Massenmarketing
German
Etymology
Masse (“mass”) + -n- + Marketing (“marketing”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmasn̩ˌmaʁkətɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: Mas‧sen‧mar‧ke‧ting
Noun
Massenmarketing n (strong, genitive Massenmarketings, plural Massenmarketinge)
- (marketing, economics) mass marketing, undifferentiated marketing (a strategy in which a company ignores market segment differences and appeals to the whole market with one offer or one strategy)
- In der Ära des Massenmarketings reichte ein einziges Werbeformat aus, um fast die gesamte Bevölkerung zu erreichen.
- In the era of mass marketing, a single advertising format was enough to reach almost the entire population.
- Das klassische Massenmarketing verliert in Zeiten hochgradig individualisierter Kundenbedürfnisse zunehmend an Bedeutung.
- Classic mass marketing is increasingly losing importance in times of highly individualized customer needs.
Declension
Declension of Massenmarketing [neuter, strong]
Synonyms
- undifferenziertes Marketing (undifferentiated marketing)
- Schrotflinten-Taktik (shotgun approach; colloquial/metaphorical)
Antonyms
- Marktsegmentierung (market segmentation)
- Nischenmarketing (niche marketing)
- Zielgruppenmarketing (target group marketing)
Hypernyms
- Marketingstrategie (marketing strategy)
- Absatzstrategie (sales strategy)
Coordinate terms
- Alleinstellungsmerkmal (often less pronounced in mass marketing than in niche strategies)
- Marktpositionierung (the broad positioning of a mass-market brand)
- Skaleneffekt (the primary economic driver of mass marketing)
- Standardisierung (the prerequisite for mass production and marketing)
Related terms
- massenhaft (en masse/massive)
- Massenware (mass-produced goods)
References
- “Massenmarketing” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Massenmarketing” in Duden online