Mark Ames, an expatriate living in Moscow, Russia, had only heard of Old Navy from friends. "The Old Navy store chain is one of those cultural events that I missed out on, having spent almost all of the 1990s abroad," he claimed. However, upon visiting one of the stores for the first time in January of 2003, he was able to percieve the class differences at play between Old Navy, the Gap, and Banana Republic, the sister retail clothing companies that are owned by Old Navy's parent company, Gap Incorporated. These three companies, in addition to Gap Kids and Baby Gap, provide an excellent example of market segmentation.
The old saying goes that 'the clothes make the man,' and our concept of 'materialism' is most expressively represented in the material, or fabric, that we chose to wear. Although internalized demographic notions affect most of the patterns of consumption that are analytically distinguishable, no market except maybe housing reflects self-identification based on internalized forms of class-consciousness more than clothing. From the Spartan work clothes of the working poor to the casual elegance of the upper middle class to the high fashion of the latest designers from Italy and around the world, people define themselves by the way that they dress. Rather than micro-individuating clothing styles, however, buyers tend to select clothes based on what is considered desirable in the community in which they live. Even perceived miscreants and social out-liars such as punks and goths follow discernible mandates in terms of attire; most consumers will develop a sense of brand loyalty with respect to clothes if given a chance.
As Ames puts it, Gap Inc.'s strategy has been to "make middle-class clothes available to the lower classes at Old Navy; solid middle to upper-middle class-type clothes at struggling middle-class prices at The Gap; and yuppie/upper-middle-class-level clothing at solid middle-class prices at its "high-end" store, Banana Republic." Even conservative analysts agree that this strategy has met with a great deal of...
DESIGN The customer experience coalesces here; all segments merge together in synthesis. Models move from the rote to the analytical, from the passive to the active, and from the manufacture driven to the service driven. To ensure long-term compatibility, perform continual needs analysis, understanding that consumer dynamics (demographics and psychographics) continually evolve. Conclusions -- Modern society is complex, and thus the types of choices consumers make on a minute by minute basis are
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