{"id":753342,"date":"2025-05-13T05:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&#038;p=753342"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:04:23","slug":"psychographics-inside-story","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/psychographics-inside-story","title":{"rendered":"WhereNext Confidential: Three Business Professionals Reveal the Inside Story of Psychographics"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11272,471991,387072,1161,484142],"department":[488812],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-753342","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-demographics","tag-market-analysis","tag-psychographics","tag-retail","tag-wherenext-confidential","department-emerging-technologies"],"acf":{"short_description":"Market planners and CMOs are using psychographics and location intelligence to connect with customers and outmaneuver competitors.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\"><em>Editor's note: All articles in the WhereNext Confidential series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/wherenext\/category?search=WhereNext%20Confidential\">are accessible here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\">If modern commerce is a dating game, with consumers searching for brands they can trust and companies looking for loyal customers, psychographics is the tool that reveals their compatibility.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"<strong>Snapshot<\/strong>: Three insiders explain how their companies go beyond demographics to leverage psychographics as they connect with customers, improve site selection, and adjust store merchandise.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\">Psychographic profiles\u2014also known as personas or customer segments\u2014identify consumer groups by behaviors and beliefs. Picking up where demographics leaves off, a psychographic profile illuminates the motivations behind spending decisions, based on anonymized survey data, focus group research, and social media analysis.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\">What makes this approach particularly valuable is how location data enriches psychographic insights. When companies understand not just who their customers are and what they value, but where they go and how they interact with physical spaces, they unlock more meaningful customer connections and tailored experiences. <em>WhereNext <\/em>spoke to three industry insiders about how this combination is driving business growth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-14\"><strong>Psychographics in the Right Location<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\">Psychographic analysis has become standard practice for financial advisers, apparel manufacturers, hoteliers, international restaurant chains, and countless other businesses.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\">Within these organizations\u2014and the three companies featured here\u2014analytics teams are using geographic information system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/what-is-gis\/overview\">(GIS) technology<\/a> to understand where and how consumer groups spend their time and money.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\">Viewing psychographics in a geographic context helps businesses:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-18\">Find the best locations for operations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-19\">Design marketing messages that speak to specific types of customers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-20\">Create retail experiences aligned to customer expectations.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\">\u201cPsychographics are one element to really understand your market and clarify your go-to-market strategy, and how to get the most bang for your marketing buck,\u201d says a research specialist and GIS professional at a global hardware chain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-22\"><strong>The History and Use of Psychographics<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\">Market planners and CMOs tend to get the most out of psychographics when they see it as a science and an art\u2014blending location analysis with business savvy to understand customers and outflank competitors.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Right","content":"<strong>Related Read:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\/\/ How a Business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/market-analysis-and-expansion\">Grows<\/a>","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-24\">As a business practice, it\u2019s been around for ages, with archaeological evidence suggesting that even Bronze Age merchants segmented Aegean <a href=\"https:\/\/scispace.com\/pdf\/aegean-trade-systems-overview-and-observations-on-the-middle-1kr03n8tlc.pdf\">trade routes<\/a> based on the social and cultural preferences of customers.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-25\">The idea that psychographics could be an objective field of study arose in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thebhc.org\/massaging-mass-psychographic-market-segmentation-postwar-america\">post-war era<\/a>. During those years, marketers began to focus less on differences between products and more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2006\/02\/rediscovering-market-segmentation\">lifestyles consumers aspired to<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\">By the late 1970s, the insights of sociologists and psychologists like Abraham Maslow were informing commercial research programs on values and lifestyles. Pepsi famously courted the youth generation by appealing not just to the age of its target consumers, but to their beliefs and lifestyles.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-27\">To allay privacy concerns, companies typically wipe identifying features from data to create anonymous views of consumer behavior. Insiders say this psychographic data helps them achieve a primary business goal: understanding where customer groups are and whether they\u2019re compatible with certain brands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-28\"><strong>Seeing Where Trade Areas and Personas Intersect<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-29\">In the corporate realm, the analysts who advise on site selection for new stores, warehouses, or offices often specialize in psychographics.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-30\">\u201cPsychographics, even at a basic level, have always been able to help us understand where we should open,\u201d says a GIS manager in real estate analytics at a major apparel brand. \u201cBasically, [for] every new store that we brought into our fleet in the past two years, there\u2019s been psychographic data that I\u2019ve been able to provide.