an appropriate strategy for each one (targeting). Then, it is a question of making the clearest distinction possible between oneself and competitors in the mind of the customer. This is the object of positioning.