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m Segmenting: The primary aim of adding the changes was to make the reader understand the overall rationale of segmenting. The original article does provide details of segmenting, targeting and positioning. However, it does not provide the need for segmenting. Hence, two lines have been added to define that segmenting is all about segregating the market and since one product cannot satisfy all the customers, it is essential to segment the market based on different variables.
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Segmenting can be referred to as a process of segregating the market on the basis of different variables<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alter|first=Tom|date=June 14, 2018|title=What is STP model in Marketing?|url=https://www.makemyassignments.com/blog/what-is-the-stp-model-in-marketing/|url-status=live|access-date=November 22, 2021|website=Make My Assignments}}</ref>. However, segmenting a market has widely been debated over the years as researchers have argued over what variables to consider when dividing the market. Approaches through social, economic and individual factors, such as brand loyalty, have been considered<ref>{{Cite book|title = Marketing, Planning and Strategy|last = Jain|first = S C|publisher = South-Western Publishing Co.|year = 1993|___location = Cincinnati, OH, United States}}</ref> along with the more widely recognized geographic, psychographics, demographic and behavioral variables proposed by Philip Kotler.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Marketing Management Analysis, Planning, Implementation, and Control|last = Kotler|first = Philip|publisher = Prentice Hall International|year = 1997|___location = New Jersey}}</ref> SegmentingSince a single product offered by a firm cannot satisfy the needs of all of the consumers, segmenting a market therefore, is a process of ''organising'' the market into groups that a business can gain a competitive advantage in and satisfy its needs. They must, however, avoid over-fragmenting the market as the diversity can make it difficult to profitably serve the smaller markets.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title = Business to Business Marketing|last = Vitale|first = Robert|last2 = Giglierano|first2 = Joseph|publisher = South-Western publishing|year = 2002|___location = Mason, Ohio}}</ref> The characteristics marketers are looking for are measurability, accessibility, sustainability and actionability.
 
* Measurability – The understanding of size, purchasing characteristics and value needs of a particular segment