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Markets, industries & categories · Specialist

Category design

Also called: category strategy

ELI5

Shape how a new market category is understood.

Used in conversation

“The category design work should not erase existing alternatives.”

Definition

A deliberate process of defining a category, its problem, language, criteria and leading position.

Here “Category design” means: A deliberate process of defining a category, its problem, language, criteria and leading position.

Pitch context

You will see “Category design” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches markets, industries & categories.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret markets, industries & categories without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.