Virgin Mobile
Target Market
Virgin targets the entire United States. Mobile is consumed by almost everybody, and profitability requires economies of scale. Virgin therefore, in general, seeks out all customers because it needs to have a base of millions. Within that, however, Virgin should specifically target the heaviest users of mobile, who are the industry's most profitable consumers. These are young people, aged anywhere from 12-30. They are usually students, though older ones will not be. These consumers are heavy data users. They own high end smartphones, and use them for games and videos, both of which consumer substantial amounts of data. These users spend hours per day on their phone, performing various tasks, though making phone calls is usually among the least of their worries (Yume, 2015). These consumers purchase the most expensive plans in order to support their heavy data usage. These consumers would prefer to have simpler plans, rather than the confusing ones currently on offer, and are likely willing to pay more to be able to cease worrying about their usage (Knight, 2014).
The secondary target market will be those on the outside of this demo -- the 30- to 45-year-olds who typically still have fairly high data usage. The tertiary market is basically anybody outside of that bracket, but particularly older people who do have high data usage on their phones, or younger people who for some reason do not use their phones...
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