Question

The sale of turkeys in the United States is highest in mid- to late November, as people buy turkeys to serve at Thanksgiving. Grocery stores who specifically advertise turkeys at this time of year are segmenting on the basis of ________.

Answer 1

Occasion

Step-by-step explanation:

Segmenting: It is a marketing technique of dividing the marketplace into different segment to implement any marketing plan or introducing new product. These segments should be defined, accessible, actionable and profitable.

There are four type of market segmentation:

• Demographic
• Pshychographic.
• Behavioral.
• Geographic.

Occasion segmentation is one of the way of behavioral segmentation as few market are segmented on the basis of specific occasion and product need to be introduced as per the need of the occassion as it uses customer buying behavior on the particular occasion. Similarly, in the case given the sale of turkey in US increases on the eve of Thanksgiving.