1) Customer profiling and segmentation involves collecting detailed customer data, clustering customers into groups based on similar attributes, and analyzing the groups to understand their profitability and marketing potential.
2) Profiling creates individual customer profiles detailing attributes like demographics, purchase behavior, and product perceptions. Segmentation groups profiled customers into segments with common spending habits or other traits.
3) Understanding customer segments allows companies to target the most beneficial groups, evaluate which customers to retain or reacquire, and determine appropriate marketing budgets and tactics for each segment.