Marketing

VALS 2 self-evaluation criteria

• Self-evaluation based on the principles of: consumer behavior is consistent with their views on how the world looks or should look like (realists, idealists)
• Self-evaluation based on status: consumers looking for a safe place in a specific social environment; compare themselves with others in terms of its activities and its position (winners, seekers)
• Self-evaluation based on performance: Consumers like to have an impact on their environment, engaging in various activities at home and in the workplace (experimenting, creating)
• + Dynamic, fighting

PRISM

• In the 70's Claritas Corporation of Alexandria developed a market segmentation system based on the theory of "geodemography," which argues that people with similar interests, income, origin and purchasing patterns tend to settle and hold the clusters together in the neighborhood .
• Although the PRIZM system is based on geography and demography, the signs applied to individual groups and their descriptions can also refer to a lifestyle characteristics and scale of values.

Segmentation process

• Analysis of the market in terms of the criteria
• Market fragmentation
• Rating attractive segments
• Target market definition
• Determining the current position of the brand
• Positioning or repositioning