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Calculation Logic

I am not very comfortable with the logic being used to calculate size of target group. How can we multiply Market share of Sporting goods manufacturer with population and % of population using online channel to calculate size of target group. Both have different unit base.  One has population and other has sporting goods.

Am I missing something here?

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Ian
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on Apr 26, 2022
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Hi Arun,

Your question is quite unclear. I'm trying to decipher it alongside the case, but can't make sense of it.

Could you kindly provide more information? If you reference a specific section and chart/text that can help us better answer your question!

on Apr 26, 2022
Hi Ian, I am referring to the solution part of Phase 2 under France and Germany calculation. In solution part, we are multiplying market share of client in sporting goods with population (Total & % of population who uses online shopping) to calculate size of target group. I guess either we need to know % of population who buys sporting goods or given information of "proportion of population uses online shopping" could be titled as "proportion of population uses online shopping for sporting goods" Thanks, Arun
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