Abstract:

In this study, the importance and advantages of market segmentation based on benefit by using conjoint and cluster analysis were discussed in detail. In the implementation stage of the research, the importance levels of benefits expected by university students from supermarkets were determined using conjoint analysis, and cluster analysis was performed based on these results. Results of conjoint analysis indicated that the most important benefits for supermarket preference of university students were price, access to supermarket, attitude toward customer and product variety, respectively. Four clusters were determined by cluster analysis performed with the results of conjoint analysis. It was concluded that attitude toward customer in the first cluster, access and product variety in the second cluster, price in the third cluster and price dumping in fourth cluster were the most important benefits. In addition, the demographic attributes of clusters were also investigated in order to obtain more detailed information about clusters.

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