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Research Papers
QUANTITATIVE MARKETING RESEARCH SERIES
Micro-Marketing Using Supermarket Scanner Data 
Alan L. Montgomery, Ph.D. (1995)
Micro-marketing refers to the customization of marketing mix variables to the store level. We show
how prices could be customized to the store level, rather than adopting a uniform marketing policy
across all stores. A basis for these customized pricing strategies is a result of differences in interbrand
competition across stores. These changes in inter-brand competition are related to demographic
and competitive characteristics of the store’s trading area. This study finds that profitable micromarketing
pricing strategies can be implemented. These pricing strategies can increase expected
operating profits by 25%.