Friday, September 12, 2014

Market Development Fundamentals



Many Get confused Is market development = Sales? Answer is NO. 

Market development is a growth strategy that identifies and develops new market segments for current products
market development strategy targets non-buying customers in currently targeted segments. It also targets new customers in new segments.

Market development strategy entails expanding the potential market through new users or new uses. New users can be defined as: new geographic segments, new demographic segments, new institutional segments or new psychographic segments. Another way is to expand sales through new uses for the product.