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-31\">The apparel company owns several brands, each with its unique customer persona. An athleisure line attracts female shoppers who follow celebrities and athletes on social media and exercise often. They are increasingly buying based on quality more than price\u2014an important insight that informed executives\u2019 shift away from fast fashion.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-32\">Psychographics helps analysts capture such nuances and go deeper than simple demographics. Knowing the average income of a customer segment, for instance, leaves important questions unanswered.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-33\">\u201cThat\u2019s where we need psychographics,\u201d the GIS manager explains. \u201cOk, you have $150,000 as an income, but how much of a percentage of that are you spending on clothing?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-34\">With GIS as their lens, business leaders can transform abstract customer insights into concrete location strategies\u2013revealing hidden patterns that guide everything from store placement to hyperlocal campaigns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-35\"><strong>A Geographic Approach to Tailoring Marketing Messages <\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-36\">Beyond pinpointing ideal store locations, psychographic insights also help brands make strategic choices about how to draw customers into those locations.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-37\">At an Americas-based retailer with thousands of stores, psychographic data enables marketing leaders to fine-tune messages based on geography.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-38\">\u201cWe have a huge amount of stores that we can look at and see what constitutes a good store, what are the demographics and psychographics around that store,\u201d says the company\u2019s GIS supervisor. With that insight, the retailer \u201ccan think about where we\u2019re going to and who we want to market to.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-39\">The brand\u2019s core customer tends to be older in age and self-reliant in attitude, attracted to DIY projects and outdoor pursuits. But as the company looks to attract a broader range of consumers, it\u2019s using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/location-intelligence\/overview\">location intelligence<\/a> to increase its rapport with other psychographic groups. Smart maps reveal where the company\u2019s ideal customers live, work, and play\u2013illuminating areas ripe for expansion.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-40\">Outreach efforts to a key persona like \u201cHome Improvement Dad\u201d might involve spots on sports radio stations and in motorcycle periodicals. Capturing a segment like budget-constrained young homeowners might entail location-targeted online ads. The GIS team often uses infographics to share these location-based insights and psychographic traits with salespeople and marketers.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","image":753372,"text":"Whenever you're looking at income and education level and even race, that's the bigger picture. And then whenever you're tailoring\u2014and that's when psychographics [plays] a role\u2014it just becomes a much clearer picture of who's there and what they're doing and what they need.","author_name":"Retail GIS supervisor ","author_profession_organization":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-41\"><strong>How Psychographics Fuel Customized Retail Experiences<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-42\">Psychographic intelligence even extends to the most granular level of customer engagement: transforming the in-store experience with tailored experiences that speak directly to specific segments.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-43\">One international hardware chain employs several types of store formats across its network, ranging in size from 5,000 to 100,000 square feet, to meet the needs of groups including industrial clients and Main Street retail consumers.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-44\">The firm\u2019s market research supervisor uses psychographics to advise store operators on how to tweak merchandise and store designs to meet customer needs.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-45\">Through a GIS map she creates for each store, she analyzes the top three personas at 3, 5, and 10 miles around the location, and shares that information along with suggestions for how to use the data. Awareness of those personas could inform choices as detailed as what music to play on the radio or as large as whether to add a garden section.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-46\">Psychographic insights have become important as the brand looks to expand the length of store visits and the range of customers it attracts. In fact, customer segmentation is helping motivate store owners to adopt the updated store design, which is meant to appeal to a broader audience, especially the female demographic.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-47\">\u201cWe\u2019re working on lengthening those transactions, so people want to shop, browse, hang out,\u201d says the market research leader. \u201cThis is where customer segmentation has been super exciting for me.\u201d<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","image":753382,"text":"Establishing compatibility with consumer groups is as much about knowing their values as it is about knowing which zip codes they favor.","author_name":"","author_profession_organization":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-6\"><strong>Bringing Customer Segments to Life with Maps<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-7\">For many analysts, psychographic profiles are a more interesting and textured way to communicate with marketers, real estate leaders, and executives.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">Talking to colleagues about college-educated males ages 18 to 35 in the Milwaukee region can draw stares, while bringing up a \u201cCollege Town Football Fanatics\u201d infographic might elicit a chuckle of recognition. Maps have become an intuitive way for leaders to discuss compatibility with key customer groups.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">As the apparel brand GIS manager puts it: \u201cGIS and psychographics are the perfect blend of excitement and analytics to get everyone more enticed and more interested in the analysis that we\u2019re trying to provide.\u201d<\/p>"}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Inside Story of Psychographics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To understand how psychographics fuels a modern enterprise, WhereNext spoke with three business insiders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/psychographics-inside-story\" \/>\n<meta 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