Behavioural Segmentation: A New Zealand Wine Market Application
ART THOMAS and GARY PICKERING Original manuscript received, December 2002
Revised manuscript received, June 2003
ABSTRACT As a subject, market segmentation has a long, debated history in marketing literature. Its application to the wine industry seems to be in its infancy and needing careful assessment. This paper examines various approaches to market segmentation as applied in the wine industry. Also discussed is information on, and an assessment of, a behavioural segmentation study conducted on a sample of New Zealanders. The basis for this information is a mail survey of 1144 randomly selected potential respondents. Respondents were drawn from a national wine mailing list (n