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VALS is not an abbreviation. Originally, VALS was based on social values, and at that
time VALS was an acronym for Values and Lifestyles. However, currently, VALS is
based on selected psychological traits and key demographics instead of values, so we
dropped Values and Lifestyles but retained the VALS brand.
2. What is VALS used for?
U.S. VALS segments English-speaking adults ages 18 years and older on the basis of
psychological traits that correlate with purchase behaviour and key demographics,
enabling users to understand not just what, but why consumers exhibit certain
preferences and attitudes. Marketers, strategic planners, new-product designers and
others use VALS to:
o Segment their customers and prospects
o Select targets
o Position brands, products, and even policies to the targets
o Develop communications that resonate with and motivate targets to take
action.
Imagine, for instance, that a company must design a new kind of software program,
knowing only that most of its potential users are between 30 and 40 years old and
have a college education. VALS goes beyond the demographics to add the human
psychological details: preferences for control or freedom, tradition or novelty,
information or stimulation, hands-on activity or intellectual abstractions.