Target Customer

The buyers a business chooses to pursue because their wants, needs, and preferences make them most likely to purchase a specific product.

Often confused with

Customer Profile
A target customer is a real segment; a customer profile is one invented person written to stand for that segment.
Market Segmentation
Segmentation produces the groups; target customers are the one or more groups a business then chooses to pursue.

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See also

2.1.B.2 · 2.1.B.4