The Concept and Application of Life Style Segmentation

A NEW dimension for segmenting markets has been developed in recent years. This new method, called life style segmentation, has been useful for marketing and advertising planning. The purpose of this article is to describe the theory behind life style segmentation and discuss how it has been and can be applied. Life style segmentation is the marriage of two concepts into a single system. One of the concepts is life style patterns and the other is market segmentation. In order to discuss the uses of life style segmentation, it is important first to examine briefly each component of the system and then the uses of the total system.