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Positioning
Positioning Preferences
Segments Move Over Time
Product Improvement
A Real-World Perceptual Map
Segments Move Over Time

Over time, customers want products that are smaller and faster. This causes the segments to move or drift a little each month. As the years progress, the drift becomes significant. Figure 2.3 shows the location of the market segments at the end of the first year; Figure 2.4, at the end of the eighth.

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Figure 2.3 Segment Positions at the End of Year 1 and the Beginning of Year 2: The segments move each month. The arrows indicate the distance each segment has drifted over a 12 month period.

   

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Figure 2.4 Segment Positions at the End of Year 8: Very little overlap remains.