Chapter 6: Market Analysis Using SAS Enterprise Guide

Introduction

Project Overview

Market Analysis

Project Initiation

Data Preparation

Penetration and Share of Wallet

Results

Notes from the Field

Introduction

Chapters 1 through 5 focused on general knowledge and techniques that laid the foundation for many types of data analysis. In this chapter, you will explore a more specific topic: competitive analysis.

When your company sets its strategy, the first questions to answer are as follows:

•  What are the strengths and weaknesses of our primary competitors as compared to us?

•  What is our market share and how can we increase it?”

For most industries, data sources are available that allow companies to determine their market share, or “share of ...

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