Greenies Lawn Corporation developed a product that eliminates weeds with just one application. The company has been overwhelmed by the number of new markets asking for the product and has to find a way to create groups with common characteristics that it can market to. What can the company use to achieve this? green field venture trend analysis economies of scale cluster analysis

Greenies Lawn Corporation developed a product that eliminates weeds with just one application. The company has been overwhelmed by the number of new markets asking for the product and has to find a way to create groups with common characteristics that it can market to. What can the company use to achieve this? green field venture trend analysis economies of scale cluster analysis

Marketing

20th Edition

ISBN:9780357033791

Author:Pride, William M

Publisher:Pride, William M

Chapter6: Target Markets: Segmentation And Evaluation

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