Major League Baseball is dividing up international markets among its franchises, giving teams new commercial rights in specific areas around the globe, according to multiple people familiar with the plan.
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Discussion Questions:
- Why are international markets important to Major League Baseball?
- How might targeting specific international markets help the entire league to grow?
- How might it help each individual franchise?
- Based on information from this story, describe the “International Home Marketing Areas” program from the NFL.
- Why might individual teams want to market to specific international territories?
- Why do you think MLB won’t allow every team to promote their teams in whichever international territory they want?
- What is market segmentation?
- What are the different forms of market segmentation?
- Which best describes this marketing initiative from MLB?